Experiment with different styles and sounds, including samples provided by champion human beatbox MC Zani! You can even play Mixmaster and lay pre-recorded sounds over your beats. Pitch and tempo are adjustable as you’d expect with such a clever gadget.

Infuriatingly addictive, your Mum or your partner will be relieved to hear that the Stylophone Beatbox does have a headphone socket which also doubles up to accommodate speakers! So you can choose to share or not to share, making this the perfect companion on long journeys. Why not entertain other passengers’ on the bus with your fine and funky performances? Oh Yeah!

Oh and don’t worry if you’re not particularly musical, this gadget is so easy to master that you’ll be creating top tunes in no time, it’s even suitable for kids…so rock on!

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Fellow cupcake lovers, threat no more. We give you the Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin. Oh, and when we say giant, well we mean GIANT!

No your eyes aren’t deceiving you, this is one Cupcake you are going to have to share. The Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin creates cupcakes that are over 20cm high and 21cm in diameter, making them the biggest cupcakes you are ever likely to see.

Whether its a birthday, anniversary, Christmas or dinner party with your friends and loved ones, the Giant Cupcake will serve around 12 people and will always be an original focal point at your party that will get your guests talking.

The Giant Cupcake Tin is non-stick making it extremely easy to clean and is made by American home-bake firm Wilton, who are so convinced of it’s quality they offer a lifetime guarantee on the tin. Talk about having your cake and not being able to eat it… in one go that is.

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“Luke, I am your father!”, “May the force be with you!” and “Your powers are weak, old man”. Phew that’s much better, now lets tell you about this super cool star wars jedi bathrobe.

If you have ever wanted to reenact some of your favourite star wars jedi movie moments yet had just a little too much self respect to go and actually buy yourself the costume to wear around the house, this is what you have been looking for. Reenact away safe in the knowledge that if anybody witnesses, you retort “just got out of the bath, with you in a moment…” heh heh heh.

“When 900 years old, you reach… Look as good, you will not.”, frankly Yoda should have bought himself this bathrobe and look good he would have. The Jedi Bathrobe or Dressing Gown (however you choose to address it) is made of soft 100% cotton velour and has a super cool Jedi logo embroidered on the front. The bath robe’s large hood, sash belt and wide sleeves are all features of the classic Jedi robe.

Complete with 2 side pockets which are handy for stashing away the lightsaber, or your mobile phone, the star wars jedi dressing gown is the perfect gift for any stars wars loving friend, relative or nerd.

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If we were the keepers of the Oxford English dictionary (and we’re not, some smart types in Oxford we guess are), we’d sum the term Addictive up as: Ballz Cubed.

If after reading this review you go on to buy the Ballz Cubed, don’t come back on here and complain that we didn’t warn you. Here let us make this ultimately 110% sports star clear: Ballz Cubed will result in less productivity at work, you will become more popular as everyone will want a play but you may lose your social life as putting it down isn’t easy.

Now that we have the health warnings out of the way, well tell you exactly what Ballz Cubed is. Made of 216 individual magnetic balls, the aim of the puzzle is to function as many cool patterns as you can. Can you form the cube from scratch? Can you master the pyramid? Can you line them up so that you have 216 balls in a row making a kind of magnetic whip (oooeerrr missus)?

It’s somewhat sillily simple, you’ll wonder why you want to keep playing and your boss will hate you for taking them to work. We give you the Ballz Cubed, enjoy!

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Hands up those of you who chose the easy option? Yes we thought so…

These wafer-thin, touch-sensitive guitars contain some pretty fancy ActiveGraphicsTM electronics so you can crank out chords and riffs with ease or play along to a number of preloaded, fully licensed tracks without any of that elusive talent malarkey, feigning musical competence has never been easier!

The freestyle mode is briliant, but not for the untalented as it allows you to strum away to your hearts content and almost acts as a real guitar would with fantastic sound quality thanks to the built in speaker.

Those of us far too lazy to play the guitar have found our saviour from taking up a career as a professional air guitarist, they call them the Paper Jamz Guitars.

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You get a cool high quality image of The Stig in typical “giving it some attitude” pose, with your choice of name added to the poster revealing whoever you choose to be the real Stig.

Who is he really, the mysterious white-suited one? Can we ever hope to know his true identity or will if be forever hidden behind that tinted visor?

Well with one of these wicked posters you can play God and decide for yourself! He could be anyone, you, your best mate…even your Mum if you think she’d like that sort of thing!

You’ve got 18 characters to play with as you announce to the world the identity of the real Stig. At 297mm x 420 mm this poster is big enough to really make an impact.

