picture quality

What size television should I buy?

Digital Living This will reduce the overall quality of the picture and make it far easier to spot the problems with standard-definition sources such as Freeview. If you have a 28-inch TV now then bear in mind that although an LCD of the same size is thinner, the...

14 March 2007, 14:08

Why isn't Freeview on LCD and plasmas as good as on my old TV?

Digital Living The TVs with the best standard-definition picture will be the ones that have the best-quality electronics -- often the most expensive ones. When it comes to high definition though, you can't beat an LCD or plasma, so if you're planning to get a...

25 April 2007, 12:42

Calibrate your LCD television

Digital Living But if you sit too close, the picture quality will be substandard. Your television should deliver the right-size picture for where you sit relative to the screen. Technically called black level, an LCD's brightness control actually adjusts how dark...

9 May 2005, 16:14

Which 40-inch Sony LCD TV should I buy?

Digital Living It's important to remember that when it comes to LCD TVs, the picture quality is decided by a number of factors. The better picture processing on the X2000 improves the quality of Freeview pictures and standard-definition DVDs.

2 August 2007, 10:20

Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living But HD DVD and Blu-ray's talents don't begin and end with rapier-sharp picture quality. Technical differencesThere's little to choose between the two formats when it comes to picture quality. This led to early criticism of Blu-ray's picture quality...

1 June 2007, 17:40

Which TV should I buy for gaming and a Media Center setup?

Digital Living If you watch a lot of Freeview, this set is the best choice with its good standard-def picture quality. Firstly, it's worth remembering that if the resolution of your graphics card exactly matches the resolution of your TV, you will see a much...

14 February 2007, 12:51

Best budget hi-def LCD TV?

Digital Living Nearly all DVD players now come with component video outputs, which offer a much better picture quality than standard Scart. Toshiba's 32WL56 has been winning plaudits thanks to its picture quality, but we found some issues -- there are no...

1 November 2005, 13:45

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, 8:00

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. Rear-projection televisionsAside from the improved picture quality, the main...

4 June 2007, 15:46

The 8-step technology detox

Digital Living The picture quality was better than the largest TV money could buy. The book told me to make a zoetrope, a spinning cylinder with slits on it that makes a moving picture. Perhaps he didn't believe that such a place could exist, or perhaps the...

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14 June 2007, 17:23

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living The picture quality was amazing for the time, offering 440 lines of picture information in PAL and 425 lines for NTSC. That made for a picture that was twice as good as VHS, and very nearly as good as DVD.

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23 July 2007, 10:49

What's the best LCD TV for under £1,000?

Digital Living My requirements are: two HDMI inputs, two Scart terminals, a PC connection and Picture-in-Picture facility (including from a PC). Always check to see how many of the terminals are RGB-enabled -- the more the better, as they will give you a better...

24 January 2007, 11:40

What's the best type of image stabilisation?

Digital Living You've composed your picture perfectly, the subject is managing to keep still, and still the image comes out blurry. This simply fires the shutter so quickly that vibrations do not have time to jog the picture.

25 July 2007, 13:16

What's the difference between 1080 and 768 resolutions for LCD TVs?

Digital Living A screen's resolution is measured by the number of vertical picture lines x the number of horizontal picture lines -- for example, 1,366x768. Progressive (p) scanning allows all lines to be displayed sequentially instead of using two alternate...

4 October 2006, 15:17

Philips 32PF9731D

Digital Living This TV has fantastic picture quality, but it also has the controversial Ambilight technology, which beams different coloured lights on to the back of your wall. Is that something you hanker after, or is it just a gimmick?

26 January 2007, 14:11