There's no denying the convenience of a soundbar. Essentially an entire speaker system in one submarine-shaped cabinet, they are designed for wall-mounting underneath your flatscreen TV, with many offering technologies that simulate a 5.1 soundfield.

I have always fancied a dodecahedron in the living room, but I confess I was thinking perhaps some objet d'art, or even a light fitting, rather than speakers. For it is an irregular 12-sided polygon (and no parrot jokes), upon which the satellite ...

Freesat is aiming to carve a major role for itself in TV's post-analogue age, competing against Freeview, Sky and cable/broadband operators. For those unable to receive a terrestrial signal, it represents a viable multi-channel TV (and radio) option. ...

LG has been playing the style card a lot recently, and it's paying off. This may only be a mid-price DVD system, but the elegant speakers and glossy black styling perfectly match the current crop of luxurious glossy black flatscreen TVs. In fact, it ...

When Sony announced its BDV-IT1000 5.1 Blu-ray system at 2008's European IFA tech expo, it predictably made headlines. Elegant and striking, the kit seemed a perfect mash-up of cutting-edge video tech and contemporary aesthetics. But while much of ...

A flick of a switch and the monster speakers burst into life, with almost perfect channel separation. I remember being amazed at the tiny size of the cool-running? prototype and the girth of the sound it was producing. More than a decade later, it's ...