picture quality

Philips 23iF9946: it's a wireless world

Crave Philips is famous for its LCD picture quality, and the 23iF9946 is no different. It uses the company's Digital Crystal Clear and Active Control Plus picture systems to remove artefacts from analogue video, while a built-in FM radio and Virtual...

Tags: stream, wireless, cable, package

29 April 2005, 9:50

Sharp LC-32P50E: Keeping it old-school

Crave With the majority of people likely to stick to standard digital TV for the next few years at least, Sharp's thinking is to offer the advantages of a flat-screen TV, but with the picture quality of a normal CRT.

Tags: sharp, hd, resolution, high definition

4 October 2005, 11:06

Vantage Point Blu-ray: Hands-on with some funky interactivity

Crave The movie itself is presented in glorious 1080p and we have to say, the picture quality is utterly stunning. That means no picture-in-picture video, which is one of the key aspects of this Blu-ray disc.

Tags: point, gps, ray, events

16 July 2008, 14:23

Guy's Christmas Shopping: Stupidly expensive LCD

Crave And while it's true that Samsung has made a massive 102-inch plasma, it's neither commercially available nor as good as the Sharp when it comes to picture quality, plus it's impractical for nearly every house.

Tags: sharp, christmas, psp, high definition

16 December 2005, 10:48

Photos: Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ81 Freesat plasma

Crave Although freesat is the focus for the PZ81 range, it's well worth pointing out that this is a high-end Panasonic plasma, so you get a 1080p panel, with the superb picture quality we've come to expect from the company and features such as...

27 June 2008, 13:20

Sony's new LCDs: Home of the Bravia

Crave The 'V' range is very similar, with a better picture quality promised thanks to Sony's Live Colour Creation Technology. This high-end set of LCDs come in the same 32-, 40- and 46-inch sizes, but feature 1080p panels for the very best high...

Tags: sony, eye, lcd, panasonic

22 March 2006, 10:42

disgo Media Bank: Scart? Are you having a laugh?

Crave The interface was simple but not especially beautiful, and to begin with the picture quality was terrible, with jagged lines around everything and nasty patterning everywhere. We can understand this is necessary for recording from Freeview, but for...

Tags: hard drive, bank, readers, picture quality

9 June 2008, 11:29

HANNspree TV: The elephant that swallowed a 10-inch LCD TV

Crave Overall, the picture quality is decent, the sound is pretty dire and the TV itself is cute as a button. With a good external antenna you'll get an acceptable picture. We popped our old favourite Ronin on, and were actually quite impressed with the...

Tags: cover, lcd tv, equaliser, elephant

12 January 2007, 11:38

BBC iPlayer goes mobile: Which player is best?

Crave Picture quality wasn't quite as crisp as on the Q1, so it's a toss-up between big screen or quality screen. Both offer streaming access to the iPlayer library over Wi-Fi, using the H.264 codec for the best picture quality we tested.

14 October 2008, 12:03

CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards 2007

Crave The PS50P96 impressed us because the picture quality is awesome, and the price tag is reasonable. The picture quality is superb, sound is delightful and best of all, you can get one for about £450 now.

19 October 2007, 9:15

Photos: Hands on with Sony's new gear

Crave As you can see from the picture, it took place in the idyllic Brit-fest location of Rhodes, with hundreds of attendees from all over the world. They use a technology that Sony dubs 'Motionflow' that's designed to give a smoother picture.

30 March 2007, 14:30

BenQ debuts BW1000 and EW1000G Blu-ray drives

Crave Also, Blu-ray is picture-in-picture compatible, so you can view multiple scenes simultaneously. In a sun-drenched corner of Covent Garden, BenQ (which claims to 'Bring Enjoyment 'n' Quality' to life) let us play with its BW1000 internal half-height...

Tags: benq, disc, ray, load

4 July 2006, 13:40

Photos: Samsung F480, G810, i780, F490 and Soul

Crave The G810 also comes with Wi-Fi, HSPDA (3.5G), GPS and a photo geotagging service that lets you attach the exact location of a picture taken with the G810's camera. We had a quick go with the G810's camera and we were impressed with how fast the...

18 February 2008, 14:04

Photos: The history of the digital camera

Crave Our main picture shows the HOMIC (Horizontal Memorychip Integral storobo Camera). The University of Calgary Canada ASI Science Team built the Fairchild All-Sky camera to photograph auroras, an example of which is shown on the right of our picture.

2 November 2007, 8:00

Crave Talk: Is this the end of rubbish TVs?

Crave You'd be amazingly lucky if it had an integrated digital tuner, picture quality was hit and miss, and designer flair was practically non-existent. Well, 1080p resolution is on the horizon, and while compatible televisions will be expensive, they'll...

Tags: televisions, hd, tuner, hd ready

22 February 2006, 14:00