colour

Can camcorders take great stills?

Digital Living We'd recommend going for a camera that reproduces good colour, even if the resolution isn't so high. Camcorders that give good colour and low noise can provide scaled-down stills that have comparable image quality to a higher-resolution camera or...

Tags: megapixel, colour, noise, frame

21 November 2007, 14:15

How do I set up my TV properly?

Digital Living Colour settings are a whole different matter, and although you could calibrate them to be technically perfect, this won't meet everyone's tastes. With colour, you are better adjusting it until you're happy with the look of the picture.

22 August 2007, 16:32

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living The tapes were smaller and the recorders were able to reproduce colour better than their rivals. We hate format wars. Not because we're afraid of good old-fashioned tech fisticuffs, but because they're often completely unjust.

23 July 2007, 9:49

Choose the right gear for high definition

Digital Living By varying the intensity of each colour, the display can produce the full range of colours. A colour wheel then rotates to match the colours with the corresponding action of the mirror, at a rate quick enough to be indistinguishable to the eye...

4 June 2007, 14:46

Mobile phones to upgrade your life

Digital Living The Chocolate has a 1.3-megapixel camera, colour screen and a glowing red heat- and touch-sensitive navigation pad. More importantly, it's not all looks and no brains, featuring a bright colour screen, a 3-megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, built...

28 November 2006, 16:06

Is a 46-inch TV too big for my living room?

Digital Living We're still waiting to see a model from Sony's W-series LCDs, but we've been overwhelmed by the performance of the latest Bravia Engine technology, especially with colour vitality and detail. I am currently looking to replace my old Toshiba 32-inch...

15 November 2006, 16:02

Access a webcam with a mobile phone

Digital Living The Pupillo works wirelessly and features full colour video and a built-in microphone. I'm interested in finding out what's the best way to set up a security camera at home that I can monitor with my mobile phone.

20 September 2006, 11:50

Beware the industry of cool

Digital Living What colour iPod nano are you going to buy? Do you have an iPod yet? There are certain painful issues of identity and crisis bound up in the whole business of music. There's a painful line in Cameron Crowe's excellent film about rock and roll...

16 September 2006, 7:00

Transfer your VHS tapes to DVD

Digital Living These are usually colour-coded white (left audio), red (right audio) and yellow (video). As VCRs fade into the sunset, you're going to need a way to transfer your videotaped treasures to DVD. Fortunately, the job is easy.

8 August 2006, 15:54

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living Most of the tasks a UMPC is most suited to -- writing, editing a diary, checking email -- do not significantly benefit from a colour display. It's bigger by a fair margin, and more importantly it runs in full colour.

27 July 2006, 16:39

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living You may not be aware of it, but what appears white in one environment is not always the same colour in a different one. In some cases, this palette determines everything from the colour of the wallpaper in a room to the colour of an actor's tie.

29 June 2006, 16:02

BT has seen the future, and it's white

Digital Living It's painfully true that everything we do reveals our self, and this is never more apparent than at staged technology events, where sets are dressed and artificial environments created to give colour and context to the technology on offer.

26 June 2006, 16:33

Which printer should I buy? review

Digital Living Hi, I'd like to buy an affordable, durable printer that can produce colour letterheads and borderless images to a good standard. If you're printing a large number of documents, we'd advise you to buy a colour laser printer.

Tags: colour, printing, wi fi, cable

22 June 2006, 15:58

Don't cut the technology cord

Digital Living You also made calls in public, and couldn't slope off to your room with the phone, which made it much harder to tell obvious lies or enquire as to what colour underwear the other party was wearing, because your family could hear every single thing...

25 March 2006, 8:00

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living We're expecting to see everything from Microsoft's new Origami device to giant LCD monitors with 8 million pixels, music phones with 8GB hard drives, keyboards that roll up and Webcams that change the colour of your skin.

8 March 2006, 15:02