High definition video is the next big thing for Australia. We explain the essential technologies for your TV or living room PC, and what to expect from our broadcasters.

But pay-HDTV expanding fast in the US.

Are you ready for the next generation of televisions? Talk the talk with PC Authority's jargon guide.

Cable infrastructures will not be able to cope, warns analyst.

There’s only so many times I can herald the coming switch from analog TV broadcasts to digital, so I’ll just dig straight into this impressive digital television card.

Toshiba has now introduced a laptop with a HD-DVD drive. And gave us details on HD-DVD.

Informa Telecoms and Media predicts new generation of couch potatoes.

Almost all computer monitors and TVs use the same technology that first appeared in the 1940s: the CRT. How both consumers and manufacturers would love a viable flat panel display. LCDs dont make the grade: its too hard - and expensive - to produce LCDs larger than 20 inches diagonal.

One of the few proper HDTV capable digital TV tuner cards reviewed, the Dvico FusionHDTV DVB-T was really capable in our tests.

The dual-core version of AMD's premium FX-series enters the game, and nothing can stand in its way.

A fantastic Media Center PC at an extraordinary price.

19in widescreen LCD TV which shows much promise and is Dell’s first consumer offering in Australia. Spec-wise it looks quite good on paper, with 450cd/m2 brightness, 600:1 contrast ratio and 1280 x 768 widescreen resolution, and it doesn’t disappoint when fired up.

Shuttle's push on the small form factor market has seen the PC finally migrate from the bedroom to become an integral part of the lounge room and entertainment set up. Capable of a number of varied roles, these include file servers, HDTV receiving boxes and media streaming machines.

Chunky, powerful and intimidating. Everything you want in a PC, but not what you'd want in a media centre.

A preview of Samsung's first Blu-ray player, and the technology that drives it.

TFT screens are notoriously expensive to manufacture and even more expensive to purchase in comparison to their conventional CRT counterparts.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

Sony's first CMOS based consumer HD camera brings control and fidelity to images in a package that's hard to beat.

The big feature that sets the 6200TC apart from the 6600's and 6800's is the addition of TurboCache. Currently, graphics cards are typically limited to the memory on the graphics card, but TurboCache opens the door to your PC's system memory.