Get one for your strange neighbour who you’ve always suspected of leading a double life…it probably is him anyway! Or if you’re not that community minded why not indulge in one for yourself? You can even get it framed for added authenticity!

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Having spent an afternoon putting the Rapid RC Racing Cars through their paces we think they may well be right, whoever “they” may be.

Whilst we appreciate the super fine detailing that has gone into crafting such a sweet looking RC car, it isn’t what we absolutely love about the Rapid RC Racing Car. Whilst we love that these cars are so small you can race them in confined spaces where normal RC cars wouldn’t be able to manoeuvre, that’s not what we absolutely love about the Rapid RC Racing Car either. We do like the headlights that come on during operation making racing in the dark a blast, but again it isn’t the one true thing that we absolutely love about the Rapid RC Racing Car.

We should point out here that these cars are fast, very fast during normal operation. But what we absolutely love about the Rapid RC Racing Car, is that by simply hitting the boost button on the controller, these cars become UNBELIEVEABLY nippy, It’s like having your very own nitrous oxcide system (NOS) at your fingertips.

What more do we need to add? They good looking, they’re extremely maneuverable, their fantastic fun and oh… did we mention how quick they are?

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Well even the brilliant iPhone can be improved upon if you’ve got one of these MiLi iPhone Power Packs.

Sleek, light and tougher than tough, the MiLi protective case has a built in battery hidden within its smooth hard shell case and is rechargeable with a USB cable. You can plug your MiLi and your iPhone in at the same time. Phew… about time someone thought of a way to avoid the bore of separate batteries and chargers!

Offering twice the battery life of the iPhone, the MiLi is… well let’s face it, it’s genius. It doesn’t stop there either; the MiLi can charge two iPhones at one time and it’s not fussy but will happily charge other devices too! Simply plug your USB friendly gear into the MiLi’s out socket and away she goes.

With integrated LED display which let’s you know the MiLi’s charge status and it’s smart function which ensures that even if you remove your iPhone, the battery wont be sapped because the MiLi has been programmed to always drain it’s own battery first, you need never be caught with a flat battery again.

So go on, reclaim your power with the help of the MiLi and give your iPhone the kind of gadget it deserves.

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A great song indeed, but when it comes to flying remote control helicopters, spinning around isn’t something we look for from our flying toys. So why is it we are offered these uncontrollable devices on such a regular basis?

The Syma S107 Remote Control Helicopter comes complete with built in gyroscope (ooohh, fancy) which puts an end to this endless spinning. We didn’t know what a gyroscope was either, but Google tells us it is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, which means we’re still actually none the wiser. What we do know is that a gyroscope combined with a RC helicopter is a perfect combination, delivering possibly the single most stabilized, easily manoeuvrable flight we’ve enjoyed in a long time.

This 3 channel RC helicopter offers complete control over the height, speed and direction which means that unless your a RC flying god you will still crash it into the wall, just far less often. Crashing isn’t as much a problem as with other models either though, because the Syma S107 isn’t made of polystyrene which chips away after each knock, it’s core structure is made from aluminium which protects the motor and gearing during “mayday” operations.

With a charge time of 40 minutes from the handset or through a supplied USB connection (which is very handy), the Syma S107 RC Helicopter offers a approximate flight time of around 8 minutes, which is by any standards 8 minutes of complete and utter joy.

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What are we rabbiting on about? Peanut Butter of course! Yummy, sticky and just plain delicious, who doesn’t love a splodge of the nutty stuff on their toast?

If you are a fan of nuts in general then you’re going to love this, The Peanut Butter Maker allows us all to open our own little pea-nutty production line…right in our own kitchens!

Grab your nuts (Vintage Carry On film anyone?), throw them into the Peanut Butter Machine and stand back as the machine churns them up into warm, spreadable and extremely gorgeous peanut butter!

Believe it or not the whole process takes seconds and whether you’re a smooth or chunky type, you can set the machine to crunch, crush and pound your nuts to the consistency you like best!

You don’t need to add any other ingredients to the machine; no oil, fat or butter is necessary to complicate the deliciousness of your spread…nuts is all it takes!

And while we’re on the subject of nuts, why stop at peanuts? You can add most kinds of nuts to the machine….cashews for instance, or Macadamia nuts. Oh the joys! The possibilities! Gourmet peanut butter at the flick of a switch!

The Peanut Butter Machine is easy to clean, mains powered and so obviously brilliant that once you get yours-a- churnin’ you’ll wonder how you ever ate that jarred stuff.

So no buts…grab some nuts!

