If you’re an AV pacifist then the whole next-generation DVD format war will no doubt be as distasteful to you as kicking kittens. Luckily Samsung wants you to preserve your moral code by finding a peaceful compromise. Its new BS-UP5000 will play both HD DVD and Blu-ray without so much as a cross word or angry gesture. Even more exciting …

Are you a dork? Do you love TV? If the answer to both those questions is yes, you’ll probably want to select HD DVD as your next- generation format of choice, because there are some seriously exciting sci-fi TV shows hitting the format in the next few months. We already know that Heroes is on the way to HD DVD, …

We got some one-on-one time with the Bravia D3000 TVs at Sony’s annual event in March and we haven’t been able to stop thinking about them since. With the impending arrival of the 32-inch KDL-32D3000 model we’ll be reviewing it in full soon, but until then here’s some more tantalising info on this eagerly awaited television. The highlights of this …