Category: Home Entertainment
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Sky VR – Virtual Beckham Incentive Included
In an attempt to stay relevant, Sky have thrown their lot into VR with a free app for Android, iOS and Oculus The app will showcase a host of 360° videos, not the most exciting of things to offer on VR but still interesting enough to take a peek. There will be free clips of…
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New Fire TV Stick – Alexa-Enabled Remote included!
When it comes to streaming media players Amazon are no slouches. The Fire TV stick is a great little piece of kit, and, to remind you how good it is, the internet shopping giant have announced today that its new model fire stick will be shipping with an Alexa-enabled remote. This move was most probably…
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Mantis Burn Racing – TopDown Racing Is Back!
I had the pleasure of talking with the guys behind Mantis Burn Racing at EGX 2016 and was thoroughly impressed with the thought and design behind this new top-down racing game from VooFoo Studios. Take your minds back to Micro Machines; this was a good fun multiplayer that came out in the early 90’s and…
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Amazon Echo Now for Sale in UK with £50 Off for Prime Members
Amazon’s own voice-enabled, cloud-connected speaker named Amazon Echo is now available to buy in the UK. For £149.99 Amazon Echo stands proud at nine inches tall and comes with the online retailer/gadget developer’s own answer to Siri – a voice activated software called Alexa. As well as playing your music tracks from Prime Music as…
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Star Trek Discovery Launch Pushed Back Until May 2017
Like many other Star Trek fans, we at the Gadget Helpline are eagerly awaiting the brand new web-only series Star Trek: Discovery. But brace for impact, as its been reported that the show has now been postponed from its original January launch date and now won’t actually debut until May 2017. Star Trek: Discovery’s U.S…
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PlayStation 4, PS4 Slim, PS4 Pro – Spec & Price Comparison
Last week Sony announced a duo of brand new PlayStation 4 consoles: The PS4 Slim (or simply PS4) which retained many of the same great features as the original model, only in a stylish compact form – and the PS4 Pro which more than doubles the graphics processing of the 2013 model as well as bringing…
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PlayStation 4 Pro with 4K and Slimmer, Lighter PS4 Revealed by Sony
Apple was not the only major tech company with something to say yesterday and at the PlayStation Meeting in New York, Sony finally got around to revealing some new hardware with both the PS4 Pro and a new slimmer, lighter PS4 both getting their official announcements. Starting with the big daddy, once known as the…
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USB Type-C to HDMI Released
HDMI Licensing, LLC have today announced that they will be releasing a new HDMI alternate cable for USB Type C. This should enable USB Type connections to interface directly with the TV without the need for extra dongles etc. Type-C has been growing in popularity in mobile and PC circles and this cable will marry…
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Netflix Confirms Stranger Things Season 2 for 2017
Netflix has tweeted out a video confirming that its surprise hit telly show Stranger Things will be returning for a second season in 2017. Stranger Things appeared on Netflix last month with all eight episodes of the ultra-retro sci-fi horror available to stream immediately. We loved the throwbacks to the glory days of 80s VHS…
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Star Wars: Rogue One – What We Know So Far
Three days ago the new trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One was released to the general public to critical acclaim both for and against. For some, it was instant exhilaration once the music cut in, for others, not so great. Kylo Ren, for one, was not too happy about it. A Spoof video on Youtube…
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Stranger Things – Now In VR
Upon watching Stranger Things pilot episode, I was instantly transported back to watching The Goonies for the first time, though this time there were elements of Stephen King crossed with Back to the future and E.T. Yes, the show is that good! Massively creepy with characters you can really get behind, it is a wonderful…
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Eyefluence – Controlling AR With Your Eyes
Tech comes and goes in relatively frequent cycles. Sometimes they enrich our lives and sometimes they flop in spectacular fashion. Pokemon GO has taken the world by storm which is kind of expected when you consider it is the first of its kind that has been taken up in such a global way. It is…