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You might not think that such a simple low tech ball-through-maze game would be able to hold your attention for very long, but this thing is frustratingly addictive and will keep you playing for hours until you become lord of the sphere!

To master the addict-a-ball you must guide your ball through a huge array of challenges, over platforms, through arches, down holes, vertical roll through’s meaning you must twist and turn the ball up to 360 degree’s in order to reach your goal.

There are two versions available, the large has 138 numbered sections you have to work your way through with the travel version still sporting 100 numbered sections to conquer. But be warned, working your way through the labyrinth like structure is no easy task and if your anything like us, you will lose many hours from your day whilst trying to figure it out.

It’s great fun and makes a great present idea for almost anybody and it’s even more fun watching their frustration growing and growing. It will sit their taunting them like a chocolatier in a weight watchers meeting, much to your amusement we’re sure.

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Thankfully we don’t all think like the Japanese and try to make everything smaller otherwise we’d never have been given this delight of a lollipop. Whilst good things may come in small packages, we can happily confirm that great things come in MEGA sized packages!

75 times larger than a standard Chupa Chups Lollipop the Giant Chupa Chups Lollipop is certainly a bit of a mouthful (go on – we dare you to try it – you know you want to!). This ridiculously sized strawberry flavoured lollipop weighs in at a scale breaking 750g, with a 13″ circumference your dentist is going to have issues with you, lots of issues.

The Giant Chupa Chup is the daddy of all lollipops and is be the best piece of over-sized candy we’ve seen since we reported on the Giant Gummy Bear a few months back. A piece of heaven sent to us from the Chupa Chup gods, Willy Wonka eat your heart out, you didn’t have these in your magical Umpa-Lumpa filled factory now did you?

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The Slanket is a nifty idea which will help combat those bills, keeping you toasty warm and looking like a chilled out Jedi Knight, which is a win, win situation in our eyes.

The problem with blankets is that in order to do anything like read a book, change the TV channel or drink a beer, you have to take your arms out from under the blanket, making them cold and defeating the point of having a blanket. The Slanket combats this by incorporating sleeves into the design of the blanket, meaning no more cold arms for you my friend.

It’s a lightweight fleece blanket that your practically wear and it’s surprisingly comfortable. Such a simple idea, but then the simple ideas are usually the best and the Slanket certainly gets our vote.

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Sweets have changed a lot in the last 20 years, a penny sweet no longer costs a penny and the kids of today no longer visit the traditional sweet shop for a 1/4lb of Kola Kubes and a Curly Wurly. Gone are the E numbers and additives that sent us all hyper, and blue smarties just aren’t the same these days.

Thankfully, there are people in the world who love the classic sweets as much as we do and whats more, they’ve hunted them all down and put together a beautifully presented hamper jam packed with your favourite sugary treats, Yay!

The retro sweets hamper is the perfect gift for anybody with a sweet tooth and who loves a little nostalgia, and quite frankly, we think that’s most of us.

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The Tao Digital Photo Keychain allows you to share photos with your friends without having to lug around a photo album, which is handy.

We all love to share our photographs with friends, family and loved ones but previously taking the photo album with you has been the only real option given technology hasn’t given us a handy solution for photographs on the move. This is where the Tao Digital Photo Keychain steps in and takes its well deserved bow, featuring it’s small yet pixel packed 1.5″ digital screen this portable digital photo album fills the gap nicely.

Available in black or red the Tao Digital Photo Keyring has an inbuilt 8mb memory which is enough to hold around 100 photographs. It’s 128×128 pixel screen displays your treasured moments with great clarity and it’s 4 hour battery life (when it’s switched on) means you will never be caught out in that next “do you have a picture of him / her / it?” moment.

Our gifting experts recommend loading the Tao Digital Photo Keyring with a photograph of yourself and giving to your loved one for a truly personalised gift that they will love.

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On that note, maybe MI5 should be taking a look at these to stop their secrets from being stolen? Sadly though, it still wouldn’t stop them leaving it on a train, so maybe not.

So whilst we wait for the MI5 raid on our offices for upsetting them with our little joke, let us tell you more about the Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve. Cunningly designed as an old manila envelope, (didn’t see that coming did you?), this laptop sleeve will stop thieves eyeing up your laptop as what could be more inconspicuous than a tatty parcel?

The Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve is cleverly designed with all the marking’s you’d expect to see on your mail and takes laptops from 8″ right up to 17″, keeping them safe and secure using a well thought through Velcro strapping system… thingy.

You can now sleep well at night knowing that your laptop is unlikely to be stolen unless the thieves in question have a fetish for manila envelopes, that or they’ve read this review of course. We like the Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve and feel it would make an excellent gift, just don’t get confused and post it eh?

