The new crop of digital TV sets requires regular adjustments to color, brightness and contrast. To get the best viewing experience, you can make adjustments by guessing; using a tuner DVD such as Digital Video Essentials to display various test patterns; or going the high-tech route. Attach Datacolor's SpyderTV unit to the screen using its suction cups, and the $269 device measures images sent from the included DVD. It then transmits that information to your computer through a USB cable, where software recommends the adjustments to optimize the picture.
ERIC A. TAUB: NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
iMAC MEASURES UP TO PC
I reviewed the most expensive of the new iMacs, the 20-inch, 2.1 gHz model for $1,699. There also is a 17-inch 1.9 gHz model with nearly all the same powers for $1,299. You can get a perfectly usable Windows PC for a lot less, but if you try to match the specs line for line, the iMac G5s are more than competitively priced. No matter which platform is considered, the new G5 represents the latest evolution in personal computing, and there is no doubt that intelligent design was at work.
JAMES COATES: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
MULTIMEDIA SCRAPBOOK
Every once in a while, a new technology comes along that makes you stop and wonder – why didn't anyone think of this before? This is one of those times. Glide Effortless lets you store, organize and share every piece of media you own – every digital photo, every song, every piece of video and every document – through a Web browser. There is no shortage of ways to, say, share your photo albums online, or upload videos. But this is the first time anyone has created a single Web-based repository – a multimedia scrapbook – for sharing every little bit we make, online.
DAWN CHMIELEWSKI: SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
