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.

Broadcast networks extend digital TV to mobile phones and VoIP prepares to hit mobile handsets.

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.

Dan Chiappini delves into multimedia jargon in our monthly tech term glossary.

Turn on and tune in with cards that give your PC a whole new lease of AV life.

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.

The Australian Government is looking at new measures which could see pay TV signal theft become a criminal offence.

But pay-HDTV expanding fast in the US.

Tech companies press FCC to move forward as broadcasters balk.

TVU Player is a free program for watching live TV broadcasts from channels all over the world on you...

Turn video footage into a DVD

Turn that video footage into a professional DVD

Still not sure whether it's worth upgrading to Vista? We put XP and Vista through the ultimate face-off.

Is the next generation flat screen technology worth waiting for?

The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.

The new Nokia n96 has just about every multimedia trick, including TV, video, and an online music store, that the Finns can throw at it. It's a beast of a phone, and we mean that as a compliment.

Electronic Frontier Foundation rallies the troops.

Still facing strong competition from cable and satellite.

A promising start for Apple’s living-room takeover, but we’re still waiting for the best bits.

If you must have the biggest, it’s great – but lose a couple of inches and you’ll get an even better performance