Plantronics Backbeat GO 605 Bluetooth Headset Nice and comfortable materials Easy markings for ear-can orientation Return of Something Great Plantronics and I have a relationship that go way back when the first Bluetooth wireless headset dropped by for a quick review run. It left me pretty impressed and asking if there is more. Alas, the … Read more
The long-running flagship undergoes some detailed improvements that pay off in performance terms. Read our Sennheiser HD 800 S Review. DETAILS PRODUCT Sennheiser HD 800 S ORIGIN Germany TYPE Open-back, over-ear headphone WEIGHT 330g FEATURES 56mm dynamic driver Quoted sensitivity: 102dB/mW Cables: 3m with 6.35mm jack; 3m with XLR DISTRIBUTOR Sennheiser UK First appearing back in 2009, the original HD … Read more
The smallest speaker in the Monitor range might look a little odd, but Ed Selley finds himself charmed by what it has to offer As the smallest member of the Monitor range of speakers, the Monitor 50 is a two-way standmount that features a 25 mm tweeter partnered with a 140mm mid/bass driver. The tweeter … Read more
Cooler Master MasterKeys MK750 Just your type Gamers and business users aren’t always looking for the same things from their PCs, but they tend to agree on keyboards, turning up their noses at today’s flat, flimsy affairs in favour of traditional keys with mechanical switches that will survive years of hammering. This model from Cooler Master … Read more
Cherry MX Board 3.0 Review – Cherry, based in Germany, is best known as the maker of the mechanical switches used by most top-end keyboard makers, colour-coded (invisible to the user) according to their feel. This is the cheapest product in which the company uses them itself, and comes in four switch options: Black for … Read more
The A1 OLED biends performance power with cutting-edge design. John Archer can’t get enough of it. Read our SONY KD-55A1 Review. Sony isn’t completely new to the OLED TV game; its first model came out way back in 2008. That particular set failed to make much of an impact on the home cinema market, though, due to … Read more
The UHZ65 trades an old-fashioned lamp for something more cutting-edge. Steve May approves. Read our OPTOMA UHZ65 Review. Black level performance, colour vibrancy and raw resolution are widely recognised as the holy trinity of home cinema projection, and with the new 4K HDR-capable UHZ65, Optoma comes close to giving movie fans a suitably religious experience. You may … Read more
Vincent Teoh treats his peepers to the visual delights of Sony’s monster 100in 4K HDR TV. Read our SONY KD-100ZD9 Review. AV INFO PRODUCT: 100in full-array backlit 4K LED TV POSITION: Sony’s biggest and most premium screen PEERS: Samsung QE88Q9F; 4K HDR projector/ screen combi No AV enthusiast has ever gone to heaven regretting they bought too big a telly, … Read more
Richard Stevenson is surprised to see subwoofer specialist REL branching out in a new movie-focused direction. But he isn’t complaining ContentsAV INFOBass bargainMovie mayhemVERDICTPARTNER WITH AV INFO PRODUCT: 10in, 300W entry-level sub First in a new Serie HT range from REL PEERS: SVS SB-1000; KEF Kube8b; Velodyne Impact 12 IT MIGHT COME as a surprise that REL has … Read more
Creative Muvo 2c Review A surpringly good portable speaker for your holidays If we had a pound for every waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker that popped up among our press releases… well, we still wouldn’t be able to afford many of them. ‘The Muvo, however, costs a reasonable 30 quid, and its soft-touch finish comes in … Read more
Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Review Anti-malware, anti-spam, firewall, parental controls, secure browser, system cleanup, version checking, password manager, website filter, remote monitoring, anti-ransomware, rescue disc and VPN. Although its overall rating took a modest hit in the most recent AV-Test benchmarks due to some overzealous filtering of new applications, Bitdefender Total Security remains our favourite … Read more
Powerful new processing boosts the picture quality of LG’s already impressive OLED TVs, says John Archer. Read our LG OLED65E8 Review. PRODUCT: 65in 4K HDR OLED TV with integrated Dolby Atmos audio In the middle of LG’s current TV range, above the C8 series PEERS: Samsung QE65Q9FN; Sony KD-65AF8 A combination of gorgeous designs, a five-strong range targeting different … Read more