Welcome back, Marantz, you’ve been missed. The VP-11S1 is a deadly rival for the established high-end projector specialists

An outstanding performer – so long as you can afford it!

The Sim2’s pictures are a thrill in every way – if $13,000's your limit, it’s the prime candidate

One of the very best multichannel speaker systems around. If you’ve the space and cash, it has to be heard

One of the very best multichannel speaker systems around. If you’ve the space and cash, it has to be heard

Offers much of the ability of more expensive projectors for a far more reasonable price

Wealthy and/or maniacally enthused about movies? You must see this…

A superb DLP projector; a landmark performer in every sense

If you’ve the money and dream of owning a humungo-wall-telly, then the Panasonic will go a long way to fulfilling your dreams

Homer Simpson’s home town of Springfield’s motto is: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. There must be a glut of noble spirit at Sony

If you must have the biggest, it’s great – but lose a couple of inches and you’ll get an even better performance

If you can afford one and can find one, don’t think twice about it. If not, rent one from a specialist outlet for phenomenal results

An older TV, but in its day one of the best picture performances we'd ever seen

HP’s Opteron MP server delivers an innovative design teamed with high expansion potential and a good price.

Comparatively pricey, but IBM delivers a quality rack-server package.

Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we’ve ever seen by some margin.

If you had asked me a few weeks ago what the advantages of eight megapixels (MP) were over five, I would have said very few. However, that was before I discovered the fun factor in being able to play with an image that is up to 115cm by just over 86cm (72dpi).

Once upon a time not too long ago, your average inkjet printer had a single tricolour ink cartridge. Of course, the print quality was fairly ordinary, but it did the job. Today, with digital cameras the norm and home users wanting to print their own photographs, your photo printer may have as many as eight different ink cartridges.

The latest iteration of the Pentium 4, code named Prescott, is an interesting development for a few reasons. First off, it represents Intel's entry to the world of 90nm (90 nanometre, or 0.09 micron) fabrication for processors. For the uninitiated, all this means is the size of individual components on the processor core have been shrunk to even smaller levels. It's a natural part of processor evolution to shrink the size of components, as it allows more transistors to be packed into a smaller space, reduces heat and resistance, and this all leads to faster CPUs.

Despite the fact it's aimed at professional users - corporate and event videographers and advanced home-video enthusiasts are the target market - Ulead DVD Workshop 2 retains many of the ease-of-use features for which the company has become known.