Buyer's Guides
Buyer's guides feature three to six of our favourite products on the market right now. Each guide features an Editor's Choice, which is our stand-out product in a given sector. Irrespective of price, this hot pick will meet the needs of pretty much any user, and in most cases will surpass them. We also include alternatives, focusing on value for money, on a budget option and on specific needs or uses.
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Buyer's Guide: The Best SLR Cameras
Renaud Labracherie / Morgane Alzieu / Arthur Azoulay / Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 17/05/13 14:14SLRs are advanced cameras with high-end technology, manual controls and optical viewfinders for accurate shooting. That said, Sony's Alpha range is pioneering a new type of camera with an electronic viewfinder rather than the standard optical viewfinder. These are know as SLT cameras....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Hybrid Cameras
Renaud Labracherie / Morgane Alzieu / Arthur Azoulay / Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 17/05/13 14:13In-between compact cameras and SLRs, a new breed of camera has cropped up, known as interchangeable lens compacts, hybrids or mirrorless cameras. With sensors ranging from small to large formats, these cameras are a diverse bunch. Their designs vary too, as while some look like outsized compacts others resemble mini-SLRs. What's more, some models are...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Bridge Cameras
Renaud Labracherie / Morgane Alzieu / Arthur Azoulay / Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 17/05/13 13:55A bridge is a bit like a compact camera disguised as an SLR. They have the same bulky lenses, chunky grip handles and, more often than not, electronic viewfinders. The main advantage of a bridge is usually its lens, as these can be faster and more powerful at zooming than regular compact camera lenses....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Compact Cameras
Renaud Labracherie / Morgane Alzieu / Arthur Azoulay / Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 17/05/13 13:49Under threat from smartphones and hybrid compacts, the classic compact camera could soon be struggling to hang onto its place in the market. Manufacturers are coming up with all kinds of new features to help their products stand out, and while we're not convinced by web-connected cameras, superzoom compacts are well worth a look....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Camcorders
Edouard Maire / Renaud Labracherie - Camcorders - 03/05/13 13:19These days, shooting video comes as easy to most people as taking a photo. Camcorder manufacturers have had to innovate to stand out from competition from smartphones and digital cameras. Most models now produce top-quality video with wide-angle lenses and excellent stabilisation. Also on offer: the first dual-lens camcorders capable of filming in 3D....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Netbooks, Ultrabooks & Ultra-Portable Laptops
Alexandre Botella - Laptops - 26/04/13 08:25Netbooks and ultra-portable laptops are 10 -inch to 13.3-inch laptop computers that are small and light enough to carry around easily wherever you go. As a result, size, weight and battery life are particularly important things to look out for....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Laptops
Alexandre Botella - Laptops - 26/04/13 08:17Check out our pick of the best 14'' to 16'' laptops in this buyer's guide. If you're looking for a smaller model, then you need our netbook & ultra-portable laptop buyer's guide....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Inkjet Printers
Marine Goy - Printers - 18/04/13 14:39Looking for an inkjet printer? You'll find just what you're looking for in our printer buyer's guide. ...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Touchscreen Tablets
Romain Thuret - Tablets - 11/04/13 15:15The tablet market has grown quickly, with at least thirty models now available running at least four different operating systems! Although no model has yet achieved perfection, there are plenty of innovative concepts out there for all tastes and budgets. So here's our pick of the best tablets currently on the market. ...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Mobile Phones & Smartphones
Florence Legrand - Mobiles & Smartphones - 05/04/13 08:31Smartphones like the Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC One X are slowly pushing basic feature phones out of the market. If you're not sure which model to pick, this selection of the best phones could help you make up your mind. ...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Monitors
Alexandre Botella - LCD Monitors - 28/03/13 14:56Although 16:9 and Full HD are now dominating the market, it can be difficult to pick the right monitor when there are so many different kinds of screen technology (TN, IPS, PVA, MVA) out there and active and passive 3D to contend with too. Our buyer's guide will help you find the best monitor for...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Mice
Alexandre Botella - Computer Mice - 28/03/13 14:50A really good mouse will be more accurate and much more comfortable to use than the ones that come as standard with computers. A good mouse changes everything and is definitely worth the investment....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Keyboards
Vincent Alzieu / Alexandre Botella - Keyboards - 28/03/13 14:47A good keyboard changes everything: your fingers will be less tired at the end of the day, you won't drive your colleagues mad with continuous clunking noises, and backlighting can make things more comfortable for your eyes....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Sat Navs
Fabien Pionneau - Sat Navs - 08/03/13 08:17The sat nav sector is now a mature market with a wide choice of options ranging in price from under £100 to almost £500. But how do manufacturers justify such widely varying prices, and are the most expensive models really worth the money?...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Media Centres
Régis Jehl - Media Centres - 01/03/13 08:18A media centre is an all-in-one entertainment station that you can hook up to a TV. While some models have a built-in hard drive for storing films, music and photos, others have an integrated TV tuner so you can watch and record all your favourite shows....
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Video Projectors
Pierre-Jean Alzieu - Video Projectors - 21/02/13 16:00Want to enjoy big-screen sports or movies from the comfort of your sofa? Looking to equip your new meeting room with top-quality equipment? You'll find just what you need in this video projector buyer's guide!...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Graphics Cards
Régis Jehl - Graphics Cards - 31/01/13 14:27A good graphics card is essential for smooth and detail-rich graphics in computer games. Check out our pick of the best graphics cards before you upgrade!...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Webcams
Pierre-Jean Alzieu - Webcams - 02/01/13 13:40...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best eReaders
Marine Goy - eBook Readers - 10/12/12 09:31There are plenty of reasons to get yourself an e-reader. First, you can take hundreds of books wherever you go without weighing yourself down. Plus, they usually have ultra-long battery lives, so you won’t be grounded by a lack of power. What’s more, both our lab tests and our practical experience show that current e-book...
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Buyer's Guide: The Best Memory Cards
Pierre-Jean Alzieu - Memory Cards - 07/12/12 10:54Most digital cameras come with a ridiculously small memory card or a tiny internal memory, which can barely store a few dozen photos. You'll therefore need to buy a bigger memory card. Our pick of the best microSDHC, SDHC and Compact Flash cards is on hand to help!...
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