Videoconferencing for Beginners
TV and Video
I'm a late arrival to videoconferencing. I've been skeptical of the picture quality, for one thing. If I want to see someone moving around underwater, I'll watch an old Jacques Cousteau documentary, thank you. But recent advances in image quality, as well as expanded offerings for individuals and small-to-midsize businesses, promise to make video chat more appealing. As broadband connectivity proliferates in hotels, professionals on the road can go online and see their loved ones back home.
TV and More From Your Computer
TV and Video
In the old days, massive pieces of furniture dubbed "entertainment centers" housed our bulky TVs, stereos, and tape decks. Welcome to the 21st century where the digital world of movies, music, games, and more is just a click-of-the-remote away-and it's all available using a sleek entertainment PC. Enter the digital age. Entertainment technology comes in more flavors than we could have dreamed a few years ago. An entertainment PC combines everything a regular computer can do (e-mail, Web, etc.
Install a Digital Media Adapter
TV and Video
In the earlier days of computer technology and networking, it was enough just to get your computers and your printers to talk to one another. But today's connected world demands capabilities that were unheard of just a few short years ago, capabilities that extend the power of your PC to other devices, such as your TV, beyond the home office. Digital media adapters are helping to make this experience a reality: What can a digital media adapter do for you? Want to send the video, music, games, and other content from your PC throughout the house?
How to Bring Your Photos to Life
TV and Video
Ah, the photo album. How many times have you sat through stacks of them with family and friends? Viewing their most recent vacation to some tropical island, or maybe looking back at photos of your awkward youth. Did I really dress myself in plaid pants and a striped shirt? Photos are the historical documentation of our lives, proving that some of us did in fact live through "the claw" and "mullet" hair era of the 80s, that your Grandma really did have the very best smile on earth, and that your Dad did own and wear a baby blue, polyester leisure suit.
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