Plenty of connections, power saving features

Can be cumbersome to set up

Fast hard drive access times and good bundle of software make this an attractive external hard drive, just a pity larger versions are so expensive

Can this offer your all your burning needs?

Small, compact, good burn speeds

Can sap notebook battery power

The design is stylish and robust and it's easy to use, making this a great all-round portable DVD rewriter

Flash drives are a dime a dozen these days. One gig flash drives can be bought for as little as £15, but more robust, solid-feeling models will cost double that or more.

LED that blinks when transferring data, compact size

Quite high price

If you want a little flash drive that flashes, look no further

- In the arms race of storage Vs. resolution and ever higher bit rates, it still all comes down to just one thing, disk space. Even with the best camera ever, if a storage card fills up after 20 minutes, you're no better off than your contemporaries stari...

Large storage capacity, simple to use, effective, TV / Projector playback function

No ability to format disk remotely without computer, should have a xD card slot

A very handy device for any professional photographer. Compact and easy to use, it replaces the need for massive capacity storage cards and offers a permanent storage solution.

- When CDs and DVDs first arrived in 1982 and 1997 respectively, the general understanding from manufacturers was that tape was done with and we should all upgrade to the new, improved digital offering. After all, tape, whilst reliable, degrades over time...

Reasonable capacity; USB 2.0 Speed

Media Costs buy you a whole hard disk anyway; yet another cul-de-sac format from Iomega

Remember Jaz Drives? As long as you're prepared for Iomega's semi-regular format dumping, go ahead- otherwise stick with internal drives

- While the name may suggest something rather different, the JackRabbit 4 is an interesting approach to the portable DVD writer. Philips questions why a portable DVD writer should be limited to working on a PC. Taking this idea, The Jackrabbit 4 will happ...

Wide Format support

No USB 2.0 Brick Like remote

Good if space is an issue and you need to watch and burn DVDs

- If you've opted for a laptop without DVD burner, or merely run out of room in your desktop PC, Amacom are hoping that you'll come looking its way. The Powerhouse of its range, the DVDi Burner offers dual format recording for the DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW fo...

Dual format DVD recorder, Good software bundle

Looks like a tank

Nevertheless it's a good solid unit that doesn't get above its station.

- When Betamax launched in the UK some 20 odd years ago it was a revolutionary format that brought the power of the cinema into your living room. Soon after VHS launched offering the same thing. Suddenly to an unknowing public you had two formats vying fo...

Performance and format spread

Best used with full retail authoring suite

The hardware proves itself but to get the absolute best out of it, use with Roxio 7 or Nero 6.