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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.

Olympus first introduced SLR (single lens reflex) to digital cameras in early 1998 in the form of the Camedia C-1400L.

Features voice recording and an FM tuner. The device can be fiddly to operate, and the LCD screen doesn't display any track information other than the title. There is no playlist management, and no directory structure for your tracks. Voice recording allows the sampling rate to be set up to 48,000Hz.

The SlimX imp-550, from iRiver left us speechless in terms of the quality and design of this MP3 CD Player/FM tuner. Being possibly the thinnest CD/MP3 player on the market, this is also one of the more feature-packed.

Who would have thought that this projector would be this cheap.

With solid-state media still expensive and offering limited capacity, MP3 players with hard disks seem like the perfect solution.

There is barely an area of consumer electronics that Sony does not have a hand in, and its contributions are seldom substandard in quality.

The Sony DSC-P3 is a neat and very compact device with dimensions unheard of a year ago when we did our last digital camera roundup (Digital Darkroom, May 2001, p 42) especially for a 2.8 megapixel camera.

Quality, speed and a huge array of features go some way to justifying the price

A dreadful scanner and an overall lack of features make the low price a moot point

The Optio 550 is the first Pentax camera we’ve reviewed in the Labs. It’s the cheapest 5-megapixel device here and, despite the slim dimensions, crams in a 5x optical zoom.

Once you get past the Taurus extremely small form factor and use it, its best feature becomes apparent: its ease of use.

The FinePix 30i is definitely the more pocket-sized device, and possesses quite a cute and funky style that the Labs team agrees has a feminine kind of appeal.

Plenty of features, but printing and scanning results proved average at best

Korea's LG Electronics this week unveiled what it claims is the first mobile phone that can receive and play terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) television signals.

The absolute epitome of 'feature-packed', the number of inclusions on this unit floored us. Its whopping 162 point feature score is over one-and-a-half times the average point score and comes on the back of its big feature line up.

The time for gift giving is almost upon us, and whether you celebrate Christmas or not, Australia will be shutting down over the Christmas break.

The test images taken at maximum quality and resolution show that the FinePix is quite capable of producing solid images

Underneath the behemoths rough exterior is a friendlier beast. Along the front of the machine is a series of large buttons and dials, with each function clearly labelled.