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How can I connect more devices to the back of my TV?

Digital Living The preferred choice is HDMI, because it carries both high-resolution images and multi-channel sound using a single cable for convenience, whereas DVI is a video-only connection. This is simply a connection box that can channel up to four HD...

16 August 2006, 12:54

What is Dolby TrueHD?

Digital Living You only get a mono rear-effects channel, a centre channel for dialogue, and the regular left and right stereo speakers. Despite its crudeness it's surprisingly effective, and the centre channel alone makes it worth the trouble.

11 July 2007, 15:15

Can I make my PC faster for free?

Digital Living Grisoft AVG Free Edition is a fantastic virus remover, and it's completely free from our CNET.co.uk Downloads channel. Spyware can be removed by using a tool such as Spyware Interrogator Tech Edition, which is also available from the CNET.co.uk...

11 May 2006, 12:14

How do I connect my laptop to my television?

Digital Living RF modulators will be familiar to anyone who's ever tried to connect a games console to an old TV -- they allow your computer's video signal to temporarily hijack a TV channel (eg channel 5). I have DivX movies on my laptop that I want to play...

25 October 2006, 16:26

Make the most of high-def content

Digital Living The service is set to offer high-definition versions of its Sky Sports, Sky Movies, Sky One and Sky Box Office channels, and Artsworld, National Geographic and Discovery Channel will also provide content.

13 February 2006, 9:37

What is Freeview Playback?

Digital Living The most useful feature of 'Playback' PVRs is their dual tuners -- these mean you should always be able to watch one channel and record another. I've seen adverts for Freeview Playback and noticed that there are a couple of Freeview receivers with...

27 June 2007, 11:35

How do I use my mobile phone as a modem for my laptop?

Digital Living Don't worry if you've lost it, you can get it straight from our Downloads channel. I've got a Nokia N73 and somebody told me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop, but I'm not sure how to set this up.

28 February 2007, 14:48

The BBC: Absolutely Fabulous or Balderdash and Piffle?

Digital Living The Cybermen of the multi-channel Internet-enabled Digital Age have no sympathy for the BBC, and they are aiming straight for its soft underbelly. The BBC is standing on its tippy-toes, looking down into the Internet abyss.

15 May 2006, 14:43

Laptops for people with disabilities

Digital Living Pack or install a third-party application, such as those from our Downloads channel. I'm a visually impaired student looking for a relatively small laptop (not too small) designed specifically for people with disabilities.

11 April 2007, 14:52

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living If you have a broadband Internet connection you should visit our Downloads channel, where you can find thousands of free or free-to-try applications and games. My kids are asking for a gaming computer this Christmas.

29 November 2006, 16:23

The new podcasting tools

Digital Living The BBC, NPR, Clear Channel stations and several other commercial radio stations are making their content available as podcasts. Think of podcasts as blogs, but with audio instead of text. If you've already tuned in to podcasts, you already know it...

Tags: stations, searching, mix, talk

9 May 2005, 15:48

Is Prince the prototype?

Digital Living Which Discovery Channel? Fourteen years later, Prince's music is still going strong, and there's still no one else like him. Miles's prediction is even more on the money in another sense, though, and it has nothing to do with notes on a scale.

Tags: stores, fans, digital music, deal

9 May 2005, 15:48

Spam TV, You TV, Global TV

Digital Living The first is Spam TV: this is the barking CNN announcer in the airport departure lounge, channel surfing on a Sunday afternoon, the in-store video demonstrating how to grout your bathroom tiles at your local DIY hangar.

4 October 2005, 17:57