Media centre test: the new 2010 Storex models

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We're doing a Storex treble today, reviewing their new range of media centres. On the menu: two digital HD recorders and a network gangway at budget price.

The Storex MyTV Box is the brand's new multimedia gangway. On paper it's promising: HD video playback via the network or USB, SDHC card reader and internet services. On sale for well under £100, is the little Storex black box worth its salt?

Moving on to the StoryBox Ultimate, a digital HD recorder with no internal hard drive. Everything comes in via its USB, SDHC and network connectivity. Not exorbitant, can this model consider itself a serious contender with the best media boxes around or should it be consigned to history? Answers in our test.

Finally the StoryDisk Ultimate is the new "high-end StoryDisk range" (if Storex's publicity is anything to go by). And indeed, on paper, it has all the ingredients to make it a good product: digital HD tuner, HD video compatibility, SDHC card readers and a display at the font. Is all this enough to knock the best digital boxes off their pedestal? Answers in the test.

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