channel

alpha channel

Reviews With 32-bit graphics, the additional 8 bits are used as an alpha channel to control attributes for the other 24 bits of colour. In computer graphics, each pixel has three channels of colour information -- red, green, and blue -- in various bit depths.

20 December 2006, 12:17

5.1 channel digital surround sound

Reviews The popular digital surround-sound technique used by Dolby Digital technology in which audio is recorded on six, or 5.1, separate tracks: front left, front right, front centre, rear left, and rear right, with an extra track (the .1) reserved for...

3 January 2007, 15:38

JVC DD-3 Sophisti review

Reviews There are three different sound-processing modes: Movie/M.Music for movies and multichannel music, Wide/2chMusic to widen the soundstage on two channel music, and Super Wide to create an even wider soundstage.

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: jvc, dvd player, cinema, jack

13 June 2007, 13:00

Sony Handycam DCR-DVD505E review

Reviews Attach the receiver to the DCR-DVD505E and clip the microphone to your subject -- the camera will record that audio as the centre channel of the 5.1 surround sound. And paired with the optional Bluetooth centre-channel microphone, its 5.1-channel...

Editor's rating   7.5

Tags: sony, camcorders, microphone, spot

19 April 2006, 15:48

It's playback time: Freeview hard-drive recorders

Reviews But they're not just one big recorder -- these devices will buffer the current channel on the same hard drive, meaning you can pause live TV, rewind through what you've been watching and cut out the ad breaks.

20 September 2005, 15:17

Humax PVR-9200T review

Reviews But as time changed, so did users' needs -- they wanted to be able to watch a different channel to the one they were watching, and they needed more storage. Channel up/down and the four-way navigational keys are easy to access, but the recording...

Editor's rating   7.7

Tags: humax, hard drive, sky, watching

30 November 2005, 16:53

Sagem DVR 6400 T review

Reviews The Sagem also has a channel buffer of two hours, so if you're watching a live programme, and you decide you'd like to keep it, you can do so by rewinding to the start and pressing record. The twin tuners in the Sagem mean you can record one...

Editor's rating   6.3

Tags: sagem, hard drive, channels, optical

4 July 2007, 16:40

Humax Foxsat-HD (freesat) review

Reviews It has an all-black colour scheme, apart from the two mirrored strips that run across the top and bottom of the front channel number display. The lack of Channel 5 is disappointing at launch and ITV HD hasn't gone live yet -- it's expected to do so...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: humax, channel, interest, channels

9 May 2008, 14:29

Humax PVR-8000T (80GB) review

Reviews While you're watching a channel, the box is busy archiving everything to the hard drive. It's certainly closest in looks to a DVD player in terms of size, colour and weight, but it has an LCD channel display where the disc tray would usually be.

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: humax, terms, channels, watching

14 May 2005, 19:08

KEF KIT100 Instant Theatre review

Reviews No, it can't deliver the rear-channel effects of a full surround system, but its two speakers sounded surprisingly spacious. As a result, KEF's virtual surround approach is a more organic system than many of its competitors -- it doesn't rely on...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: kef, dvd player, speakers, speaker

14 May 2005, 17:56

Philips SoundBar HTS8100 review

Reviews Image quality is extremely impressive for an integrated system but there are some sound compromises, especially with stereo music, and the £700 price is more than you can pay for a six-channel set up.

Editor's rating   7.5

Tags: philips, dedicated, dvd player, channel

26 October 2007, 16:28

Thomson DHD4000 review

Reviews This means that if you want to record something, you can't watch something else on another channel. In a very nice move that's reminiscent of the Media Centres we've seen, the current channel can be seen in the top right hand corner while you're...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: thomson, channels, hard drive, packed

14 May 2005, 18:09

Panasonic Viera TX-32LMD70 review

Reviews The front of the television has no buttons to interrupt the styling -- controls for turning the TV on and off can be found at the top of the set, along with the volume and channel controls. Relevant buttons are nice and large, and the channel and...

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: panasonic, colours, natural, channels

3 May 2007, 19:19

JVC TH-P7 review

Reviews The brains and the brawn of the system reside in the broad main unit, which integrates a disc player, AM/FM tuner and 6-channel digital amplifier with integrated processing. The integrated 6-channel amplifier features a digital design that offers...

Editor's rating   7.2

Tags: jvc, designs, stations, channel

5 December 2006, 16:39

JVC LT-32DG8 review

Reviews They let you turn the TV on and adjust channel and volume -- but there's no access to menu systems or input sources without using the remote. Only programmes for one channel are displayed at a time, which means you can't quickly scan a group of...

Editor's rating   7.8

Tags: jvc, watching, high definition, hdmi

7 June 2007, 14:07