Reality TV addicts will be aware of a daily dilemma presenting itself at around 10pm every night. Do you watch Pete and Nikki’s blossoming relationship on Channel 4’s Big Brother or take guilty pleasure in seeing Sophie Anderton nearing a nervous breakdown in ITV’s Celebrity Love Island? If you want to watch both you’ll need …

Let’s take a quick head count of high-definition devices that rely on HDMI inputs. There are Sky’s HDTV receivers, high-def DVD players and even games consoles like the upcoming PlayStation 3. So, why are so many new screens still arriving with only one HDMI input? It must be a lonely life being an HDMI input — you’re stuck on your …