November 2022

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Welcome
Hello and welcome to this creator-focused issue of Stuff! That’s right – the spotlight’s on making your own digital creations this time around, and our cover feature takes you through a bunch of top accessories and add-ons to improve your lot – wheth
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Head of Commercial Neil Tillott (01959 543719, x7003) neil.tillott@kelsey.co.uk Ad Operations Manager Martin Williams martin.williams@kelsey.co.uk Production and Design Manager Neil Hepden (01233 220245) stuff@tandemmedia.co.uk Chief Executive Steve
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Island In The Fun
The notch is dead, long live the Dynamic Island! Ever since Apple culled the home button and introduced that divisive screen cut-out, the brand’s acolytes (Applytes?) have wondered when the iPhone would follow Android’s lead and shrink it down to alm
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How D’ya Like Them Apples?
The standard iPhone 14 still has the old-style notch and doesn’t get the always-on screen or A16 chip, but there’s a new 12MP camera on the back with a larger sensor for better snaps in low light. from £849 The new Pro buds might look the same but th
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Are Bends Electric?
Curved tellies might have gone the same way as 3D films, Betamax and the Monty Python parrot, but gamers loved the extra immersion offered by having the corners of the screen bent in towards them… so LG’s new monitor delivers the best of both worlds.
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Let’s Glow Crazy
Back when Philips first started cramming coloured lights into its tellies, 4K was just a cool way of spelling ‘fork’ and our idea of a good night in was Fame Academy or Footballers’ Wives. Fortunately, the world looks a lot different 20 years later,
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Turtley Clips Of The Art
Unless you’ve got the machine from Honey, I Shrunk The Kids in your attic, it’s impossible to know what it’s really like to fly aboard a drone – but DJI’s Avata can give you a pretty good idea. While this is not the first drone to put you in an imagi
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Case Value
We’ve seen some novel gadget combos in our time – from Oakley’s Thump, which combined sunglasses and an MP3 player, to the Selfie Toaster that… well, you can probably guess what that did. But we’re not sure what they were smoking at JBL HQ when someb
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Breaking Apple’s Hard To Do
The great wearable gets an extreme makeover and an adrenaline-pumping price Ever wondered what an Apple Watch would look like if it spent its spare time heli-skiing and kitesurfing rather than having to remind you not to spend all weekend sitting on
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Stream
Zombies aren’t the only things that lumber on aimlessly refusing to die. Here’s the third and final part of the 11th and final season of one of TV’s longest-running series, a show that arguably passed its peak when David Cameron was still prime minis
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B&O BEOSOUND THEATRE
Are there lolly sticks stuck to that thing? What do you think this is, Blue Peter? That’s Bang & Olufsen’s new soundbar you’re talking about, and there aren’t a load of yoghurt pots and washing-up liquid bottles behind those ‘lolly sticks’ either. Th
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Games
PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1, Switch If there’s been one noticeable uptick in gaming in recent years, it’s that there’s a heck of a lot of ‘thirsty’ players out there, especially when more games are letting you hook up with other characters. But Thirsty Su
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?wtf Is LG Puricare Aero Furniture?
It’s not – but sticking one in your house could help stop any fungus becoming part of your own future. While most air purifiers look like mesh routers or electric heaters, LG’s latest resembles a piece of hi-tech furniture. Available in red, yellow o
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News Feed
You might know Apple Fitness+ as a Watch app, but you’ll soon be able to toss your wearable into the sea and access those workouts from an iPhone. There’ll be on-screen guidance, while calories burnt will be estimated on the Move ring in your phone’s
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Magical Mistrally Tour
€5million / bugatti.com Well that looks nice. The W16 Mistral is to be Bugatti’s last car powered by an internal combustion engine, with future offerings planned as all-electric. It’s a coupé that sits on a tweaked carbon-fibre monocoque chassis, com
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Win A Massive Gadget Bundle From Smartech!
