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CNET.co.uk has 23 stories on colour
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
Is now the right time to buy a new TV?
Digital Living Imagine being able to see every single facial detail in a movie, or the player names on every footballer's shirt, and you're close to what will be the biggest revolution in TV since the move to colour.
25 May 2005, 11:00
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
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
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
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
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
Get more from Sony's PSP
Digital Living Skin your PSPThe PSP's main background colour changes from month to month, and you can get a preview simply by changing the internal clock. Sony's beautiful screen shows off movies in the console's proprietary UMD format perfectly, but playing your...
1 September 2005, 14:54


Format wars: The tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed

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