BT Inspire 1500 Twin

History can be selective when it wants to be. It's strange that in today's world so few people really know anybody behind some of the greatest technological achievements, choosing instead to create gods out of talentless "celebrities" who for some quite bizarre reason are held aloft as aspirational and inspirational. The only thing that these people inspire in me is an extreme urge to find the nearest toilet (thank you Sir John Herrington in 1596 & JF Brondel in 1738 for your works on flushing and valve systems). Of course, people know about the big guns - and possibly even the unlucky runners-up.

"Retuning" was the big buzzword flying around in September of last year, as we were continually prompted to make sure we retuned our TVs and Freeview boxes. But why did we have to bother? One of the major reasons, was to make room on the digital highways for Freeview HD.....

There are plenty of terms you will hear when buying a Blu-ray player, which can be confusing. Here's our jargon-buster of Blu-ray terms, so you can arm yourself with the knowledge...

If you're up for some HD action but don't want to fork out what is a considerable expense every month to a satellite company, then Freesat may well be your answer.