Transitioning from Android to iOS the (relatively) easy way
It’s a scary thing, moving from Android to iOS, or from iOS to Android. Fortunately, in their competitive zeal to gain a bigger share of the market, companies h...
Thomas Bartlett
Which TV brand is best?
The most common question asked by readers is “Which brand TV should I buy?”. Thomas Bartlett applies 15 years of insider knowledge to the question to reveal exactly what each brand does best. ...
Whither 3D?
Forget about technical problems, costs, product lines and so on. The only real problem with 3D in Australia has been a ridiculous lack of content....
The digital TV switchover – what do you need to do?
Getting ready - the basics
If you're planning to purchase a new TV anyway, then getting ready for digital TV is easy-as. The great majority of flat panel TVs...
The digital TV switchover – what does it change or improve?
What you get from digital switchover
We've hinted above at some of the goodies that digital TV provides, but just to lay it out plainly, compared to analog TV,...
The digital TV switchover – why are we having it?
In 2008 the analog TV system in Australia was switched off. Just kidding! And so, apparently, was the Australian government, which had previously set 2008 a...
5 eco TVs tried and tested
As part of our article Eco TVs - how green is your TV?, where we looked at the ways the various plasma and LCD TV makers are approaching the challenges of b...
Eco TVs – how green is your TV?
Come 1 October 2009, two things are going to happen to our televisions. First, the new ones in shops will sport shiny yellow labels (which "shall not be sma...
Plasma and LCD TVs – the year ahead
The development of TVs continues apace, as does their diminishing in price. Which is all great news for us! Some of the ways that they are being improved in...
What to look for in a high definition plasma TV
The first flat panel TV technology can still be the best.
The first large panel TVs were plasma. They were a revelation. An old-fashioned 80 cm glass tub...
Panels and projectors to bring High Definition home
Basic high definition set-top boxes are cheap. And soon both Blu-ray and HD DVD machines will be inexpensive enough for many to buy as well. But displays fo...
Now hear this… How to audition speakers
You can often get away with choosing the DVD player, home theatre receiver, and much of the other equipment for a home theatre system from the published speci...
Thomas Bartlett
Thomas has been a tech-head since high school. He was that guy who soldered up mains-powered MusicColour boxes and strobe lights for the school social (schools were lackadaisical about student safety in those days). Later he taught himself computer coding, first BASIC, then PASCAL, then Assembler. Ever since those school days he’s been a music lover, and a hifi lover. He has written thousands of published reviews over the past couple of decades.