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100 GREATEST GADGETS OF 2017





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                                      UBP-X800              MAR VEL’ S         RICK AND          GAME OF
                                                            THE                MOR TY            THRONES
                    All hail the new king                   DEFENDERS
                    of consoles. As the   Movies are mostly
                    most powerful games   pretty nice, yeah,                   More of a bad acid trip   There have been few
                    machine ever made,   they’re mostly pretty   This is the series that   than a cartoon show,   waits more excruciating
                    the new Xbox gives the   alright. Especially when   Netflix’s Daredevil,   Rick and Morty dabbles   than the one for Game
                    PS4 Pro what for with   they’re big and loud and   Jessica Jones, Luke   with rib-aching dark   of Thrones’ penultimate
                    4K HDR visuals that   feature JK Simmons.   Cage and Iron Fist have   humour, bizarre alien   season. With mad
                    output at 60 frames   That’s why any serious   all been leading up to:   worlds and the age-old   queen Cersei sitting
                    per second. Honestly,   fan of the world’s   the one where they all   question regarding the   on the throne, Daenerys
                    Forza Motorsport 7   greatest egghead   join forces Avengers-  function of a plumbus.   letting her dragons
                    has to be seen to be   should get hold of   style to slay a force   Don’t expect the   loose on Westeros and
                    believed when running   Sony’s first ever Ultra   that threatens to   answer in season 3,   frost-faced zombies
                    on this thing. You could   HD Blu-ray player. Its   overpower them all.   but at least there are   preparing for war, the
                    almost mistake it for   disc-based wizardry   That nefarious villain?   more killer jokes and   whole nation will be
                    actual motorsport…   will do him far more   Crime lord Sigourney   interstellar trips. This is   relieved that winter has
                    if it weren’t so much   justice than a 4K Netflix   Weaver. Where did it   one cartoon you should   finally arrived. Fans of
                    more exciting.    subscription ever could.  all go wrong, Ripley?  not let your kids watch.  the books, meanwhile…
                    £450 / xbox.com   £400 / sony.co.uk     from £5.99/month   from £22/month    from £22/month
                                                            / netflix.com      / sky.com         / sky.com












                    SONY              L G                                                        THE TICK
                    HT-S T5000        SIGNATURE
                                      W7
                                                                                                 Peter Serafinowicz is
                    Sony’s played an                                                             one of those people
                    absolute blinder with   If Sony’s A1 OLED                                    we’d watch in pretty
                    its televisual tech this   is the TV we want                                 much anything, but
                    year, and that extends   but can’t afford, then                              he’s always best when
                    to its soundbars. The   LG’s Signature W7                                    in ultra-sardonic mode.
                    HT-ST5000 is a Dolby   Wallpaper almost isn’t                                That’s why we’re so
                    Atmos affair, and that   worth thinking about…   G LO W                      excited to see him
                    means it has room-  only it’s a TV that’s                                    reprise his role as an
                    filling sound that fires   2.57mm thick and can                              accountant turned
                    off your ceilings at   be flexed like a sheet of   As a sport in which a 70-year-old woman once gave   superhero in Amazon’s
                    home for an incredible,   plastic. How can we not   birth to a human hand, wrestling isn’t exactly known   televisual reinvention of
                    immersive experience.   obsess over the stuff   for its nuanced storytelling. Thankfully, GLOW isn’t   The Tick, which follows
                    Can’t be bothered with   of our teenage sci-fi   really about wrestling at all, but a gang of kick-ass   on from last year’s
                    a full-on surround   dreams? Why oh why   women rallying against their demons and the dudes   winning pilot. Move
                    sound setup? This   does the future have   who’d rather keep them down. It’s the best Netflix   over, Spider-Man.
                    is the way to go.  to be so expensive?  original series since Stranger Things.  £5.99/month /
                    £1500 / sony.co.uk  £7999 / lg.com      from £5.99/month / netflix.com       amazon.co.uk

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