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Making long cold walks home at 2am in the morning a thing of the past, the Cash Stash Keychain is a nifty gadget which ensures you always have money for those unexpected emergencies.

Such a simple idea that will undoubtedly help at some point in your life. The Cash Stash Keychain is a waterproof, aircraft grade, aluminium keyring which keeps a bank note safety attached to your keychain.

We love this in concept, it’s a great idea and we in the office all have them now, but we have come across a few downsides which you should be aware of. If your anything like us you’ll have the tendency to realise drunkenly that you actually have another £20 to spend on drinks and finding yourself waking up in a taxi with an IOU stored nicely away in your Cash Stash which the taxi driver won’t accept, is well, slightly embarrassing.

Secondly is the fact that if you have a tendency to lose your keys, it’s even more gutting when you realise you’ve lost 20 quid that was stored away in your Cash Stash too.

However, we do believe the benefits of the Cash Stash outweigh the negatives and if you just don’t get too drunk (ahem), all will be well. A stylish and practical gift idea for almost everyone.

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What’s special about this RC helicopter is that it allows you to fly in the dark, which is simply awesome!

It’s true, decked out completely in black and with 3 channel control at your fingertips the Nighthawk comes complete with LEDs to light your flight path in the dark, adding a new dimension to RC helicopter flying.

Flying in the dark might not be ideal for beginners (it’s great fun nonetheless), though a bit of practice with the lights on will soon see you navigating this easy to control RC helicopter through a range of specialised manoeuvres.

The second most fun thing you can do with the lights off (we do love scaring people), the Nighthawk takes RC helicopter flying to a completely new level.

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A strange concept indeed, but we insist it’s true. And we wonder, now that we have these new fangled computer-ma-bob’s, what have people done with all of their old photos?

The Pandigital Photo Scanner is a nifty gadget that allows you to scan your photographs with ease straight onto your computer or memory card that you can pop into your digital photo frame bringing back the memories of old instantly.

A flatbad scanner is all well and good but does become a little tiresome trying to align your photos so they don’t come out all wonky. The Pandigital Photo Scanner doesn’t have that problem, meaning you can scan your entire photo album should you wish with ease.

Save the memories now, before your photos start to age and turn yellow, you’ll probably regret it down the line if you don’t.

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We do stand well and truly corrected though, we’re loving these electronic candles and we’re pretty sure your going to as well.

The great thing about having electronic candles is that you don’t have to get off your bum to light them, candle wax doesn’t ruin your windowsills or sideboards and there’s absolutely no chance of the curtains catching fire when a breeze flows through the window. You can also set the the timer to four or 8 hours, meaning you don’t have to remember to blow them out.

There’s two versions available, the originals look just like real candles with constant glow or flickering flame an option. Or if realism isn’t your thing, the multi colour candles will phase through a range of colours allowing you to truly chill out to the mesmeric light show.

A candle with a remote control? These really should have been called “the lazy mans candles”.

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The Equaliser Music Hat takes this coolness to another level with a pair of sound reactive blue luminescent displays lighting up in true EQ style along with your beats.

Admittedly this product got pushed to the top of our review list because our managing director has a bit of a crush on the model in the picture (Gadget Girl Ella, From BBC2′s Something For The Weekend no less), but lets not let that detract from what is a seriously cool gadget here.

A little while ago we featured the iLogic Sound Hat which has been a favourite amongst our readers for some time now, so the addition of a pulsating blue light that beats along with your music is like adding the cherry to the top of a mountain of ice cream.

Like the other sound hat this will plug into your iPod, MP3 player, or any other headphone socket and just like the other sound hat, this is in our eyes the only hat we’ll be wearing this winter.

A whole new product review just for the addition of a funky blue light? Thoroughly deserved in our opinion….

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The Woodstation takes the guessing out of which shoes to wear or whether or not to dig out the anorak (do people still wear anoraks?) for those important days out when you just have to look your best.

You probably thought your weathermen couldn’t be any more wooden, but you’d have been wrong. Much more than a block of wood the Woodstation delivers an unnatural mix of electronics and wood with style and elegance.

Available in Walnut and maple the Woodstation is a motion sensitive LED clock / weather station, with it’s glowing numerals and symbols appearing on the wooden surface as if by magic. Your guests will be amazed by your Woodstation, after all it’s not every day you see a glowing plank of wood telling you the weather… Well, not unless you watch GMTV that is.

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Even without a purpose we found the NeoCube Alpha completely impossible to put down, so head our warning, this little puzzle is extremely addictive.

