DVD

You'll probably do a double take when you first see Panasonic's DMP-BD35. It's unfeasibly thin. Sat atop my regular Blu-ray player, Pioneer's hulking great LX-70a, it seems insignificant.

Philips' space-saving solution is almost the real thing

Onkyo's fully-featured 5.1 package is idiot-proof home cinema at its best

This system's two-channel performance is excellent, but what about surround?

A solid recorder let down by a lack of key features

Panasonic's DVD/HDD/VCR is the convergence king

A 1080p player with tons of features and knockout performance

Cool in appearance, the DVR-560HX (the black variant, certainly) has clearly been designed to complement Pioneer’s other AV components.