Comag SL 35 S

Advantages: Free to view at a highly affordable price
Disadvantages: No SKY but not in itself a bad thing

...Thanks to Rupert Murdoch, most Brits think 'Satellite TV = Sky TV" - well it doesn't! First of all, there's more than one Satellite, and secondly, he doesn't own all the channels (well not yet anyway!) Certainly, in the UK, Sky are the only people seriously promoting Satellite TV, but there's literally hundreds of stations, in dozens of languages, and you can pick them all up perfectly legally without taking out a subscription. That's where the Comag SL-65 comes in. The SL-65 is an entry level digital satellite receiver, which connects to a dish at one end of a wire, and your telly at the other. If you don't mind being stuck to one satellite, you can connect it to an existing dish instead of a Sky box, but with the right kit, you could be surfing up to a couple of thousand channels a night! There's four main... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent picture quality, zoom and other functions, good sound output
Disadvantages: Non. If it recorded it would be the best ever..

...With the surge in popularity of DVD recorders, it is very hard to notice the humble DVD player nowadays and it comes quite low on the list of 'must-haves'. However, if you are in the market for a good DVD player that is packed with features, the JVC XV-N55SL would be worthy of consideration. We have had ours a couple of years now, but last year it got relegated to the dining room when we purchased our DVD recorder. It is hooked up to a portable TV we have in there but it does not really do justice to the JVC in all fairness. But that's the way things go. If we had room in our lounge under our TV on top of the DVD recorder it would still be there, because it is by far the better player of DVDs. When we got the JVC home as a Christmas present to both of us (from both of us) a couple of Christmases ago, we were amazed how light... Read review

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Advantages: Sound, Style, Uses
Disadvantages: none

...of the speakers, fade etc. I then played the last song on the Eagles album ‘Hell Freezes Over’. This song was written and performed for this 5.1 DTS system. Each voice can be heard uniquely in each of the 5 speakers. There is no bleeding (i.e. background noise, or noise from another speaker channel). Superb!! Also you have the option of adding ‘zones’ onto the system, so you could have speakers outside, controlled by the one remote, and the signal is relayed back to the Lifestyle system. The remote control is a little big, but easy to use. You can change the system to run off 2, 3 or 5 speakers. All the usual controls. You do have the option of several types of Bose speakers that are compatible with the Lifestyle 35. Having listened to several, I found that the Jewel, although more expensive had a far superior clarity and definition than... Read review

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