picture quality

Toshiba HD-E1

Digital Living Will the HD-E1's reasonable pricing, slim build and excellent picture quality tempt you to join the HD DVD camp, or does its lack of 1080p output make your blood boil?

12 January 2007, 14:54

Is the PS3 any good as a Blu-ray player?

Digital Living And here's why: the most important factor in deciding which DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray player to buy (in your budget range) is surely the quality of picture it outputs, and the PlayStation 3 is excellent.

28 March 2007, 16:24

A camcorder for shooting drama?

Digital Living It's a 3CCD camcorder with excellent picture quality. Since you're trying to demonstrate how your dialogue comes alive off the page, image quality may not be important. In this case, almost any recent MiniDV or hard-disk DV camcorder will capture...

21 June 2005, 11:50

What is Dolby TrueHD?

Digital Living When DVD hit the market, everyone marvelled at the picture quality, but in many ways that wasn't the most amazing part. Since people started watching movies at home, there has been a drive to improve the sound quality.

11 July 2007, 14:15

How to build your own home theatre

Digital Living Some nice side effectsIn addition to reducing eyestrain, good backlighting often increases the perceived picture quality. Your eyes need some way of distinguishing between the wall and the picture, which allows them to focus on just the picture...

Tags: depth, paint, wall, benefits

27 June 2005, 11:18

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

Digital Living The screen uses a lower WXGA resolution (1,366x768 pixels), which will only display 720p and 1080i high-definition formats, but image processing is extremely impressive and picture quality is sensational.

15 November 2006, 16:02

Get more from Sony's PSP

Digital Living Build up your LibraryIn terms of picture quality, the converted video was good, if not great. The picture is washed out and the colours look very flat -- a world away from the beauty of UMD movies. Multimedia on the go will be a major attraction...

1 September 2005, 14:54

How to perfect your pictures

Digital Living What good is a perfectly composed picture if you can't paste it into your photo album? We strolled outdoors when the cloud cover was just right and took a nice picture of the sky. Whether you're a professional photographer or you're just snapping...

9 May 2005, 14:51

Is a film SLR camera better than a digital SLR camera?

Digital Living What's more, you have complete control over your image in photo-editing software, rather than relying on the printing lab to get your picture right. Over-vigorous noise reduction can soften detail in images, while excessive compression results in...

28 September 2007, 14:48

Can I afford a progressive scan camcorder?

Digital Living The illusion of a complete picture is created by the speed of the fields flashing across the screen at 60fps, fooling the eye. Without the blurring, a clearer picture is possible. The Panasonic PV-GS320 is a tape-based standard-definition 3CCD...

Tags: model, eye, fields, lines

12 December 2007, 9:23

Is now the right time to buy a new TV?

Digital Living Early flatscreens, particularly plasmas, were just not very good at picture performance -- they were fashion statements more than anything else. However, you should still prepare yourself for the poor quality of standard analogue and even Freeview...

25 May 2005, 11:00

Should I buy a camera or a camera phone? review

Digital Living However, the pictures from the 5-megapixel camera phones are more than a match for the cameras of just a couple of years ago, so for many people the convenience of a camera phone outweighs the sacrifice in picture quality.

Tags: compact, digital camera, lens, cameras

26 November 2007, 8:00

How do I get more HDMI ports on my TV?

Digital Living HDMI is also digital, which means the picture that comes out of your DVD player should look excellent, with no quality loss. My Toshiba 32WL56 has only one HDMI port, which is already used by the Sky HD Box.

9 May 2007, 17:23

How do I connect my laptop to my television?

Digital Living PC monitors and TVs have different scan rates (the speed at which the picture is drawn on the display), so the scan convertor is required to change the faster scan rate being spouted by your graphics card to a slower one that is compatible with...

25 October 2006, 15:26

Do Aibos dream of electric sheep?

Digital Living Once he's spotted a toy, his face lights up with its picture, and he walks towards it to play with it. The only soft elements are his floppy rubber ears and tail, which have a rather eerie rubber fetish quality.

12 October 2005, 9:10