Gadgets

Introduction, design and performance The UBD-K8500 is Samsung’s debut 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. It’s also the most affordable way into the new disc format right now, undercutting its …

Take a quick look at Sony’s latest H.ear On headphones (shoot me, but I actually like the name pun) and you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d seen them before. This is because they…

Amazon Fire TV Stick Update: The Amazon Fire TV Stick is even better in 2016, with a more powerful internal processor for faster streaming and less time buffering, and an upgraded 802.11a/b/g/n Dua…

There’s no shortage of Bluetooth speakers on the market, from cheap no-name speakers found on eBay to the more well known Beats variety. But for a Bluetooth speaker to be great, it has to sou…

The Turbo X, the latest offering from Californian company Riva, is a mega-loud Bluetooth speaker that, its makers claim, is capable of banging out tunes at a whopping 100db and can run at slightly …

The original Roku Streaming Stick, the one released back in 2012 before the Chromecast came onto the scene and the Amazon Fire TV Stick had ever been conceived, was a landmark innovation for stream…

Android Wear, Google’s wrist-based version of the Android OS, isn’t new to the smartwatch scene. It arrived in 2014 and has been improving ever since. If you’re new to the world o…

Roku 3 intro, design and content Update: Roku 3 is getting the CNNgo channel in the US. The service allows users to watch clips from the news network and can be found in the “News and Weather…

Features and performance Let’s cut to the chase: £430 / $600 / (around AU$800) for any pair of headphones is a lot of money for most people. Unless you’re deep within audiophile c…

Skullcandy, a brand that was once known for cheap earbuds and lackluster headphones, has been full of surprises these days. First, it put out the excellently priced Skullcandy Grind, a wired headse…