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Should I buy a camera or a camera phone? review

Digital Living These high-end phones offer many of the features you'll find on dedicated cameras. We reckon most people would still want to use a dedicated camera for shooting in low light or for taking pictures at special occasions such as weddings or birthday...

Tags: compact, digital camera, lens, cameras

26 November 2007, 8:00

A mobile phone to take me home?

Digital Living It's also not as expensive as buying a dedicated sat-nav which will cost around £100 more. According to Benefon it features built-in GPS and has a dedicated button that takes you directly to the sat-nav application.

28 April 2006, 10:49

Better digital photos

Digital Living You'll need an external flash, a dedicated flash extension cord and a bracket that holds both the camera and the flash. Advanced techniques For cameras with hotshoes that accept dedicated external flashes, more options are available.

3 August 2006, 15:09

Hacking Napster with Winamp

Digital Living The only difference that might anger the labels is that a dedicated free rider could theoretically record more than 500 albums in a month this way for £15, whereas doing the same thing with an à la carte service at 79p per download would cost...

9 May 2005, 14:48

Dell XPS M1730

Digital Living This monstrous gaming laptop throws down two graphics cards and a dedicated Ageia PhysX processing unit. Meet 'The Beast'. Is it worth its weight in gaming gold or just a hunk of junk?

Tags: dell, gaming, ageia physx, graphics

16 November 2007, 11:25

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

Digital Living I really want a Blu-ray player, but it is worth getting a dedicated player rather than a PlayStation 3? In a word, no. 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...

28 March 2007, 16:24

Samsung G800

Digital Living The Samsung G800 blurs the line, but does this handset have enough megapixel might to replace your dedicated snapper? Is it a phone? Is it a camera?

Tags: samsung, megapixel, dedicated, line

30 November 2007, 10:50

Best camera for photographing jewellery?

Digital Living Alternatively, you can use an SLR with a dedicated macro lens. I am a jewellery designer/maker and I would like to photograph my jewellery. What kind of camera should I buy? There are two things you need to consider.

27 July 2005, 10:15

How can I convert my vinyl collection to MP3?

Digital Living For the best results, you'll want to use some dedicated recording software like Garageband for the Mac or Cubase on the PC. Hello, call me a luddite, call me an Antiques Roadshow viewer, but I have a problem.

6 April 2006, 11:28

Which mobile phone for the gym?

Digital Living It also boasts dedicated music keys, and it's also only 10mm thin, so it'll fit in your tracksuit bottoms just fine. Hi, I am due an upgrade soon and I'm looking for a mobile phone that has a good MP3 player with a headphone socket, that I can use...

14 January 2008, 10:49

What is Dolby TrueHD?

Digital Living DVDs contain full 5.1 surround sound, which gave full stereo rear effects, as well as dedicated centre, left and right channels, and a channel for bass known as LFE, or 'low frequency effects'. I've heard a lot about Dolby TrueHD recently.

11 July 2007, 14:15

Lost on the Underground with my PVR

Digital Living With a good set of headphones, even the noise from an Underground train fades into the background with a dedicated video device. Are people going to want to watch video in public? I've tried it for a while and it's good fun.

26 September 2005, 9:38

Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?

Digital Living Video-editing cards have special hardware that is dedicated to rendering and MPEG encoding. Hi, I'd like to buy a PC for video editing but I don't have an awful lot of money and I've heard they can work out very expensive.

10 August 2006, 10:55

Is now the right time to buy a new TV?

Digital Living The latter two formats will form a 21st century version of Betamax versus VHS, with a number of different movie studios dedicated to supporting one or the other. I've finally decided to upgrade my crusty old television.

25 May 2005, 11:00

Can I buy a 37-inch LCD TV for £1,000?

Digital Living Sharp's 37GD8 doesn't have dedicated component inputs for progressive-scan DVD players (although a PC adaptor cable can be used). I have £1,000 to spend on a new LCD TV but the choice is confusing. I have simple requirements: it has to be HD Ready...

19 October 2006, 11:09