For the price, the core viewing experience of the HX7 can't be argued with. It looks great and the design of the display ensures that you get more than just a boring TV set in your living room. Blu-ray and 3D performed admirably as did SD and HD terrestrial content. A few niggles with the UI and a slightly substandard connected TV experience left us feeling Sony should just put Google TV in everything it makes. Other than that we were suitably impressed with the HX7: for the money the likes of the 50-inch offering could be among some of the best sets available to buy right now. A definite step in the right direction but a few lessons learnt and the next generation set could be a real corker.

Sony could command far more than £250 or so for the impressive Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V compact camera. With a 10x zoom, tonnes of features, and a 16.2-megapixel sensor, it's shot to the top of our shopping list.

Sony could command far more than £250 or so for the impressive Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V compact camera. With a 10x zoom, tonnes of features, and a 16.2-megapixel sensor, it's shot to the top of our shopping list.

There's very little not to like about the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V, as it solves common snapshot camera issues while still being relatively simple and fast to use.

Die Sony DSC-HX7V ist ein würdiger Vertreter der Cyber-Shot-Reihe, der sich in erster Linie durch eine hervorragende Ausstattung und eine schnelle Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit auszeichnet. Die Anschaffung lohnt sich allerdings nur dann, wenn Sie den integrierten GPS-Sender auch wirklich benötigen – andernfalls gibt es fast dieselbe Kamera deutlich günstiger. Davon abgesehen ist die Bildqualität noch lange nicht perfekt: Sony muss gerade im Hinblick auf die Detaildarstellung noch deutlich zulegen.