A month's worth of HD news in digest form.

Hitachi CM643ET

Hitachi DZ-MV100A

Hitachi PCX-DT3141

This Hitachi monitor features IPS TFT, a pre-cursor to the latest Super-IPS technology used in the superb Eizo unit.

The evocatively named NF1500MAE from Hitachi is a surprisingly good screen for its low price.

HITACHI PD32-A2100

We test and rate 9 of the best portable presentation devices around.

After taking the CPD-E200 for a run on our testbed we felt like the caveman who found fermented honey and declared this is good!

Hitachi VM-D965LE Video

The future, they say, is based on the Internet and mobile computing.

The ubiquitous micro-hard drive has found its way into a PDA. palmOne yesterday announced the LifeDrive, a PDA with basic features, a large 320x480 colour screen and a 4GB Hitachi hard drive.

Hitachi CM771

It's a sign of the times when Compaq's Aero 8000 runs Windows CE in a box bigger than a Sharp PC-A250 (reviewed issue 23, p86) running Windows 98. So what's the big idea? Windows CE uses no moving parts, while software in ROM means immediate start-up times, high reliability, and long battery life all highly desirable qualities in a portable.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

Hitachi DZ-MV100E

A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

There is not a huge difference between this and the MV550E. In fact, if you put them side by side you have to look closely to see the difference in looks, which is model number in small print on one side.

Microsoft has four key 'visions' for Pocket PC 2003 (PPC 2003): make it easier for manufacturers to innovate, improve the 'wireless experience', bring easy instant messaging to the PDA, and expand the 'media experience'.

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.