Superb performance in one of the sturdiest and best-looking gaming laptops we’ve seen – the Alienware M17x is worth the expense.

Incredibly powerful laptop system, with a few small issues that hold it back from true glory.

Incredibly powerful laptop system at high spec, but you can also opt for a cheaper, lower spec version

We all dream of owning a huge television, but is a 52 inch high-def giant like Sony's KDL-52W4000 Bravia all it's cracked up to be?

The Sony bandwagon rolls on; this is another simple to use set that produces brilliant big-screen images

Awesome! If you use a computer to store your music or movies (or both), you should check this one out

Getting on, but remains a fairly competitive buy

Still a gorgeous-looking and highly capable HD projector. This fine unit receives six stars, especially at its competitive price.

A fine projector: well worth considering, especially if you hunt down a competitive price

A fine TV that offers a rich, warm picture but comes up just a tiny bit short against rival sets from Sony and Philips

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

A powerful and feature-packed notebook. But it can’t match the quality of Dell’s XPS M1710.

High performance with a matching price tag.

We dubbed the ASUS ‘The Black Box’ because, like its aeronautical namesake, it records everything.

There are many things that are given the 'instant' moniker, but usually products from the IT world are not among their number. Slow PC boot times (whatever happened to instant-on PCs?) and a whole mess of configurations takes the instant gratification out of most technology...

The look of the HP Compaq NC6000_106 is pure business with its black casing and silver trim. It's also one of the heavier laptops at 2.9kg.

The Qosmio is the absolute pinnacle in multimedia notebooks. It brings everything you need for a good Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) system and squeezes it into a notebook form-factor. Albeit a large notebook form-factor. Yes the Qosmio is a huge and heavy notebook, but it's not nearly as heavy as it would have been if it was packed with desktop internals as many desknotes of this size usually are.

One of the most striking things about Pioneer’s entry this month is the cosmetics: it’s 24hr karaoke bar meets street-racing BMW. And lots of blue LEDs! And these LED’s can get a little annoying – especially the super bright “headlight” LED’s. They shine directly ahead, and at desk height they beam straight into your eyes. There is also a large, illuminated ‘Xfinity’ etched into the front door of the case. Suffice to say this case won’t be to everyone’s taste. But otherwise, the rest of the externals are OK – the top mount houses two of the six total USB ports beneath a tidy flap, and a large power button with a good action.

The second Panasonic submitted, the PT-LC76E rated higher than its sister model -- with even better performance for both office and home real world tests - and came only second to the Hitachi CPS210 overall.

One of the few projectors to edge up to the $5,000 cut-off mark for this Labs, the Panasonic PT-AE300E proved to be bit of a powerhouse in our test suite.