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Katharine Byrne

When Katharine's not glued to her Wii U and 3DS, she's usually found darting between tiny smartphones and huge pieces of home cinema equipment.She’s tested everything from laptops and monitors to motherboards and projectors, but she currently specialises in smartphones, games and AV.

Recent articles by Katharine Byrne

Optoma ML550
Optoma ML550 review
Projectors

It’s expensive, but a wide range of ports and bright bulb make this one of the best ultraportable projectors so far

£450 inc VAT
Disney Infinity box
Disney Infinity review
Gaming

Beautiful open worlds that really capture the spirit of the films and a fun world-builder, but the main Play Sets lack substance

£52 inc VAT
Kobo Aura
Kobo Aura review
eReaders

Has a lower resolution than the Aura HD, but it's a great value eReader and a worthy rival to the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

£119 inc VAT
BenQ GW2760HS
BenQ GW2760HS review
PC monitors

Its colour accuracy isn't great, but it's still one of the best 27in VA panels we've seen

£196 inc VAT
Asus Zenbook Prime Touch UX31A
Asus Zenbook Prime Touch UX31A review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Still one of the best Ultrabooks ever made, but we would have preferred a Haswell refresh instead of a touchscreen

£1539 inc VAT
Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite
Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Stunning battery life and an extremely attractive design, but its slow processing power and lacklustre screen disappoint

£489 inc VAT
cloudberry kingdom box art
Cloudberry Kingdom
Gaming

A rock-hard platformer whose infinite death pits truly separates the men from the boys

£8 inc VAT
Philips 42PFL5008T
Philips 42PFL5008T review
TVs

A fantastic TV with great image quality, but its depleted smart TV content and picture settings mean it just misses out on an award

£700 inc VAT
Toshiba 50L4353DB
Toshiba 50L4353DB review
TVs

This budget TV is incredible value for such a large display, but if quality and features are more important there are better models

£649 inc VAT
Philips 55PFL7008S
Philips 55PFL7008S review
TVs

This TV has great image quality, but its sluggish menus are a bit disappointing at this price

£2000 inc VAT