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What HD disc player should I buy? review

Digital Living Many will upscale DVDs to 1080p too, and those that don't will pump out a 1080i signal. We are looking at buying a new DVD player for our new LCD 1080p TV and are looking for recommendations on a model that would provide all of the following:

Tags: generation, hd, dvds, samsung

16 November 2007, 12:52

Do I need a TV with 1080i or 1080p?

Digital Living The second part is the letter, which denotes whether the signal is interlaced or progressively scanned. This technique is well suited to broadcasting because it saves bandwidth, and CRTs handle the signal so well you can barely tell it's even...

6 June 2007, 11:14

Why isn't Freeview on LCD and plasmas as good as on my old TV?

Digital Living Interlacing is a way to compress a TV signal so it's easier and less expensive to transmit. With an interlaced signal, instead of 25 frames per second being sent, each frame is split into two fields. This technique works brilliantly with CRT...

25 April 2007, 11:42

What's the best LCD TV for under £1,000?

Digital Living This is especially important if you want to link a DVD or hard-disk recorder to your TV without reducing the quality of the output signal. I have a budget of around £1,000 to spend on an LCD TV. My requirements are: two HDMI inputs, two Scart...

24 January 2007, 11:40

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living By setting the ISO low, you're getting the best signal-to-noise ratio. The idiot So, this is you, a clueless fool with a basic digital camera. You don't look like much in your silly hat, do you? Who's going to let you shoot the next Kate Moss...

10 November 2006, 15:23

Only network electronically

Digital Living There is no greater signal of a market top than a social networking event. Social networking is one of the building blocks of the Web 2.0 dream: bringing together like-minded people online to create a community of interest that can share knowledge...

31 October 2006, 10:25

How do I connect my laptop to my television?

Digital Living Scan convertors also serve the function of changing the separate red, green and blue signals transmitted by your PC into a single composite signal, which TVs use. RF modulators will be familiar to anyone who's ever tried to connect a games console...

25 October 2006, 15:26

What's the difference between 1080 and 768 resolutions for LCD TVs?

Digital Living It's important to remember that whatever resolution you use, image quality depends on the source signal. Is there a big difference between 1080 and 768 resolutions for LCD TVs? I am trying to decide between two Sony TVs -- the KDL-40X2000 and the...

4 October 2006, 14:17

Transfer your VHS tapes to DVD

Digital Living S-Video delivers a higher-quality signal than the conventional composite-video output. 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

Taking your television for a drive

Digital Living The combined box means that we get the benefit of the cable service, which has proven itself more reliable than the Freeview signal used by our previous PVR. Yours may be different, but our signal always seemed to hang inexplicably or get the...

25 July 2006, 16:11

Extend your mobile phone's battery life

Digital Living If your phone is constantly straining to find a network signal it will use more power than if it's not. Because of this, it's best not to leave your phone in areas of the office or house where the signal is poor.

14 June 2006, 14:50

Sling Media Slingbox

Digital Living Sling Media's Slingbox takes the television signal from your set-top box and squirts it across the Internet, enabling you to tune in to EastEnders from the opposite side of the world. Is it telly heaven or soap-opera hell?

2 June 2006, 13:53

Get the most out of Wi-Fi

Digital Living Don't broadcast your wireless signal. This device receives the signal sent by your router or access point up to 100m away and rebroadcasts the signal to wireless clients beyond the edge of your original network.

4 May 2006, 15:30

Will my DAB radio work at 35,000 feet?

Digital Living Assuming you can get a good signal, it is not illegal to use a radio on a plane, except during take-off and landing. Hello my CNET chums, I am wondering if DAB radios work on a plane. I was talking to someone at work and they believe that a...

4 May 2006, 11:42

How can I convert my vinyl collection to MP3?

Digital Living This will give you the cleanest signal path available. Hello, call me a luddite, call me an Antiques Roadshow viewer, but I have a problem. I like my MP3s, but I love my old record collection. How can I convert my vinyl collection to MP3?

6 April 2006, 11:28