Imagine a fever dream where you won a cache of gadgetry so huge that a fleet of drones would be required to carry it to your door. For one lucky reader that dream can become reality (well, apart from the drone bit), because this issue we have a whopp
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The Top Lego Designer On His Process And How New Bricks Join The System
In our building we have a central warehouse that has every piece currently in production. I think it’s maybe 50 million bricks in there or something. Sometimes we’ll just walk around and look at individual pieces. And we’ll be like, “Yeah, that one i
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Talkin’ ’bout A Resolution
Two-hundred megapixels. That’s a lot, isn’t it? The hero of Moto’s new Edge 30 line-up has one of the most densely packed camera sensors you’ll find in the phone world. Nor is it a one-trick pony, with the fastest Qualcomm silicon, a super-high displ
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Sourcers Full Of Secrets
Finding out where to watch a show is more important these days than when. Tell JustWatch what services you use, do a quick search, and it’ll say where you can stream, rent or buy a show or movie. But you can also find new stuff to gawp at by way of t
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Upvoted Camera Bags
As long as you’re not planning to shoot from the hip literally, this messenger bag will make the most of your waist space. Built with roaming photographers in mind, its wide strap wears comfortably, while a MagLatch clasp lets you in without fuss. Ca
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Create Balls Of Fire
Everyone has a podcast these days, so you might as well join them. It’s pretty easy to put one together too, providing you have a great mic… p38 No longer do you need high-end hardware to edit video effectively, but these gadgets and add-ons will hel
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Loupedeck+
If you spend a lot of time editing video and audio tracks, you’ll be vividly aware that a standard computer keyboard isn’t exactly ideal: as much as rubber overlays can help you remember rarely-used shortcuts, there’s no substitute for the buttons an
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Rode Rodecaster Pro II
Podcasting: it’s dead easy, right? Plonk yourself down in front of a microphone, hit record, and you’ll be top of the charts in no time. Sorry, but there’s more to it than that: controlling volume levels, mixing channels and balancing EQs makes all t
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Ik Multimedia Irig Keys I/o 25
Whatever music software and platform you use, it’s not very rock’n’roll to paw at a glass screen or click a mouse. But when starting out, the sheer range of kit available for live play can be intimidating. IK Multimedia’s iRig Keys I/O 25 does a good
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Fujifilm X-h2s
The X-H2S brings new-found continuous shooting abilities to Fuji’s X range, thanks to a fifth-gen image sensor that rattles off an astonishing 40 frames per second. That should raise wildlife and sports snappers’ eyebrows, while improved video suppor
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Elgato Stream Deck Mk2
You don’t need a Stream Deck to stream. But it makes your life a lot easier if you have one, because it enables you to automate pretty much everything you do. And it looks pretty great on your desk too, with a choice of white or black and lots of swa
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Pioneer Ddj-400
If you’re looking for a brilliant beginner/hobbyist two-channel DJ controller, look no further: the DDJ-400 is the perfect place to start, while offering a lot of the functions you’ll find on more expensive CDJ-style controllers. The part-rubberised
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Wacom One
The rise of really good tablets put a dent in the idea of artists defaulting to Wacom kit for digital drawing work; but there’s no denying the company makes some stellar products, notably its droolworthy high-end Cintiq pen displays. The Wacom One is
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Shrink For Yourself
£949 / bit.ly/Xperia5iv The rest of the phone world might be happy to put their cameras in the hands of algorithms and AI, but Sony is going in the opposite direction. The latest Xperias are a content creator’s dream, full of manual modes and physica
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Beta Yourself Sketchbook
Don’t assume you’ll simply crack open Sketchbook (sketchbook.com) and be hanging your device in Tate Modern by dinnertime. Instead of immediately trying to create a masterpiece, spend time exploring the app’s tools. Once you know what it’s capable of
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Other Arty Apps
Available in iPad and iPhone forms, Procreate is, suitably, a pro-grade art studio. The minimal interface gets out of your way but the rich toolset provides plenty of power, whether you want to dig into custom brushes or even paint with filters. £8.9
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Blob’s Yer Uncle
£90 / bit.ly/UEWBoom3 ■ The Wonderboom 3 is, like both Wonderbooms that preceded it, a straight-up Bluetooth speaker. So you won’t be AirPlaying anything to it, there are no voice assistants to chat to, no app being pushed upon you, and no aux-in for
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Reach Out, Ale Be There
What’s the story? This is as straightforward a beer-to-glass experience as you can imagine. Put simply, you buy beer in mini kegs and pour it using the somewhat bulky (45x40x29cm) unit. You do need to make sure you’ve got room for this thing, especia
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Instant Upgrades Nothing Phone 1
Don’t hide your Phone 1’s glyph lights with an opaque case – pick up a transparent jacket to protect it while still letting it glow. This one wraps around the back and sides of the phone to shield it from nasty shocks without sacrificing its flashy l
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Pad But True
£270 / bit.ly/HonorPad8 Honor has gone big for its first tablet to be launched in the UK – literally. The Pad 8 has a sizeable 12in display that puts it almost on a par with much more spendy slates like the Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ul
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Reno What We Like
£599 / bit.ly/OppoReno8Pro ■ Starkly contrasting curved and flat elements plus a premium glass and metal build make the Reno8 Pro feel commanding in the hand; it’s solid, high-quality and familiar, but with a twist: the camera bump rises by way of an
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Senny Lover
£300 / bit.ly/Momentum4 No sensible manufacturer ever decides avant-garde is the way forward when designing a pair of wireless headphones, but before now it was at least possible to pick out a pair of Sennheiser Momentums in a line-up. Not any more.
