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Choose the right gear for high definition

Digital Living Picture quality is still up for debate though -- some prefer the warmer, more natural appearance of plasma, while others prefer the sharper and more lively colours of LCD. Red, green and blue filters are then controlled individually to create...

4 June 2007, 14:46

How to build your own home theatre

Digital Living The backlighting will provide just enough light for your eyes to get their colour reference, and you'll find that pictures seem a little crisper and colours more vivid -- quite a fringe benefit. In fact, this is why colours seem so bright when you...

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27 June 2005, 11:18

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living This means that what we consider 'white' in those environments is tinted by these colours. You'll have more control if you shoot your footage neutrally and then process the colours afterwards. To make sure the camera is picking up colours as your...

29 June 2006, 16:02

Beware the industry of cool

Digital Living They clapped him when he told them the new version of the nano would be available in different colours. They clapped him for offering his product in different colours. There's a painful line in Cameron Crowe's excellent film about rock and roll...

16 September 2006, 7:00

Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living The Motorola Razr H3 headset, for example, is obviously meant to match the Razr range of phones, while the Motorola H500 comes in four different colours to match the many colours of the Pebl and the Razr.

15 August 2006, 16:46

LG KG810

Digital Living LG's KG810 Chocolate Folder takes the smooth glossy front, dark colours and touch-sensitive keys of the original Chocolate phone, the KG800, and folds them in half. Is it edible origami or sicklier than a chocolate seashell?

15 December 2006, 14:33

Panasonic Viera TH37PV500

Digital Living This 37-inch model wants to wow you with its vibrant colours and excellent contrast.but you can get an LCD for less. Panasonic's Viera range of plasma televisions is the epitome of understated cool. Has plasma had its day?

24 February 2006, 17:34

Mobile phones to upgrade your life

Digital Living Now you can get phones in a plethora of colours and styles and customising your phone is possible with a huge range of accessories. Meet the upgraders We found four unhappy mobile phone owners who yearned for phones that would do more than make calls.

28 November 2006, 16:06

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

Digital Living The difference in technology means you don't get the same detail levels as LCD, but purists prefer the deeper contrast and more natural colours that plasma offers. I am currently looking to replace my old Toshiba 32-inch CRT TV.

15 November 2006, 16:02

Home cinema: understanding the risks

Digital Living The rich saturated colours of animations like Wallace and Gromit and Valiant look great on a projector, and after 15 minutes or so you'll creep into the darkened room to find one child asleep, another busily eating dirt from a pot plant and...

2 March 2006, 16:29

Cool screensavers for your beloved Mac

Digital Living The liquid quality of the graphics is mesmerising and the ability to change the colours is just icing on the cake. I regularly check the TalkBack from my columns to see what readers are saying about my software choices and how they feel about my...

9 May 2005, 15:12

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living If you want to bask in the glory of 16.7 million colours while browsing still images and watching movies, grab yourself a Q1. We've all dreamed of owning a portable device that can organise, entertain and enrich our lives.

27 July 2006, 16:39

Why is my best TV in my shed?

Digital Living Then they'll either sell their big CRT, the ugly one that doesn't look as pretty but actually has amazing picture quality, with vibrant colours and deep, deep blacks, or they'll put it in the kid's room or a bedroom or den, or it will end up with...

6 May 2006, 7:00

Get more from Sony's PSP

Digital Living 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 for buyers of the PlayStation Portable. Sony's beautiful screen shows off movies in the console...

1 September 2005, 14:54