Entertainment

If like me you are old enough to remember the original Ghetto Blaster it was large and you needed strong shoulders to walk it around, it did not have that many features apart from being very loud. This unit is very different.

Put away your fishing rod as this sea-based offering involves mermaids and pearls.

Deezer is one of the most popular streaming services, however often people want to stream music when they are not at home on their Wi-Fi, and even if mobile data is available – it certainly is not on most tube lines – it is an extra cost. One solution is to save music when you stream on your Wi-Fi and then replay it when out and about, and with Deezer this is an option.

You may have heard of the golden age of gaming. Now you can experience it for yourself or pay a return visit.

A cylindrical speaker with speakers on the side and top, it should withstand some water as getting in to charge it or insert a 3.5mm lead (if not using Bluetooth) is far from easy, to say the base is a tight fit is quite an understatement.

This next title comes from that hot bed of creative gaming talent known as FIVE-BN Games.

Just over a year ago I took a look at Secret Investigations: Nemesis. Now it is the turn of a follow-up offering in the series. This is Secret Investigations: Revelations.

littleBits link with other littleBits to become bigger bits and for anyone ‘8 Years Plus’ a simple solution to make answers to other problems, ‘start out with a voice activated robotic hand and after that the only limit is your imagination’.

Classified as a Hidden Object Mystery game, Dead Link – Pages Torn, has been developed by Phime. The game opens with a disturbing scene as a young woman is captured when taking a late night run through the countryside. Fortunately this video sequence can be skipped in order to move on to the main title screen.

First a big thank you to Cello for extending the loan of their recently reviewed TV that has enabled both this and the other 4K box recently reviewed so as to get the best from anything with ‘4K’ in the name is something that will display ‘4K’.

The Manhattan SX Freesat HD set top box is a very convenient way for those who have a suitable satellite dish to access the wide range of Freesat TV channels.

If it is hidden then find it and you might end up at Atlantis.

While this bar does not serve alcohol, it does deliver an audio experience.

Next in line to deliver my favourite music is the Edifier S1000DB product.

The latest Bluetooth earbuds to cross my desk arrived close to same time as a couple of recent SmartPhones neither of which have a standard 3.5mm socket so ideal to test these earbuds with so they have had a thorough work out.

Checking your ancestry can cause problems as this next game reveals.

This toy brings songs and sound effects to a young child’s play area.

The Fuzzy family needs help. Are you up to the task?

Even 45 years later, the Rubik effect continues to be felt.

A streaming service for more than just music as you listen via a small box and either input to your TV or from the 3.5mm port on the back of the box to external speakers, it is also possible to listen via a soundbar connected to your TV.

With a bargain basement approach, this next offering consists of five separate titles.

Edifier continues to offer a choice of speaker systems.

Are you up to the task of completing 200 levels of Match 3?

How are your Match 3 game playing skills? You will need them as you set about restoring your world.

Is it an electronic book? Or is it a carry case? No it is Leap Frog’s new learning tool.

Not just another PowerBank but one with enough power to charge a mid-sized Notebook or Tablet so whatever the length of time it can go without slurping up mains power can now be at least doubled by the addition of this offering from Cygnett.

Having passed 400 THX tests, thus next speaker system had to satisfy me.

These are just gels that fit into the ear there are no wires or brace the Bluetooth connection is direct from the back of the bud to the SmartPhone. Unlike some other devices you can use just one bud should you wish so ideal if you have a hearing aid in the other ear.

Being a prison guard for a dinosaur does require some specialist equipment.

This is the size of a small dogs and is in fact exactly that with tweeters built into the dogs glasses and the main speakers the back of its head, it has a pair of ears a couple of LEDs at the start of the front of the neck and there this wireless speaker ends.