Last night Crave was invited to a swanky TV launch — we think there was some mistake, because they had mostly invited cool people and minor celebrities. Still, there were new TVs in the house, namely the Sony Bravia E4000 range. The E4000 is Sony’s new arty TV with a bezel that makes it look …

That’s right, you read the headline correctly: Toshiba just claimed to have created the first upscaling TVs, the Regza 42ZV555D and 46ZV555D LCDs. With such bold boasts flying around the Internet, we feel like making a few ourselves. Did you know we invented blogging? Or that without Crave, there would be no Moon? No, we didn’t think so, either. But …

Although we applaud Toshiba‘s efforts to improve the quality of DVDs with its upscaling players, we couldn’t help but think the XD-E500, which we reviewed in September, was a little too expensive at £120 and didn’t do enough with the picture quality to justify giving your old player the heave-ho. Toshiba has just gone and added a whole Poundland’s worth …

If you love Christmas lights and don’t see why they should be restricted to just one time of the year, the Philips Aurea II is the TV for you. It boasts enough coloured illumination to put Oxford Street to shame. The only disappointment: it costs more than a 50-inch Pioneer Kuro. Yes, that’s right, the 42PFL9903D has a list price …

If you’re looking to buy a car, you don’t automatically pick the £200 J-reg Vauxhall Cavalier. Your home cinema should be no different, and that’s why Denon makes high-end reference players like the 3800BD, which cost an eye-watering £1,600. Is it 80 times as much as a supermarket DVD player? Yes. Is it worth it? Let’s find out what you …

You don’t have to pay to watch Coronation Street because the advertisers are footing the bill. So when a movie has more ads than an episode of Corrie, you’d expect you would be able to see that for free too — the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is stuffed so full of product placement, everyone should be allowed into …

Money may be tight at the moment, but that’s never stopped a gadget lover from dreaming. And dream we do, about a happy place to store our DVDs centrally, away from those clumsy discs and on a honking great hard drive. The MS1 from Imerge is designed to keep your video and audio safe and secure, and most importantly of …

As if the price of Pioneer plasmas wasn’t enough to keep them exclusive, now the company has added two new limited-edition screens. One — the KRP-500AW — is finished in ‘pure white’ and the other — known as the KRP-500ABG — is slathered in ‘beige grisé’. The nuts and bolts of these fancy screens are exactly the same as the …

Employers across the UK gasped a collective sigh of exasperation as the BBC announced its plans to broadcast all its World Cup games on the Internet. Viewers will be able to log on to the Web site and watch every World Cup 2006 game at the same time as they are shown live on BBC TV. The service is likely …

Ofcom has finally announced its plans for high definition channels on Freeview. Although we’ve known for some time that HD would come to Freeview eventually, it’s taken the regulator quite a while to work out the fine details of how it will all come together. The good news is, certain regions will have access to the service from next year, …