Composed of 216 individual high-energy rare-earth magnets (and who doesn’t love magnets), the NeoCube Alpha allows you to create literally hundreds of shapes and patterns.

We kicked things off by trying to create a cube, which isn’t as simple as it first appears. The pyramid was good fun to construct and then the girls in the office started making jewellery and … well we lost interest from there on in, but we’re told they look “fab!”

It maybe utterly pointless, but as pringles have taught us, once you pop, you just can’t stop.

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Step forward you clever little invention, we give you the iDream Speaker Pillows.

Simplicity is the name of the game here, simply plug in your ipod or mp3 players and listen to music through the pillow whilst you drift away. No headphones or ear buds to worry about, these clever peeps have implemented a speaker inside the pillow along with volume control meaning you’ll no longer need to count them sheep to get you to sleep. lula-byes are us (and all that).

Perfect for at home or on the move, the volume control means you won’t annoy others around you, though admittedly they may annoy you…

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Ready to explode with your favourite tunes the Big Bang Speaker has been designed to deliver clear and crisp sounds whether you’re hooked up to your MP3 player or laptop.

Whilst its unlikely to dramatically explode if you chuck it at somebody this bomb shaped speaker delivers mind blowing quality and it’s simply chic design is a winner with even the toughest of critics.

Ready to kick your party off with a bang you can connect practically anything with a headphone socket to this little ball of explosive sound using the leads provided and it can be powered by USB or taken on the go with 4 AA batteries.

It’s portable, it’s adaptable, it delivers great quality and best of all .. it’s shaped like a bomb! And that’s why we love it.

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Long before we had The Tweenies, The Thimbles or The Teletubbies on television, we had a little man known as Morph to entertain us and if you don’t know already, he’s brilliant!

Back in 1977 Morph was born and instantly became a massive star. Emerging from artist Tony Hart’s wooden pencil box and speaking complete gobbledygook (you follow, right?), Morph won us over with his charm and not forgetting his ability to morph into almost anything!

The Make Your Own Morph Set comes complete with DVD, presented by Morph creator Peter Lord, showing you how to create your own Morph figure in simple steps using the provided Morph coloured Plasticine.

Complete with accessories, Morph comes along with a fake beard, a cricket bat and a wizard’s hat so you can truly recreate those special childhood moments. The Plasticine doesn’t dry out so Morph can be remodeled time and time again and if your lacking inspiration, the DVD comes complete with 15 classic Morph episodes to get the creative juices flowing.

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An ideal gift for wine buffs and lovers of optical illusions, the Chain Wine Bottle Holder will certainly be a talking point when entertaining.

What do you get if you cross a wine buff, a dominatrix and the Indian rope trick? The answer of course is the Chain Wine Bottle Holder.

After hours of deliberation we decided there’s simply no way that the links from the chain are simply welded together and it’s all done by witchcraft. You know, “hubble bubble, toil and trouble, make this chain hold my chilled bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite”.

However it’s done, it looks simply superb. It’s slightly impractical holding only one bottle of wine, but that means you can keep your most expensive on show with utter admiration, whilst hiding the cheap plonk in your shed.

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My Monopoly takes the traditional game to new heights and without a shadow of doubt will be the most unique gift you could ever give to somebody.

The good folk over at Hasbro are offering the opportunity to fully customise the game to your own specifications, forget about Old Kent Road and Mayfair; My Monopoly allows you to build your property empire on locations of your choice.

Playing spaces can be named after places you have visited, street names, made up locations, your only limitation is your imagination. Bond St. could become Dad’s Shed, Whitechapel could become Mo’s Tavern or Fleet St. could become “Unemployed Bankers Lounge” … (ahem).

You’ll have great fun customising your game, alternatively send the recipient of your gift a voucher that lets them customise the game themselves. The boards are made in the same factories as the traditional Monopoly boards and are made to order, so be sure to order well before the occasion if this is a gift as they take around 4 weeks to produce and be delivered.

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Bringing the past back to the future, convert your old VHS moves and home videos.

If like us you have a ton of old VHS tapes piled up to the ceiling containing your beloved memories from the past that you just cannot bare to part with, the VHS To PC Converter is for you.

We all have them, old wedding videos where mum and dad show you how to groove on the dance floor and your grandma has just one too many sherrys. The old holiday videos where you spent too long in the sun and everyone is sporting fashion that should certainly stay back in the 80′s. The memories we love to hate (or is that hate to love?), lets bring them back to life!

The VCR To PC Converter transforms all your old treasured memories into the modern digital age, all through your USB port. Just be sure to upload all the embarrassing bits to YouTube for the whole family to enjoy!

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