Beautifully designed with a clear interface, but format support is limited

A promising start for Apple’s living-room takeover, but we’re still waiting for the best bits.

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.

An older screen, but affordable and stylish, though picture quality isn't up to the high standards set by the competition

It's a close race between this draft-n Vista Media Extender and the Xbox 360 for getting HD video to your TV. If you watch video from your Vista PC, read on.

Small screen, but it's packed with features, including DivX playback, slot loading DVD, HDMI, and a digital TV tuner.

An older LCD. A bargain option, but not one we’d recommend as once we might have

An easy way of putting old monitors to work, but does it stack up?

For those with deep pockets and big hearts, this DVD recorder comes with full PVR functionality and an 80GB hard drive.

A decent PC with media abilities bolted on, transforming this into a good lounge machine.

One of the better Dual TV tuner cards.

It works for the various TV versions, so Ubisoft has clearly decided not to mess with a proven formula when it comes to the CSI computer games. CSI: Miami sticks so close to the moderately successful CSI: Dark Motives that you can't see the gap, but fans will still be pleased enough with the result.

A stunning way to enjoy HD DVD, but the wonderful design and features come at a price

Apart form your credit card's cries of anxiety, you'll love the flexibility and performance of this TV

A decent multimedia notebook, but it’s not exciting enough for the price.

The small USB S-Media MediaMate 210D is a fairly hardy TV tuner, with some basic software but enough to get the job done.

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

A superb screen that excelled in our tests, but you can get the same performance for less.

Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 was launched with quite a bit of fanfare late last year, and not least of all because it was the first time in its 18 month life Australians could buy systems based on the OS.