How to save Sky+ shows onto DVD

Once you’ve tasted the sweet luxury of Sky+ you’ll find it filled up with shows in just a month or two. Don’t delete those recordings though. Archive them to DVD, freeing up space on Sky+, but keeping recordings to watch whenever you like!

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Ask the expert: How to choose the perfect Blu-Ray player

Q. I’ve just bought a HD telly and I’m thinking of taking the leap to Blu-ray. But I’m not sure what to look out for. Any advice is welcomed open-armed.

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Marantz launches high-end BD8002 Blu-ray player

Welcome to the Blu-ray revolution Marantz. The BD8002 is the company’s first foray into the High-Definition revolution, and what a foray! This Blu-ray bad boy (or triple B as we like to say) is capable of spinning discs at a Full-HD 1080p, at 24 frames per second, which results in a picture so clean you’d think your eyes had been doused in Optrex. …continue reading Marantz launches high-end BD8002 Blu-ray player

Group test: Blu-ray players

Having seen off the challenge of HD-DVD, Blu-ray has become the High-Definition media format of choice for all the major movie studios. This CD-sized optical disc can hold up to 50GB of data, over five times the amount of a standard DVD – space enough for a movie in astoundingly clear 1080p HD quality, plus a side order of next-gen extras including picture-in-picture commentaries and lossless, 7.1-channel Dolby and DTS surround sound. …continue reading Group test: Blu-ray players

Denon’s beautiful Blu-rayer

Blu-ray DVD players may have won the high-definition wars almost a year ago, but we’re still waiting for the premium players to enter the market. It’s almost over though now, with purveyor of crystal sound and vision Denon finally making its Blu-ray debut with the DVD-3800BD, and it’ll keep home cinephiles content for years to come. …continue reading Denon’s beautiful Blu-rayer

Pioneer’s pioneering Blu-ray player

Sony’s PS3 might be the biggest selling Blu-ray DVD player at the moment, but it’s not the best. If you really want to feel like you’re there, you need the ultimate high-res Blu-ray box out there, the Pioneer BDP-LX08, which handles sound with the same clarity as it does pictures. …continue reading Pioneer’s pioneering Blu-ray player

Sony High Def disc monster

You’d expect Sony to know a thing or two about Blu-ray players – since it only went and invented the format in the first place. And its latest pixel shifter is no disappointment, packing all the high end features you could want so you get the best the format has to offer.

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Top tips on the hottest gadgets for Christmas – part 2

In part 1 we brought you top tips on picking the hottest LCD TVs, mobiles, toys, laptops, MP3 players, camcorders, GPS receivers, games consoles and Blu-ray players for Christmas. The stuff that’s going to be ultra popular and inevitably tougher to get your wooly mitts on closer to Xmas. Part 2 of The Insider’s Top tips on the hottest gadgets for Christmas ticks off another top ten product categories you’re sure to be eyeing up for the family (or your wishlist), including upscaling DVD players, compact cameras and gadgets! Read on for the ultimate Insider tips…

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DVD upscaling – the emperor’s new clothes, or hidden HD hero?

HD is the future, we’re told. Spend your money on Blu-Ray players and swanky new discs, we hear. But there’s another technology vying for your eyeballs that promises to squeeze HD-quality pictures from existing DVDs. HD upscaling sounds too good to be true. Can it live up to the hype?

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Sony’s budget Blu-ray bargain

With the HD format war a thing of the past, prices for Blu-ray players are finally starting to fall. They’re still not cheap, but at least they’re nearing the levels you’d expect to pay for a high end DVD player – making HD accessible to more than just die hard movie fans and format completists.

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