Trustworthy gadget reviews?

[houltmac]

It's been a long time since I wasn't interested in gadgets; in fact, I'm not sure there was ever such a time. When I was a kid I loved anything with LEDs, buttons and controllers. If it plugged into the wall I was interested. I remember spending hours playing with everything form VCRs to tape decks to car stereos. At around 10 years old I made a fortune charging £5 a time for programming radio stations for cars and alarm clocks around the local neighbourhood, something I likely couldn't do now for love nor money.

Somehow during my transition from 80's child to internet user I lost the gadget love in many ways. I always had a passion for them, but I rarely or never followed through. Due to my job being so intensly focused on a tiny range of products (really I only need to know about Apple notebooks and the rest just follows) I have been cramming my brain with lots of not so useful information for the last few years. Now it's time for a change, and I don't know how to do that.

I haven't really followed consumer electronics closely then for years, and as such I am simply stunned by the low pricing of my new Dell display, the USB abilities of the Flip Mino and recently the ugliness but usefulness of tablets on the market today. Over the last few days I have been checking out the likes of Engadget (which I semi-followed previously) and Cnet (who I have heard not so great things about, though I like BOL). With my lack of recent CE experience and a list of review sites well past their use by date I am turning it over to you guys.

What sites do you recommend for your gadget reviews, news and general updates? (Oh, and bonus points for regular video reviews.)

[notabadname]

One of my favorites for office related items such as printers, monitors, scanners and much, much more is PC Mag. Their reviews are very thorough, unbiased and to me, very credible. I also like how well they are hyper-linked. You could read a review on a Samsung 30 inch monitor, and if they reference its performance to another monitor they have reviewed, you can quickly jump to that review also. You can also use their site to easily compare products and their reviews in a list, say for example, all 30 inch computer monitors. Check out this link to see how nice it is to compare those here (I am in the market, and watch this constantly) :

Liquid Crystal Displays - Archive

They really cover a large range of products at this site, and it is my number one ref for these type of electronics, and price comparisons.

[houltmac]

Thanks, I'll check it out. On first look I am impressed by the comparison options, looks like a good resource.