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HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Well I had to try and get in first.   It may only be the end of August, but the chips are already down for what will be THE toy of Christmas 2008. As for the last few years the consoles will be slugging in out between the Nintendo Wii and the Sony Playstation 3. But while those two continue the console war the current betting says that there will be a fierce fight between merchandise from two BBC programmes.

In the red corner we have the Teletubbies, and in the blue corner Dr. Who. Personally I think the Teletubbies have been and gone several years ago, so let's look at Dr. Who. The BBC have done an excellent job giving this long lived series a new lease of life, and they haven't missed out on the merchandise either. Over at Character-Online they have a wide range of goodies from Series 1, 2, 3 & 4. What particularly caught my eye are the voice changing heads, as one of the guys in the office had a Cyberman one which he'd bought for his kids. Kids be blowed, I think he'd bought it for himself! As well as the Cyberman head, there is also a traditional Dalek head, and a Dalek Sec head. These will undoubtedly be a terrifc hit this Christmas.............so don't forget to stock up batteries.

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It had to happen. At some point that old video cassette recorder (VCR) that clunks away under your 50 inch plasma screen, makes a never before made sound, and dies. "Oh well", you sigh, and then you start to remember all those tapes of wet holidays in Wales, the kids growing up, Aunty Flo making a fool of herself at some relation's wedding, and you start to panic. What are you going to do? You'd always said that you would get round to copying the tapes to DVD, but..............well you never did. Trying to find a new VCR these days is like trying to find a Polar Bear at the South Pole.

Salvation is at your door in the form of this crafty VCR from FireBox which comes with a USB connection, and some software for your PC. Install the software, plug the USB lead into your PC, insert the tape, then play and record to your PC's hard drive. The software has options to create files for all manner of devices from mobile phones to ipods and mp4 players to DVDs.

Not only can this VCR save you from wrath of you wife/husband/partner, it can also function as a normal VCR. Just make sure you don't forget to use its killer USB feature, by waiting another 10 years before thinking about saving those irreplacable videos.

Interested in the product? Then it is available here.