picture quality

Media Center to hit another five countries

News Audiovisual quality has been a particular sticking point, Microsoft executives said at the conference, pointing out that people expect the sound and picture on a $1,500 (£843) media-oriented PC to be at least as good as those from a $99 DVD player.

10 May 2004, 8:40

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News Its picture performance on all formats is excellent, and it's very easy to use as well. Sleeker than its predecessors and with a new high-quality screen, the AV500 is the realisation of Archos' early promise.

26 July 2006, 10:55

Vista pushes HD Photo centre stage

News The day will come when somebody says, 'That picture you did at Mount Whatever -- I want a big copy of that,'" Tapp said. JPEG 2000, like JPEG named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group that produced it, offers better compression quality than...

29 January 2007, 10:44

PS3 update adds DivX and Profile 1.1

News The PS3's firmware update also upgrades the console's Blu-ray Disc drive, which bumps the player up to Profile 1.1 and adds picture-in-picture support as well as other features. Last month, DivX Inc.revealed that its proprietary file-compression...

Tags: sony, voice, portable, console

19 December 2007, 9:01

Software soups up surveillance

News The software also tries to enhance image quality around the face, by compressing the data less there than in other parts of the picture, Ross said. VR's technology relies on pattern recognition, or pulling together a group of similar face captures...

26 January 2006, 9:26

Apple wants to rule your living room

News We think it completes the picture here," Jobs said. The movies can be downloaded in near-DVD quality, Jobs said. The screens on the new iPods and iPod nanos support this resolution, which will also improve the quality of movies played on a Mac, PC...

13 September 2006, 10:29

'Manual' is the mantra for new cameras

News The FinePix F31fd, a 6.3-megapixel camera has 26MB of internal memory and takes xD-Picture Cards. But the overall design seems to acknowledge that long-term consumer loyalty may come down to the quality of a photo the camera can produce in...

27 September 2006, 10:21

Sundance puts mobiles in the spotlight

News Quality certainly enters the picture," said Redford. Another hurdle could be the quality of the video being offered. Actor and filmmaker Robert Redford announced on Wednesday that his independent film organisation is teaming with a global trade...

9 November 2006, 10:00

Motion-sensing comes to mobiles

News Invensense is already supplying digital-camera companies with its tiny, MEM-based gyroscopes to help stabilise cameras and improve picture quality, especially on higher-megapixel cameras. But using it to improve picture quality, so that I actually...

26 March 2007, 11:05

Will Blu-ray DVDs be too expensive?

News Both are high-capacity discs that will support the distribution of high-definition versions of movies, with much better picture quality than what's possible with today's technology. The real cost and quality issues will be apparent only when both...

29 November 2005, 9:47

Iomega looking to make 800GB DVDs

News Increased capacity on discs is significant as the entertainment and broadcast industries move toward high-definition picture quality. Storage company Iomega is looking to increase the capacity of DVDs up to 100 times, meaning it could, conceivably...

27 May 2005, 9:06

LCD TVs to overtake CRTs in 2009

News Ironically, traditional, bulky CRT TVs still continue to provide better picture quality, according to many. LCD TVs will be the most popular kind of TVs in the world by 2009, according to a new analyst report, meaning they will reach that status...

6 June 2006, 8:34

LCDs outsell CRT TVs in Europe

News LCD manufacturers now sell 40-inch TVs -- the plasma stronghold -- and will try to compete in the 50-inch and larger space next year with technology that will purportedly improve picture quality. LCD TVs outsold conventional CRTs in Europe for the...

28 November 2006, 9:03

Plasma TVs making a comeback

News Plasmas offer crisper picture quality but use more power and are heavier; LCDs offer brighter images but can be blurry. Given up for dead less than a year ago, plasma TVs are making a comeback, with manufacturers boosting sales forecasts amid a...

Tags: consumers, high definition, american, demand

10 January 2008, 10:24

Media honchos sound off on emerging TV tech

News For example, high-definition television (HDTV) programmes offer sharper picture quality, whilst their high level of data content -- HDTV programmes have more image detail and use more storage capacity -- make it harder to copy them and distribute...

13 April 2005, 13:24