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Saints Row
Whether you love it, hate it, or love to hate it, Saints Row is a series that leaves a lasting impression. This is one of eleventy-gazillion GTA clones that sprung up on the back of Rockstar’s obscenely successful open-world shooter; and now develope
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The Last Of Us Part I
Sony’s survival-horror classic has already been remastered once since its initial 2013 release, so a ground-up remake for the PS5 might seem a little unnecessary. But with all that extra power at Naughty Dog’s disposal, The Last of Us Part I (which a
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Splatoon 3
Splatoon isn’t like other multiplayer shooters. Instead of accuracy or kills, it’s more concerned with how much of each map you can cover in your team’s coloured ink. That formula hasn’t changed in Splatoon 3, with each match three minutes of messy c
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Smartphones
from £1149 / stuff.tv/S22Ultra If you’re a tech-loving Android fan and can justify the outlay, this is the most fully-featured phone of the 2022 crop. The first ‘S’ model to have a built-in S Pen, it also offers a wonderfully sharp 6.8in QHD+ screen
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In-ears
£199 / stuff.tv/WFXM4 A worthy successor to the XM3 buds that sat atop this list for what seemed like decades, Sony’s latest true wireless noise-cancelling in-ears are smaller, smarter and better. With the arguable exceptions of call quality and app
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On/over-ears
£336 / stuff.tv/WHXM5 Nobody was able to displace Sony’s WH-1000XM4 headphones from the top of this list for two years… yet the 2022 model manages to be even better. Key to the XM5s’ overall quality is the new carbon-fibre composite 30mm drivers: the
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Smartwatches
from £369 / stuff.tv/WatchS7 If you’ve got an Apple Watch Series 3 or even earlier, upgrading to this one will be like walking into a lighting shop from a dark and foggy winter evening: the display is bigger and clearer, and there are new input optio
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Fitness Tech
£359 / stuff.tv/Karoo2 For ages cycling computers have been held back by outdated tech… but Hammerhead’s sharp screen really is a gamechanger, and effectively running a tiny Android phone inside a custom case feels like a no-brainer. The 3.2in displa
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Laptops
from £1249 / stuff.tv/AirM2 With its super-powered new M2 processor, the latest version of Apple’s ‘basic’ laptop leaves the M1 model – an excellent machine in its own right – in the dust. This revamp redefines the Air in a meaningful way, instantly
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TVs
£1499 / bit.ly/QN95A This is Samsung’s single most expensive current 4K telly (unless you buy a bigger version), but the pictures justify the outlay. The Korean giant’s implementation of the new Mini LED tech is, on this evidence, something to be rec
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Soundbars
£2199 / stuff.tv/AmbeoSoundbar Utterly convincing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D sound, ample power and lots of inputs mean no other soundbar currently available can perform feats with the solidity and confidence of this Sennheiser. The sheer room-filling
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Tablets
from £569 / stuff.tv/iPadAir2022 This tablet has enough power to rival the flagship iPad Pro – and even quite a few current MacBooks. And though you might need to add a keyboard, a stylus and even a gamepad to make the most of it, the 2022 Air reinfo
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Streamers
from £26/m + setup / stuff.tv/SkyTV Already home to the biggest selection of 4K content, from blockbuster films and original dramas to top-flight sport, Sky has adopted a can’t-beat-’em-join-’em approach to streaming by incorporating the likes of Net
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Consoles
£480 / stuff.tv/PS5 The PS5 is not a modest upgrade. Its hulking design means it’ll make a bad first impression on some, but spend time playing it and it’ll soon win you over – and then some. This is essentially a high-spec gaming PC for the living r
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Games
from £47 / PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1, PC With FromSoftware’s trademark difficulty and a richly imaginative world that doesn’t hold your hand, this ambitious action RPG is a crowning achievement. There’s so much to lose yourself in here: lore hunters will ha
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E-bikes
£2248 / stuff.tv/VanMoofS3 VanMoof’s second-gen S3 (or X3 if you’re under 5ft 8in) looks like a normal bike, rides like a normal bike and, crucially, doesn’t cost a ridiculous amount of cash. The chunky 50mm tyres, slightly swooped bars and upright r
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Speakers
£399 / stuff.tv/SonosMove The Sonos range of wireless speakers had been crying out for a battery-powered portable model for ages – and finally our favourite multiroom audio specialist caved in. Luckily, the Move was worth the wait. Its adaptability a
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Electric Cars
