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A good-looking, ergonomically excellent laptop with a wealth of multimedia capabilities for home users.

A veritable Swiss Army Knife of a NAS drive, the QNAP TS-119 Turbo NAS has every feature under the sun

Great design and comprehensive features make it a truly great Media Center PC. Only the price lets it down.

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Camcorder, still camera and portable media player all in one sleek package.

Small but perfectly formed, the D420 has hours of battery life and loads of features and great ergonomics.

A big brash, powerful pc with loads of features and a giant screen. It’s a good thing, because the orange case distracts from the DDR5’s true purpose: performance.

Good performance and value, plus plenty of media-centre practicality in this silent graphics card

Superlative quality is let down by slow scan times and unintuitive driver software.

A high capacity, low cost per gigabyte drive, with performance that will make it perfect for media PCs.

It doesn’t do anything apart from simple music streaming, but the price and ease of use make this a good choice for getting music from one room to another wirelessly.

A decent notebook but too expensive for the features on offer.

The appealing price and form factor can’t hide some serious usability issues, but there’s a good system underneath.

A useful card for more relaxed gaming, and a quiet cooler to boot.

Windows SideShow is a fascinating distraction, but even without the supplementary screen the W5fe is impressive.

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Some interesting technology, married with superb performance – and a huge price tag.