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Home cinema projectors
Buyer's Guide Sometimes, your TV is just too small to do justice to a movie, or a sporting event. That's when you need a projector. We examine 10 contenders for a place in your living room.
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Revealed: how to wind up a printer maker, wind down a magazine and knock the wind out of electronic engineers.
Toshiba TDP-MT5
Review An excellent projector, especially for movies, available at a lower price than the identical InFocus ScreenPlay LS110.
Theme Scene H55
Review This is an excellent projector, not just for movies but for all domestic and entertainment uses. However, its high image quality and wide range of inputs come at a price.
Sanyo PLV-60
Review Dedicated home cinema enthusiasts will like this projector for its native wide-screen resolution and variety of analogue inputs. This bulky unit is not for the smaller home, though.
Philips Monroe
Review It's neatly designed and easy to use, but Philips' Monroe has moderate resolution, few inputs and relatively low brightness. For the price, there are better alternatives.
Packard Bell iView
Review Although it's by no means a versatile projector, the iView has some useful features not normally seen in this price range. If you can put up with its above-average noise output, this is a great...
LG LP-XG2
Review The LG LP-XG2 is the cheapest XGA-resolution projector in this group test, and has a 1200 ANSI Lumen brightness rating. However, it's more of a general-purpose projector than a dedicated home...
InFocus ScreenPlay LS110
Review This is a very capable projector, with native wide-screen resolution and a variety of inputs. It's by no means low-cost, but you can save yourself some money on this excellent unit by buying the...
Roaming data stirs up controversy
News A US mobile carrier has forced a Web site to take down information about its network coverage, claiming a breach of confidentiality
Epson EMP-TS10
Review The EMP-TS10 handles a variety of input signals with aplomb. Hard-core cinephiles may bemoan its inability to handle wide-screen formats at native resolution, but it's a good all-rounder at a...
Canon LV-S1
Review This SVGA LCD projector won't break the bank, but equally isn't going to set the world on fire. There are similarly priced and featured products available, so decide what you need most and see...
BenQ PalmPro 7763PA
Review Although it's compact and well priced, the PalmPro 7763PA isn't particularly suitable for home cinema, as it lacks most of the features needed to make movie watching a pleasure.
Robots need culture says Sony scientist
News A researcher says that the next wave of robots will be able to interact with one another, form their own languages and evolve new kinds of intelligence
Microsoft grant has strings attached
News The software giant has caused uproar with an offer of cash for Canadian Universities, after one agreed to run a Microsoft programming course in return
Maxtor withdraws from network storage market
News Maxtor finds it has to ditch its loss-making MaxAttach line
Linux groomed for government role
News An organisation has offered to help Linux developers win valuable US government contracts
Palm seeks cash for split
News Palm needs to raise money to fund its newly separated PalmSource unit
WorldCom analyst walks away with $30m
News The WorldCom scandal may be causing poverty and misery for many, but for one analyst it's bonus time
Project managers: Well paid but for how long?
News Unlike operational skills, which are always required, project managers tend to be used heavily during new implementations and most large companies are holding back on new projects
Is autism inherent in IT?
News An apparent link between autism and IT workers may seem to confirm the computer-geek cliche, but the truth is more complicated
Profit down, layoffs ahead for Autodesk
News Despite pay cuts and redundancies, Autodesk is finding it hard to ride out the recession
IBM to build biggest German supercomputer
News The supercomputer, Germany's most powerful to date, will connect to the country's computing grid and eventually to the European grid
RealNetworks considers porn
News Real doesn't rule out adult content as it expands its lucrative SuperPass media download service
Samsung dials up Smartphone 2002
News A regulatory application reveals information on Samsung's upcoming Microsoft-powered handset
Apple gives break to multi-Mac homes
News Homes with several Mac OS machines will be able to upgrade several computers more cheaply under a new licensing programme
Linux users march on city hall
News A band of hackers march the mile-long stretch from LinuxWorld to San Francisco City Hall to protect their right to software source code
