The lure of free PS3s is proving too strong for thousands of HD TV buyers signing up to claim a games console from Sony, despite complaints about long delays.

Market booming thanks to games consoles and TVs.

Play your video, photo and music files on your TV from a networked PC. We put five network players to the test

High definition video is the next big thing for Australia. We explain the essential technologies for your TV or living room PC, and what to expect from our broadcasters.

An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

Intriguing styling makes this near-silent media-centre PC stand out, but it has its foibles

A stylish all-in-one media centre that effortlessly handles all tasks thrown at it. But it’s disgracefully priced.

A Media Center PC and 32in LCD TV all-in-one.

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

What's the best Blu-Ray player on the market? Our quick shopping guide to features to look for, compatiblity issues, connectivity, and our top pick.

A poor performer in the face of HP’s similarly-priced, touch screen-enabled rival.

Altech's Maestro Pro is a Home Theatre PC based on Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

Flexible, beautifully designed and reasonably priced. An excellent attempt to attract the masses.

Similar in nature to the Zinwell ProV (June 2002, page 46) but with better execution, the X-Media DreamBox is a small set-top box for your desktop that lets you watch TV, video, console games and DVDs on your monitor without the need to power on your PC.

While the epithet 'multimedia PC' used to be bandied about to over-hype any PC in the mid-'90's that was capable of playing music, rudimentary video, and games, the descriptive was overused so much on sub-par PCs that the impact of any real multimedia capabilities was diminished in the wash of pretenders.

A flexible and powerful livingroom PC that ticks almost all the right boxes, as well as being great value.

Eye-catching and very well designed, the new iMac is an excellent all-in-one PC system.

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.