Confused about the plethora of DVD-writeable formats on the market? Our Australian Tech Guide will explain everything you need to know about DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-RAM.
Pioneer's DVR-A06 offers a great out-of-the-box DVD burning experience, with a solid software selection and speedy reliable writing to boot. Check out our Australian review.
Pundits are predicting a slow tech year, but that doesn't mean that there won't be gizmos to catch your eye and snag your wallet.
The March release of Mac OS X opened lots of possibilities for the Mac platform, but it simply wasn't finished. Mac OS X 10.1, the long-awaited update, fills the cracks.
If you need a data projector which is truly portable, yet has the flexibility to operate with diverse data sources, perhaps the Toshiba EW25 is the machine for you.
Panasonic has decided to back two runners in the DVD standards race, releasing a DVD drive that writes and reads in both DVD-RAM and DVD-R disc formats. The LF-D311S DVD-RAM/R drive is the first of its kind to be released in Australia.
Sony and Toppan Printing are making a new mark on Blu-ray disc technology.
The ViewSonic PJ258D ViewDock Projector is a budget business unit masquerading as home theatre -- but you're paying for the superfluous iPod dock.
Despite combining the heritage of Mandrakesoft and Connectiva, Mandriva is usually considered a second-tier Linux distribution. Nevertheless, the latest version, Mandriva Linux 2006, is well packaged and includes support for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Pre-recorded DVDs like DVD-ROM and DVD-Video discs have been around for some time now but it has only been recently that recordable and re-writeable DVDs are becoming most talked about.
Until recently backing up data to a CD-R or CD-RW and playing DVD movies on your PC required two separate drives. With Hewlett-Packard's 9900ci, a 12x (CD-R) by 10x (CD-RW) by 32x (CD read) by 8x (DVD read) drive, you get all the features of a CD-RW and a DVD-ROM drive in one inexpensive and easy-to-install unit.
LaCie have announced their new SCSI and Firewire CD_RW-161040 drives, which boast the fastest writing speed of the industry. The 16x record speed helps churn out discs faster, letting users burn an entire 650MB CD-R media in just four minutes (excluding lead-in and lead-out times.
Ulead packs six separate apps into one video editor. But does it suffer from feature overkill?
Hewlett-Packard's xb31 is a DLP projector that packs a lot of power for its size and weight.
The Dell 2100MP is a compact and lightweight SVGA projector that marries a full complement of basic features with good overall performance.
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