WESTERN DIGITAL LIVEWIRE Home Network Extender - £79.95

Want to expand your Internet connection around your home but find wi-fi a bit unpredictable? Then take a look at the Western Digital Livewire: multi-room Internet connection that is simple and secure and uses your existing mains grid.

Sold in pairs, simply connect one box into your Ethernet Internet connection then both boxes into the mains and away you go - Internet in any other room in your home. What's more you can add up to eight boxes, allowing for a seven device set-up!

Two major advantages over wi-fi are speed and reliability. With streaming speeds up to 200mbps, the Livewire is faster than most wi-fi. This means that 24-bit audio and HD video can be more reliably streamed with less chance of stutter or signal failure. Being wire borne, the signal is also more reliable - no wireless dropouts that can occur when you least want them!

With Livewire connection, your data is also secure. Highly secure 128-bit encryption is used between adaptors and because the encryption is automatic, there's no need for a password reminder.

The Western Digital Livewire is brilliant for linking up Internet TVs or getting Internet radio in different rooms. Whatever the application, this is one Livewire that we're really charged up about!