All I want for Christmas

摘要

The festive season is upon us. But before you can eat, drink and merrily slouch in front of your 42in wide-screen plasma television set, you have to go out any buy one.They range in price from around £1,000 to over £2,000. For £1,054 you can pick up an LG RZ-42PX3RVA from www.digitaldirectuk.com, while £2,189.95 will get you a Panasonic TH-42PV500 from www.multizoneav.com.They're both HDTV-compatible, which means that if the cable and satellite operators start broadcasting HDTV during 2006 (as promised), you will be ready and able to view their offerings - as well as the high definition footage you've recorded on your Christmas camcorder. Sony launched the first high definition ultra-compact camcorder earlier this year.The HDR-HC1 doesn't come cheap at around £1,000, but it's got a 2.8 megapixel sensor that can shoot video with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080.That means amazingly vibrant colours and incredible detail; but it's rather unforgiving - so you may want to keep the morning after shots to a minimum.