Toshiba TDP-S25: sub-£1,000 Home Cinema

Fancy giving off the impression that you're a high-rolling, cigar-smoking pimp daddy? Well, follow Crave's lead and grab yourself Toshiba's inexplicably cheap TDP-S25 projector for immediate respect. Home cinema no longer needs to be the preserve of hardcore tech-heads who should really get out more, because at only £700, this is even cheaper than the Dell 2300MP.

Before you think 'that's bound to be the projector equivalent of a Skoda', the fascia proudly boasts that the TDP-S25 features the world-conquering DLP chipset, as opposed to its ugly LCD counterpart. DLP is the technology that's behind even the most expensive projectors on the market, and it more or less completely removes that annoying 'chicken wire' effect on images.

The projector itself is compact and futuristic looking, if not particularly light. Its silver body may have the same identikit finish as every other projector on the market, but as it's intended to make you look as stylish in the office as it does in the home, we can cope.

So where's the catch? Well, the lack of AV connectivity made us turn redder than a baboon's bottom, as it leans more towards PC compatibility. Thankfully though, we're geeky enough to have a component to VGA adaptor box, so we can hook up Denon's high-end DVD-2910 DVD player and enjoy the creamy goodness of a progressive scan picture. Plus, if you pair it up with a Projecta ProScreen, you have yourself a home cinema for well under a grand, with enough left over to keep you in popcorn and hot dogs for the rest of the year. -GC

Update: this review is now live here.