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What HD disc player should I buy? review

Digital Living We are looking at buying a new DVD player for our new LCD 1080p TV and are looking for recommendations on a model that would provide all of the following: HDMI Output capability / upscaling capability

Tags: generation, hd, dvds, samsung

16 November 2007, 12:52

Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living Why should you care about HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc? The simple answer is that these two optical disc formats are the best sources of top-quality, high-definition video currently on the market. The new disc formats also take DVD's interactive menus...

1 June 2007, 16:40

Make the most of high-def content

Digital Living Both offer the same benefits -- a startling increase in picture detail, the ability to store movie and extra features on one disc plus far more interactivity than before. Disc capacity On the multimedia side, the PS3 will have Blu-ray disc support...

13 February 2006, 9:37

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living Even better, because it was a disc, not a tape, accessing scenes was as easy as pressing a button on the remote. Why it should have wonLaserdisc was light years ahead of its time, pre-dating even compact disc.

23 July 2007, 9:49

Transfer your VHS tapes to DVD

Digital Living It's no problem in an unedited start-to-finish transfer from tape to disc, but audio continuity becomes rather complex when merging scenes from several sources or just editing sections from a single tape.

8 August 2006, 15:54

Sony Vaio VGC-RC204

Digital Living Sony's purple monolith stands apart by virtue of its Blu-ray drive, which lets you store up to 25GB of data on a single disc. There's no guarantee it'll play Blu-ray movies, however -- so does it get a blue ribbon or a purple heart?

16 June 2006, 16:28

Which camcorder format?

Digital Living First off, you probably don't want a DVD camcorder -- the format's new, there's only around 30 minutes of record time per disc, the quality is mediocre and it's an absolute nightmare to edit the footage.

25 May 2006, 15:15

Best budget hi-def LCD TV?

Digital Living As you've spotted, 'high definition' is the buzz-word for flat-screen TVs, and we're now closer to the reality of HDTV broadcasting and disc formats than ever. I've managed to save some cash over the year and I want to treat my family to a 32-inch...

1 November 2005, 13:45

How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living In addition, 8x laptop DVD rewriter drives can be bought for around £50, and are a great means of copying 4.7GB of data to a single disc, or up to 8.5GB for dual-layer models. How can I upgrade my laptop?

2 June 2006, 15:55

Is now the right time to buy a new TV?

Digital Living The big players driving hi-def will be Sky, which is set to start broadcasting in 2006 for an extra £10 a month; Sony, which has a hi-def disc format called Blu-ray; and Toshiba with HD-DVD. I've finally decided to upgrade my crusty old television.

25 May 2005, 11:00

What is Dolby TrueHD?

Digital Living Because the sound is recorded on the disc uncompressed, it should automatically sound a lot better on the same hardware as before. I've heard a lot about Dolby TrueHD recently. What is it, and is it worth a costly upgrade to my AV system to get the...

11 July 2007, 14:15

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living Last year Bill Gates told The Daily Princetonian that HD DVD and Blu-ray would be the last physical disc formats, because in the future "everything's going to be streamed directly or on a hard disk". As I pack my bags for CeBIT, I can't help...

8 March 2006, 15:02

How to get music onto your Walkman phone

Digital Living Or, if you have lost the disc, you can find the software on the Sony Ericsson Web site. Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones are a popular choice among music fans who want the convenience of a combined mobile phone and MP3 player.

31 August 2006, 16:18