Panasonic’s Viera range of plasmas is getting an updgrade for 2006, with the PV500 range morphing into the PX600 range. While the company is still making LCD TVs, it firmly believes that plasma is the way forward at screen sizes of 37 inches and above. The new range will arrive in May with 37, 42 and 50-inch sizes all badged as HD Ready and …

Regular LCD TVs are just so boring — they’re all so preoccupied with ‘HD Ready’ badges and HDMI sockets that they forget about design. At £1,500, the Philips 32PF9830 may be more expensive than most 32-inchers, but its Ambilight panels produce a veritable firework display of colours as you play Grand Theft Auto. This mix of technological power and design extravagance …

It’s rare to see portable DVD players these days, but it’s a genuine miracle to see one with an integrated digital tuner as well. The DTV-407 is the first all-in-one DVD player and Freeview package we’ve had in the office, and despite some reservations about Freeview’s suitability for watching on the go, it’s certainly an attractive proposition. The player itself …