from £75,500 / stuff.tv/Taycan It was about time someone took the fight to Tesla, and boy has Porsche delivered with the Taycan. This electric four-door saloon is the EV that petrolheads have been waiting for. In full-fat Turbo S flavour, the Taycan
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Smart Home
£90 / stuff.tv/Echo Having morphed from a cylinder to a sphere, the latest Echo is an excellent newsreader, weather forecaster, personal assistant and intercom straight out of the box; but it’s now also a capable speaker and a very accessible smart h
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VR Headsets
from £399 / stuff.tv/Quest2 The original Quest felt almost too good to be true. Its successor lacks the same wow factor, but you can’t argue with a better display and processor – not to mention a lighter, more comfy build – and the fantastic Beat Sab
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DRONES & ACTION CAMS
400 / stuff.tv/H10B £400 / stuff.tv/H10B At a glance it’s almost impossible to tell the Hero10 Black apart from its predecessor. Each is a little box with screens front and rear, and a lens housing that juts out. Under the hood, however, GoPro has tr
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Budget Buys
from £50 / stuff.tv/Dot This fabric-covered take on Marvin the paranoid android in disguise as a Magic 8-Ball feels playful yet classical. It can’t match a full-size smart speaker for audio, but as a little radio and an Alexa assistant for the bedsid
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Cameras
£1549 / stuff.tv/XT4 The Fuji X-T4 might be the high-end mirrorless camera of your dreams. Relatively affordable for a flagship, it excels at stills and video thanks to in-body image stabilisation, high-speed shooting and 4K recording at up to 60fps.
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Hello!
Welcome to this guide to top-notch creator hardware in association with Nvidia. Whether you’re looking to run a YouTube channel, edit 4K video footage, host your own podcast, stream your gaming or just edit photos without a spinning beachball/hourgla
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Laptops Under £1k
from £850 / lenovo.com Video editing is the No1 job of a content-creation laptop. That leads us to a checklist that the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro nails, even in its lower-spec versions. We want 16GB RAM, because you’re going to feel the pinch with 8GB.
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Laptops Over £1k
from £2199 / asus.com Want to feel like you’re sitting at a control centre, not just a laptop? The Zephyrus Duo 16 fits a dual-monitor setup into what on the outside looks like a pretty traditional design. Fit your audience chat below while streaming
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Creative Tablets
from £999 / samsung.com There’s no getting away from the fact that the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is a bit of a niche device, but it’s one that’s brilliant for creators thanks to its huge 14.6in display. That pushes the boundaries of portability (remember t
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Modular Cameras
£1999 / panasonic.com With full-frame mirrorless cameras now more affordable and compact than ever, the Lumix GH6 – which has a relatively tiny 25.2MP Micro Four Thirds sensor – might look like a duff choice to the casual observer. Surely it can’t ma
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Power Desktops
from £1999 / apple.com The Mac Studio looks a lot less serious than Apple’s old Pro desktops, but this little brick of aluminium is a content creation monster. Even the base model has 32GB of unified RAM – pure video-editor fuel. Professionals may im
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Action Cameras
£400 / gopro.com t’s no accident that GoPro has cemented itself as the market leader in action cams. This brand name has become a byword for any tough, tiny and lightweight video camera that can be mounted in all sorts of unlikely and tricky spots –
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Compact Cameras
£700 / sony.co.uk The ultimate in vlogger-friendly compacts, the ZV-1 packs a 1in sensor, f/1.8 wide-angle zoom lens, fully articulated screen and built-in triple-capsule mic – just about everything you need to take your first steps on the road to Yo
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Accessories
£290 / focusrite.com This all-in-one bundle includes an audio interface, a quality mic and a set of studio-style headphones, plus all the cables you need to get going. The best bit is Focusrite doesn’t assume you know what a preamp does, or what gain
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Laptop Or Tablet?
The lines between tablets and laptops have become awfully blurry of late: the latest iPad Air has the same processor as a MacBook Pro, while devices such as Asus’s Vivobook 13 Slate OLED offer a terrific tablet and a great laptop in a single device.
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Roomba
Oh yes, the Roomba – when robots finally did our bidding, just like sci-fi predicted! Well, it wasn’t quite like in the films. The excellently named iRobot company did manage in a small way to “make it possible for housekeeping to be something you do

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