Red Riding Hoodie and her best mate the Big Bad Wolf were planning a big night in. They had all the ingredients for a big meal, including a big enchilada, a bigger fish to fry, a big apple and a big cheese. After dinner they were going to kick off their boots, which they were too big for anyway, and …

Most people’s home cinema consists of a DVD player and, if you’re lucky, a shiny new flat-screen TV. For others, home cinema is a hobby that knows no limits, and once you start getting into projectors and AV amps you’ll soon find yourself with a beard, talking to your slightly overweight friends about the need for dielectric insulated video cables. …

Even as recently as Christmas, we seemed to spend most of our time bemoaning the release of expensive LCD TVs that lacked HD compatibility and Freeview tuners. Now though, every TV that arrives at our door not only wears the ‘HD Ready’ badge proudly on its sleeve, but almost always features a digital tuner (some even have two tuners and …