Jam-packed with features, but it struggles to compete with the best.

A gorgeous new controller makes this the best Sonos system ever – just take note of that high price.

While it might seem like a good idea, the Seagate FreeAgent Theater is more novelty than useful. And the price point is not as competitive as others in this range.

This aluminium storage box is a prime candidate for a living-room media network, especially if you need 1TB of storage space.

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

Iomega’s latest shows promise, but it’s outclassed by others

Inexpensive, but a frugal assortment of features

Plenty of storage, but average performance and limited features

Expensive, but the ds209+ is very fast – the NAS to aspire to

A comprehensive set of features and good performance

A fast, sensibly designed three-bay NAS device with RAID5

Oodles of storage and middling performance, but found lacking

With more homes served by their own wired and wireless networks, there’s no better way to store all your music, movies and documents than a NAS box like this

Fast and blessed with some truly useful features - a router that's well worth investing in

Although its design is no more exciting than a grilled cheese sandwich, the Billion BiPac 7300N is functional and easy to set up.

TP-Link’s basic router offers good performance at a good price and even throws in some easy setup features for first-timers.

Fast, full of features and with mobile broadband support, but just a little too expensive

good speed, good features and plenty of flexibility make this a winner

Slow speeds and a high price make this an underwhelming offering

Good value if purchased with a plan, the telstra’s speed impresses