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Barry de la Rosa

Barry de la Rosa has written various articles on a range of topics covering everything from TVs to mobile phones.

Recent articles by Barry de la Rosa

Mesh Nero Pro
Mesh Nero Pro review
PCs

With decent performance, an attractive 23in Full HD monitor and enough room for expansion, the Nero Pro is a great all-round PC

£499 inc VAT
NEC MultiSync EA222WMe
NEC MultiSync EA222WMe review
PC monitors

Packed with features and excellent image quality, but it has only a 1,680x1,050 resolution. At this high price, it's relatively poor value

£220 inc VAT
CyberPower Ultra Triton XT
CyberPower Ultra Triton XT review
PCs

The Ultra Triton XT is a fairly decent gaming rig with a full HD monitor, and is incredibly fast too, thanks to the quad-core processor. It's a Best Buy.

£578 inc VAT
AOC E2236Vwa review
PC monitors

The E2236Vwa's image quality is average, the menu is frustrating, and there's no HDCP support

£136 inc VAT
Mesh Ice3 530CS
Mesh Ice3 530CS review
PCs

An expandable design, with a decent processor and a Full HD monitor, but just enough room to upgrade memory and graphics to create a powerful gaming PC

£575 inc VAT
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review
Mobile phones

A decent camera, but the customised interface isn't as snappy as other Snapdragon phones

£456 inc VAT
Fujitsu Lifebook E780
Fujitsu Lifebook E780 review
Laptops

A well-built and powerful laptop, the E780 has a poor display, far more security features than most users will ever need, and is far too expensive

£1249 inc VAT
PC Specialist Aurea i3-530X
PC Specialist Aurea i3-530X review
PCs

The lack of a Full HD monitor makes this poor value compared to other PCs here, but we're more concerned by the lack of extra cooling for the overclocked CPU, coupled with the minimal warranty.

£549 inc VAT
Sony Vaio VPCF11S1E/B
Sony Vaio F series (VPC-F11S1E/B) review
Laptops

With a powerful processor and graphics chip, plenty of RAM and a Full HD display, the F11S1E is an ideal image/video processor

£1059 inc VAT
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDSD-1
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDSD-1 review
PC monitors

Decent image quality, a four-port USB hub and surprisingly good internal speakers make this 27in monitor great value

£221 inc VAT