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What size television should I buy?
Digital Living When buying a flat-screen TV, it's important to remember that these screens range from sizes similar to your traditional CRT set right up to screens that will dominate even the biggest room. I'm looking to buy a new HD Ready LCD TV, but I'm confused.
14 March 2007, 14:08
What is the difference between Intel's Centrino and Core Duo?
Digital Living To earn a Centrino badge, laptops must utilise a specific type of motherboard chipset, a specific type of wireless network card and a processor from the Intel Core range. I'm a little confused by all this talk of Centrino, Centrino Duo, Core Duo...
30 May 2007, 10:34
Hi-def camcorder to film snowboarding?
Digital Living Alternatively, if you can wait, the Canon XL H1 looks like a very smart HD-equipped follow up to Canon's immensely popular XL range. I would like to buy a camcorder to film snowboarding, I need something light and durable, preferably hi-def.
6 October 2005, 16:11
Will my DAB radio work at 35,000 feet?
Digital Living We've never tried this ourselves, but since DAB uses an airborne wave to transfer radio data, we'd expect reception to be excellent at 35,000 feet because of the lack of obstructions between you and the transmitter -- assuming you are within range.
4 May 2006, 11:42
Why do Canon cameras have more than one name?
Digital Living When it launched the first EOS (film) SLR, back in 1987, it was called the EOS 650 -- because 650 is, obviously, a completely logical starting point for a new range of cameras. With the help of your Web site I've decided my new camera will be a...
23 May 2007, 11:55
Which simple mobile phone?
Digital Living There are purpose-built 'simple' phones on the market, such as the Sagem VS1 and VS3 in Vodafone's Simply range. Can you suggest a simple-to-use mobile phone with no frills, suitable for my sister-in-law who is 87 years of age?
20 April 2006, 11:47
Camcorder or digiscope for bird photography?
Digital Living Digital camera resolutions currently range from around 5 megapixels to 10 megapixels or more. I notice that several budget-priced camcorders offer 30x optical magnification. Does this level give a good performance for bird photography?
1 November 2006, 14:01
Hollywood style for your home movies
Digital Living Do whatever it takes to bring the overall light level of the room up to a decent range. Some of the smoothest, most cinematic moves you'll ever see are dolly shots, where the director mounts a camera on a wheeled tripod and moves it toward or away...
23 June 2005, 10:35
Looking for an underwater camera
Digital Living If you're looking for a small camera, I'd recommend the models in Olympus' µ range. I have been looking at a getting a new camera and since I am a scuba diver, I was tending towards one with an underwater housing.
14 October 2005, 8:28
Is there a non-Apple flash player I should buy?
Digital Living Creative and Rio also offer some interesting MP3 players -- the Creative MuVo range and the Rio Carbon are both worth a look. My friends tell me to buy an iPod Shuffle, but I don't want to look like every other white earbud clone on the train to work.
17 May 2005, 21:12
Chatting in the third dimension
Digital Living Instead of being limited to emoticons and text, you can move around in a virtual 3D space and chat via cartoon speech bubbles that appear over your avatar's head, complete with a huge range of body types, costumes and backgrounds.
8 August 2006, 16:33
The world's cheapest camcorder
Digital Living That looks like the sort of mid-range MiniDV camcorder you'd pay about £400 for in the UK. This year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had some extraordinary companies. One of my favourites was showing off what it claimed was the world's...
17 January 2006, 11:17
What camcorder for filming kids in low light?
Digital Living Sony has a strong reputation for low-light performance and camcorders from its Handycam range, such as the DCR-HC96, are excellent low-light performers. I need a camcorder to take video of my 1-year-old to send to my parents in Australia.
14 September 2006, 15:02
Best camera for photographing jewellery?
Digital Living If you'd rather have a compact, Nikon's Coolpix range offers impressive macro functionality. I am a jewellery designer/maker and I would like to photograph my jewellery. What kind of camera should I buy?
27 July 2005, 10:15
Spam TV, You TV, Global TV
Digital Living For the same reason, I love projectors and surround-sound systems that give us a cinema experience at home and liberate us from the limited screening times and narrow range of content at the local The screen experience is increasingly mundane.
4 October 2005, 16:57


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