DVD
Review
Toss-up: DVD rental services
Adam Turner If you're not ready to stream movies, there are alternatives to visiting your local video rental store.
Exploding DVD player leaves three-year-old with severe burns
Chloe Ross A Bendigo mother has spoken of the horror of learning her three-year-old daughter had suffered severe burns when a portable DVD player exploded in her lap in the family car.
Review
A cheaper route
Sight and Sound Reviews for three portable DVD players to help keep children quiet on a long car journey.
Review
Toss-up: Soundbars
Adam Turner If you're underwhelmed by your TV's speakers, a soundbar can add punch to your loungeroom audio.
HomeTech
The Blu-ray compromise
Sight and Sound Buying a Blu-ray player is not an easy business, and it's likely to become more difficult as ultra-high definition comes on stream.
TVs
The summer of 61
Sight and Sound Rod Easdown takes a look at three 61-centimetre televisions on three levels.
Review
Transformer AiO P1801: Weird 'Windroid' better in theory than fact
Reviewed by Rich Jaroslovsky The Windows and Android operating systems have had one thing in common: Both are designed to work on many different kinds of hardware.
Gadgets
Gadget graveyard
Adam Turner The world of gadgets has had more than its fair share of epic fails.
Home Tech
Digital downloads rise to $128m in Australia
Asher Moses Digital sales of movies and TV shows now account for more than 10 per cent of total sales in the $1.174 billion Australian home entertainment industry.
Hands on
Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
Jenneth Orantia The Note 8.0 wouldn't be a Samsung device if it didn't try to one-up Apple at every opportunity.
Sneak peek at next-gen Xbox and PlayStation
Alex Kidman Sony and Microsoft are preparing their next generation of consoles, with plenty of online speculation as to what you'll be doing with the next generation of games.
All set for coming day of digital
Adam Turner By Christmas, Melbourne television will have gone digital-only. Here's what you need to know to stay in the picture.
Hire-tech at your fingertips
Adam Turner Planning a big night in? It's easier than ever to hire a movie without getting off the couch.
NBN clears the way for 4K video
Asher Moses Ultra high-definition or 4K video content, offering four times the resolution of current HD, is being touted by NBN Co as a key advantage for the National Broadband Network, which threatens to leave...
How to upgrade your TV to the digital age
Adam Turner With the digital switch-over looming, it's time to learn how to upgrade your television viewing to the digital age.
Stunning TV audio speaks for itself
Rod Easdown Surround-sound and other options abound to enrich the aural experience of television.
Things to consider when buying additional televisions
Rod Easdown Several things make buying a second (or third) television quite different to the first.
Getting the right sound
Rod Easdown You can really hear the difference between Blu-ray discs and DVDs.
Break down Blu-ray borders
Multiregion capability no longer has to mean big bucks, writes Anthony Clarke.
