Buyer's guide

Buyer's guides providing up-to-date information on the latest products and technologies. Each shopping guide contains comprehensive impartial advice for consumers. Read our buyer's guides to help your decision making and to ensure you choose the best product to meet your needs. Each individual guide is thoroughly researched and written by an independent expert.

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MP3 Player Guide | MP3 Player Buyer's Guide

Which MP3 player is right for you?
All the music you could wish for in your pocket. An MP3 player offers increased playtime, better ergonomics and more advanced features than competing portable audio devices. From the smallest MP3 compact flash players which hold around 10 albums, to hard-drive models which can store your entire music collection, the number of devices available keeps growing. This buyers guide aims to help you choose the best MP3 player that meets your needs and budget...

Mobile Phone Guide | Mobile Phone Buyer's Guide

Which mobile phone is right for you?
The mobile phone revolution looks to be unstoppable. The chunky house bricks of the 1980s have been replaced with lightweight, slim handsets incorporating the latest in communication technology allied to a strong sense of fashion. Prices of handsets range from nothing to several hundreds of pounds - a range caused by the eagerness of the network owners to entice us on to their expensively acquired airspace.

Digital Camcorder Guide | Digital Camcorder Buyer's Guide

Which camcorder is right for you?
Smaller, lighter, easier to use, easier to edit, better picture and better sound, these are just some of the reasons why digital camcorders have come to dominate the home movie market in the last few years. Recording information digitally, whether it is on tape, DVD or hard disk (and all are used in various camcorders) means there is no loss of quality after repeated plays.

Laptop Guide | Laptop Buyer's Guide

Which laptop computer is right for you?
With more computing power packed into smaller spaces than ever, today's laptop computers represent a serious alternative to their desktop counterparts. If you're looking to upgrade your desktop there are even more alternatives to consider. But if it's computing mobility that you're seeking some ultra-portable laptops now weigh in at less than 2kg. And when you add in recent technology advances for wireless laptops even the most hardened road warrior can be in touch whenever and wherever they need...

Digital Camera Guide | Digital Camera Buyer's Guide

Which digital camera is right for you?
Thanks to the digital camera, there are more and more budding photographers. The advantages are obvious; no films, no picture development and the possibility to see and show pictures as soon as they have been taken. From the cheapest model to the ones used by professionals, the choices and features are infinite depending on what you want out of them. So how do you choose a model?

LCD TV Guide | LCD TV Buyer's Guide

Which LCD television is right for you?
With the amount of change going in TV technology it pays to understand at least a little about some of the most important developments. This guide to liquid crystal display TVs (LCD) concentrates on the particular advantages of the technology. Our guide gives you the facts on how to get the full picture and explains some of the key features to look out for.