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The Topfield TRF-2400 Masterpiece HD PVR set-top box is almost identical to the Topfield TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD, except that it has a smaller capacity hard drive and it doesn't ship with a wireless dongle. All of the other features of the 2400 are the same as the 2460: it has two MPEG4 tuners, networking and streaming, and it can record up to four TV programs at once.

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The Topfield TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD Plus is an elegantly styled PVR (personal video recorder) with a big 1TB hard drive and twin high-definition digital TV tuners. It's perfect for TV tragics who want an easy-to-operate device for recording their favourite shows.

The Kogan Deluxe FHD42H is a 42in Full HD (1080p) LCD TV with a 200Hz panel. Don't be suspicious of its $999 price tag — it's great for watching fast-moving video such as sports or action movies. Its inbuilt speakers are impressive and the USB recording function is useful if you don't want to buy a PVR.

Australia's third-largest Internet service provider (ISP), iiNet, has struck a deal with FetchTV to distribute an IPTV service to its customers.

The LG 50PK750 is a 50in plasma television with a borderless design. It is very attractive and has good picture quality to boot. Overall it's a good panel for a reasonable price.

Topfield's TRF-7160 is a personal video recorder (PVR) with a 500GB hard drive and two digital TV tuners. You can record shows onto its internal hard drive and time-shift TV broadcasts. You can also attach a USB 2.0 hard drive in order to view files you've downloaded from the Internet or ripped from a DVD or connect the PVR to your home network so that you can download from and upload files to its hard drive. It's quite a versatile PVR, but it's by no means perfect and could use a more intuitive on-screen interface.

Freeview, the television industry body publicising the move to free-to-air digital television, has released information on products it has certified the compatibility of at a launch at Dick Smith in the Sydney CBD on Monday.

With almost every new television being released today also coming with an integrated digital tuner, the demand for digital set top boxes is falling. Nevertheless, companies like Topfield are still managing to make them an incredibly attractive proposition. The Topfield TF7000HDPVRt probably shouldn't be called a digital set top box, since it's technically a PVR, or personal video recorder. Whatever the term you use, however, this thing is a beast. With a 250GB hard drive, dual high definition (HD) tuners, HDMI and USB connections, and an extensive and highly functional interface, the TF7000HDPVRt is an incredibly powerful and useful device.

The TF4400PVRt from Topfield is a good Standard Definition set top box that boasts great picture quality and is easy to use, but only contains an 80GB hard drive. It also lacks advanced connections but for many people this will not pose too great a problem.