Pocket-lint has teamed up with Paramount to bring you the chance of winning one of five copies of its new re-imagining of the legendary adventure, Star Trek - due for release on 16 November 2009.

This visually spectacular, blockbuster prequel from acclaimed director J.J Abrams (Lost, Mission: Impossible III) follows a young James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) as a rebellious troublemaker, attempting to prove his superiors wrong and fulfil his potential by enrolling in Starfleet, much to the dismay of his instructor, the young Lt. Spock (Zachary Quinto).

So what do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this Star Trek two-disc special edition DVD? Simply click through on this link and answer the easy question. If you just can't wait however - the competition will be running for 2 weeks - you can click through to Amazon to get one pre-ordered.

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Win one of five copies of the new Star Trek DVD originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:14:38 +0000

Asus has announced the launch of the SDRW-08D1S-U external slim DVD writer, angled as ideal for use with netbooks that have no optical drive of their own as well as for home users wanting to back data up to DVD.

With sleek, glossy black or white looks, the upright drive is USB-powered, portable and offers what's said to be an easy to use drag and drop interface.

Boasting low power consumption, write speeds are up to 8x and it offers disk encryption for added password security on files.

The drive is available now on the high street and online priced at ?49.99.

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Asus SDRW-08D1S-U slim DVD drive launches originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:57:39 +0000

Samsung has launched its first TV slash DVD combo offering in the UK. The LE22B470 LCD TV is angled as "the perfect solution for stressed parents struggling to decide between a TV and a DVD player for their kids this Christmas".

While there's many folk around the world that would love to have such a pressing problem to worry about, if this kind of issue is troubling you, then note that the LE22B470 is said to be "an ideal space saver".

No spec has been revealed but we do know as well as the built-in DVD player, the 22-inch LCD flat screen TV offers a Freeview tuner. It's said to be available now at the likes of Currys, John Lewis, Comet, Amazon and Play for around ?325, although it's certainly not showing up under a model number search just now.

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Samsung LE22B470 DVD TV combo launches originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:09:37 +0000

While you can now get a Blu-ray player for under ?100, Denon is forging onward at the high end of the market with the introduction of the new ?1900 DBP-4010UD, a "state-of-the-art" effort that's said to offer tech found in the reference-class DVD-A1UD model.

As well as playback of Blu-ray discs and up-conversion of DVDs, the DBP-4010UD can play Super Audio CDs, DVD-Audio discs and bog standard CDs.

A Profile 2.0 device, there's an Ethernet port that allows for firmware updates, BD-Live interactivity and Web Control support.

The player offers a memory card reader and support for various media formats including AVCHD, DivX, JPEG, MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV.

The DBP-4010UD will be available at the end of November in a black or silver finish at a suggested retail price of ?1899.99.

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Denon launches "state-of-the-art" DBP-4010UD Blu-ray player originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:16:57 +0000

To mark the 30th anniversary of the classic series, a special edition remastered DVD boxset of Fawlty Towers has been released while the original series has become available to download in the UK on the iTunes Store.

For the boxset, every episode of the of sitcom has been remastered, with special features including, for the first time ever, audio commentaries from John Cleese on all 12 episodes.

The whole series or single episodes can downloaded, while exclusive to BBC Worldwide interviews of John Cleese discussing the making of Fawlty Towers (like the clip above) will soon be made available to download for free on iTunes.

John Cleese says of the release: "It's so pleasing to see that Fawlty Towers continues to make the British public laugh. I think fans will find the commentaries interesting and understand better the process of making the shows. I hope this will lead to a lot of laughing out loud in public places".

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VIDEO: Fawlty Towers released on iTunes, remastered for DVD originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:38:30 +0100