What to Look for in a Video Card by John Gibb
The proper graphics card can help speed up almost any system by taking the responsibility of many visual functions, allowing the CPU to work more effectively in other areas. Let’s take a look at a few of the key features to look for in a graphics card. ... The more memory your video card has, the higher the resolution, and the larger the number of colors it can display. ... Now a days, you will have either a PCI or an AGP slot for your video card. ... If you’re just doing Excel spreadsheets you might not need to spend $500 on a video card, but if you have a 21” monitor and want to view...

Watching HDTV on your Laptop by Preston Wily
Do you have a small laptop with a beautiful LCD display? Active matrix is now the standard for laptops and, as a result, the quality of images on most laptops is comparable to most desktops. Why should you let your TV and your desktop have all of the fun with high-definition programming? ... This technology comes from Korea and has been available in Korea for about two years - now various manufacturers are embracing the technology and products are starting to appear on the American market which will allow you to stream HDTV to your laptop.

HDMI, DVI and Component Cables Explained by Jeff Su
Background: As the HDTV market continues to heat up, consumers are in need of being educated on the latest technology in order to make intelligent purchasing decisions. There are a plethora of articles explaining the technical pros and cons of the 3 dominant HDTV display technologies namely:... The video connections available for HDTV are: component video, DVI (digital video interface) and HDMI (high definition multi-media interface). ... Conclusion: As the HDTV market continues to mature, consumers will need to be educated on the HDTV video connections available.

Ways to Watch TV On Your Computer for Free by Bridget Mwape
Did you know that you can watch live TV and pre-recorded programs on your home computer for free without the need to pay any cable or satellite TV subscriptions? This includes access to most of the major television channels. There are a number of ways that you can watch TV on your computer. ... Some cards are standalone (external card) but others need to be installed inside your pc (internal card). ... Instructions about how to install the card are included when you purchase the tuner card. ... A pc tuner card allows TV signals to be received by a pc or computer.

Time For A New Television? by Julia Hall
The Super Bowl is on the horizon; the playoffs are in full swing, and what better time than now to look at some of the new big screen televisions that are on the market now to complement your satellite dish subscription? If those big Plasma televisions are too much for your budget right now, you... Other features included are integrated HDTV tuner, S-video, HDMI, PC monitor inputs and HD-components. ... I appreciate the Cable Card expansion for standard and HD cable signals, and a progressive scan line doubler for of analog video signals.

Dvico Fusion Dual HDTV DVB-T Tuner Review by John Applin
This is a PCI card which I purchased from The Glow Lounge to complete my Windows Media Center PC (for which I shall be writing a 'how to' at a later date) to place in my living room to take over from my dvd player, VCR, standard definition freeview tuner and hi-fi. ... Key Features Watch One Channel While Recording Another Watch DVB-T Digital TV Programs on Your PC Picture in Picture (PIP) & Multi-view Function Record TV programs to hard drive as DVD/ MPEG2 format Scheduled recording from Hibernation/Stand-by/PC-off mode Pause and replay live TV shows (Time-shifting function) Analog...

An Initial Reaction to Technology (Part 3 of a Series) by Jeffrey Hauser
I embrace new technology and get excited about the possibilities. But I’m fast becoming overloaded by the amount of new terms I need to understand and remember. The latest trend is even more frightening because it doesn’t involve any words at all. It’s the use of acronyms or initials for almost... Speaking of cables, we are now also using MIDI’s, DVI’s, HDMI’s, S-Video’s, RGB’s, HDTV’s and that’s just for audio and video. ... We Google to search, PayPal to use a credit card online, Opt in or out, Blog or phish or spam anything or anyone.

A Comparison Of the Next Generation Gaming Consoles (Part 1) by Ron Swerdfiger
It’s been about 5 years since we have seen a new video game console. By spring of next year all three major companies will have released their new systems. At this point, both Sony and Microsoft have released the full specs of their systems, while information on the nintendo revolution... As well as new IBM PowerPC-based CPU running at 3.2GHz, and over a half a gigabyte of RAM, the Xbox 360 will showcase a new ATI video card capable of advanced antialiasing and shader effects. ... Microsoft has developed an impressive system capable of amazing processing power never seen before in a home...

Nintendo Wii, a Real Revolution? by John Gibb
After the release of the Xbox and PS2, in the highly competitive world of video gaming consoles it appears like Nintendo was pushed out of the game. Now, with the brand new Xbox 360 and the soon to be released PS3, Nintendo needs to definitely do something cool in order to keep up with the 2... Regarding interior hardware aspects of the Wii, what we know by the moment is that it will be equipped with an IBM CPU, an ATI graphics card and a RAM memory of 512MB. ... Saddly for those who consider it a must, Wii will not support HD output but it still has the potential to look pretty good on a...

What Apple Could Learn from Microsoft: Front Row Versus Windows Media Center by Daniel Dwase
While the iMac G5's software interface for multimedia – Front Row – is new to the Mac platform. Windows users have had similar tools – in Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition – for a couple of years now. Is it possible that, as Front Row matures, it could learn a thing or two from Windows? ... Straight to video Front Row gives you easy access to movie files and video podcasts stored on your iMac, and to movie trailers stored on Apple's servers. ... Microsoft recently announced that Media Center PCs with CableCard support will appear by Christmas; those systems should be able to...