Advantages: Compact, Stylish
Disadvantages: Slightly slow software

...Technika television all though not a very common or well known brand is a exptional product of very high quality. I own and am very pleased with my Technika television that we purchased from our local Tesco store. It was easy to install with auto setu so it's basically plug it in and it's all ready to use. The quality of picture is very good and does not have any reflections from the sun shining on it that i have found very irritating when you are trying to watch something on other brand of televisions. The picture is sharp and well contrasted with brilliant colour. The sound is also very high quality never fuzzy and never any varied volumes. The television itself is in a subtle silver colour fitting in well with any bedroom colour a credit to the room itself. It is none bulky and doesn't take up much space making it easy... Read review

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Advantages: strong engine, comfortable 4 seater, good boot space, plenty of gadgets, quite economical, nice looks
Disadvantages: no real involvement, not exciting,

...We've had one of these for the past couple of years. It's always performed solidly if not inspirationally. Its shown itself to be reliable and comfortable. Perhaps biggest disappointment is its lack of personality though. Our 407 is a black model with the full colour sat nav. It has the grey cloth interior which we decided we wanted rather than the leather. From the outside, the car looks great. When we got it, there were very few on the roads of the Northeast and it stood out well. The engine has lots of power and some excellent mid range grunt. Although like most diesels it sounds like a tractor. The engine has never given any cause for concern though, Its always started first time and always been powerful enough for day-to-day use. Economy wise it is not as good as we would have expected but will turn out around 35... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: to expensive for its capeabilities

...This is my own personal opinion and does not intend to infringe upon the legal rights of peugeot to maintain their own view of how they think their vechicle should be described. when I last looked this was a free country so i am going to say what I think anyway, protocol, protocol protocol. I have been loaned one of these as a hire car after driving citroens for the past few years, I expected peugeot to have advanced their suspension forward to a more comfortable ride. the 407 SW is very noisey with road noise penetraiting the cockpit at an unbelieveable rate. the tyre pressures are monitered by a computer and must be maintained at 2.6 bar which is around 40psi if not the computer keeps flashing a message in front of the driver warnning of a puncture some where on the car, it dosent tell you which wheel has the offending tyre so... Read review

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Advantages: Program Guide really clear and simple, quite good features
Disadvantages: No series link, not the most energy efficient box.

...I have been using Freeview for a while now with a single set top box and as with many other people I was getting fed up that I couldn't record two digital channels or even record one and watch another. My solution to this problem was to look into the growing range of personal video recorders PVR's that are coming onto the market. The guidelines for my purchase were that I wanted to have a twin tuner which would allow recording of 2 digital channels and I also wanted to keep to a budget of £120 max. Be careful here as not all twin tuner recorders will let you record 2 programs at the same time. The Technika one does but many record one channel whilst you watch another. Unfortunately my budget ruled out Humax and Topfield which most people seem to think are the best as they are about £160+. I bought the Technika about a week... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent value, good range of features
Disadvantages: Little known manufacturer

...When I did some work on my kitchen a couple of years ago I decided to install a little LCD TV on a wall bracket so that I could rotate it to watch the TV in the kitchen or the dining area. It worked just fine and the little 15" LCD TV was OK. Well it was until I realised I could also watch the TV out in the conservatory and then, to be honest, the picture just wasn't big enough! I got to thinking that a 19" TV was what was needed and started looking around for something suitable that wouldn't actually break the bank. One day when wandering into TESCO I spotted a big pile of Technika 19" TVs on offer. The price tag said they were reduced from £179.99 to £149.99 and they just seemed too much of a bargain to pass them by. I thought about it overnight and popped back to TESCO the following day to put one in my shopping trolley... Read review

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Advantages: Light, stylish and long battery life
Disadvantages: Headphones, poor file management program

...Sony's Network Walkman E407 is this companies latest addition to the flash media MP3 player market. It boasts some decent statistics with a small size, light weight and long battery life, but does it work and is it any good? In answering this lets look at the E407 in detail and see how it all stacks up. The Sony E407 has the same memory as the market leader from a fruit named company at 1GB, but when I bought it in April 2006 it was £30 dearer than it's rival's white coloured equivalent memory sized player at £129.99. I bought this for the size, style and quality that I associate with the Sony brand and in this I was not disappointed. The E407 is very small at around 85mm high, 30mm wide and 14mm thick (3/3/8" x 1/1/8" x 5/16" in old money). Its weight is something to boast about as well because it didn't even register 50 grams (1... Read review

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Advantages: Price, Simple to use, Quality
Disadvantages: Minimal features

...I have been debating whether to splash out on an mp3 player for quite some time now but always seemed to have something else to spend the money on so had not purchased one until now. While picking up some essentials I spotted the Technika MP-906 mp3 player which Tesco are currently retailing for £4.97 and so decided that at under £5 what the hell. I have to say it is probably the best £5 I have ever spent. For this price you don't expect much and so I was expecting a lightweight flimsy feeling piece of kit, but I couldn't have been more wrong. The first thing you notice when you remove the player from the packaging is the quality feel of the player. Not the flimsy plastic I was expecting but a solid plastic with a soft rubbery texture that is incredibly comfortable to hold. The styling of the player is very smooth... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap! small, user friendly, no-one will ever want to steal it and you can replace cheaply if it breaks!
Disadvantages: No locking device, non standard headphones, obviously not hi-tech!

...it in case anyone was stuck wondering why it didn't work. ~~Music Quality~~ I have to say I'm not fussy about these things so can't give you an in depth analysis. I could hear the songs fine and there was no hissing or background noise. ~~Disadvantages~~ Now I don't mean to be fussy, obviously this is probably the cheapest MP3 player you will ever buy, but I do have a couple of quibbles. ~Locking~ I came to throw my new player in my bag as per usual and realized there is no way of locking it. As I tend to carry mine round with me all day I am used to locking it so that if you accidentally press the buttons it won't switch on. The Technika has no way of doing this so I have to make sure I don't knock the off button while I'm listening to it and then find somewhere safe to put it when I'm not using it. Unfortunately I am... Read review

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Advantages: Has remote return facility
Disadvantages: Doesn't like other wireless devices

...I have seen video senders (used to send video and audio wirelessly between devices) from years ago and they were expensive and not very reliable, with picture break up being common. Also most were unable to control the sending device using a remote. Whilst browsing round my local Tesco I happened across the Technika AV104 video senders at just under £20 a pair. What comes in the box One AV transmitter base One AV receiver base Two AC Power adapters (Plugin block type) Two Scart to 2 RCA phono cables (1 for transmit and 1 for receive) One Infra Red extender cable - capable of supporting 3 different devices. User Manual Specification - taken from the supplied manual Operating Frequency - 2.4GHz to 2.4835GHz (4 selectable channels) Modulation - FM Video Level (in and out) - 1 V p-p @ 75ohm Audio Level (in and out) - 1 V... Read review

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Advantages: A decent camera for a low budget or beginner
Disadvantages: None

...many different functions..... would she use these functions?......would she NEED those functions?......does it really matter what colour it is?.......... ARGHH. Just as I was reaching the end of my tether I visited the Tesco Direct website and I came across the Technika SH-7065 7MP Digital Camera. It was £49, black, quite stylish and compact looking, it was in stock with next day delivery available and the icing on the cake was you were getting a free canon inkjet photo printer with it, she was over the moon and I was instructed to order right away! Needless to say I was over the moon too a she always manages to finish the ink on my printer, printing off photos of her and her friends posing. Delivery charges are £4.85 and if ordered before 12 noon your items should arrive the next day. Alternatively you can pick up from your local store... Read review

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