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Blu-ray and HD DVD movies: Time to order?

Crave By the time JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released last year, it had already been pre-ordered by over 100,000 people on Amazon.co.uk. Online retailers Amazon.co.uk, Play.com and HMV.co.uk have now started accepting pre...

Tags: ray, hd, discs, pre

12 September 2006, 16:36

Photos: Hands-on with the Philips MCM906 hi-fi

Crave Not only was it an attractive hi-fi for under £300, but one that had an integrated valve-based pre-amp, solid wooden speaker enclosures, DVD playback, 1080i upscaling and decent performance to boot. Once again this incorporates valve-based pre...

Tags: philips, speaker, fi, model

28 August 2008, 12:06

Guy's Christmas Shopping: Arcade cabinet

Crave But the real event will have nothing on our pre-Christmas spending spree -- we've been thrown a £5,000 (virtual) budget by the suits in charge to recommend the perfect Christmas presents for you, our dear Crave reader.

Tags: arcade, sort, pre, christmas

7 December 2005, 11:11

Sony BMG and 3 launch free mobile music videos

Crave pre-roll advertisements before each video, though you'll be exempt from any network data charges. But are mobiles ready for pre-roll video ads? With the success of ringtone sales, we've seen that easy methods of payment (billed to your account or...

Tags: videos, ad, pre, sales

2 April 2008, 11:58

iPhone remote: Controlling iTunes from bed

Crave The application, aimed at letting people remotely control iTunes in the home, is described in information included with the iTunes pre-release version that was made available to developers on The report offers these details from the developers pre...

Tags: pre, store, itunes, developers

30 June 2008, 10:32

Denon AVP/POA-A1HD: The £10,000 home cinema system

Crave The pre-amp consumes 150W and the power-amp drinks as much as 1,300W. The pre-amp takes care of all the inputs, of which there are a mind-boggling number. It goes without saying that the pre-amp can decode pretty much anything you can throw at it.

11 March 2008, 10:59

We7.com: An ad with every free track

Crave The catch to UK-based We7.com's music download service is that every single DRM-free track comes embedded with an audible pre-roll advertisement. Two people in our office said they'd like something like this to sample music before buying it, though...

Tags: we7, song, sample, ad

1 May 2007, 11:48

Panasonic X400: The return of Neo's phone

Crave It's also really slim, has a glossy black finish, an integrated camera, and costs £80 on Vodafone pre-pay. It may look much better than Pre-Pay phones of old, but you're not going to trick anyone into thinking that this costs more than the asking...

Tags: panasonic, nokia, pre, phones

1 July 2005, 10:52

Sony NV-U82, NV-U92T, NV-U52 and NV-U72T sat-navs

Crave The NV-U82 comes with 512MB of on-board memory and is pre-loaded with individual country maps. They will be available to pre-order from the Sony online shop. Crave has sent one of its top secret agents out to Rhodes to check out some of Sony's new...

Tags: sony, pre, country, maps

28 March 2007, 12:25

Behringer Podcastudio: USB podcast kit for the masses

Crave The kit arrives in a large yellow box and consists of a UCA 200- 2/2 I/O USB audio interface, a dynamic microphone with tripod, 5-channel studio mixer with XLR input and mic pre-amp, a pair of stereo headphones and all the cables and drivers you...

Tags: usb, drivers, pre, kit

14 April 2008, 11:46

Crave Talk: Dumping by text is very British

Crave Some phones even have a pre-written 'I love you xxx' message for maximum emotional efficiency. Instead, they use a system called 'toque', which literally translates to 'touch' and involves one person ringing the other person just once to express a...

Tags: employees, love, pre, messaging

10 November 2006, 11:38

Mio A701: A smart phone from the sat-nav people

Crave Running on Windows Mobile 5.0 means you can use all the latest compatible sat-nav programs, or you can buy it pre-loaded with the Mio sat-nav software. The A701 will be available this month, and cost around £449 with the sat-nav software pre...

Tags: mio, gps, pre, windows mobile

10 March 2006, 11:46

Crave Talk: Has the MiniDisc revival begun?

Crave Not only were pre-recorded albums rarely released for the MiniDisc, but they soon disappeared altogether. It's interesting to note that Sony stopped the sale of pre-recorded albums once the cost of buying the original CD and then recording it to a...

Tags: sony, japanese, consumer, albums

24 March 2006, 7:58

Lego Digital Designer: Block on

Crave The Digital Designer comes with 17 pre-built models, spanning the three themes. All of the pre-built models function as if you built them yourself, so it's easy to manipulate a base design into something radically different.

Tags: rotate, designer, sub, bricks

27 February 2008, 9:53

Hands-on with Sony Vaio CR20, TZ20 and AR50 laptops

Crave Like all the new Vaios, the CR series is geared up for use with all your media, and comes pre-loaded with Adobe Photoshop Elements to boot. The AR50 models are available for pre-order now from Sony's Web site.

14 September 2007, 13:11