Given the way technology changes it is essential to try and make sure that your purchase is relatively future-proof.



Television over the years has taken a great number of forms from the old days of analogue Black and White, through the launch of colour television to the latest technologies known as Digital Television (DTT). DTV uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressed and requires decoding by a specially designed television set, or a standard receiver with a set-top box, or a PC fitted with a television card.

The purpose of this article is to take a look at what is on offer with the new generation of Flat Screen Televisions available and in this case the television in particular is the MSI D310.

The D310 is a 2in LCD and these TV's at present can be found in the region of 125 pounds sterling or 250 US dollars. The screen resolution is not applicable here as the overall size of the screen is too small and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is no. The MSI has no scart connections scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the D310 uses is HDMI and no connections are available. The type of Tuner for this TV is Digital and the MSI is available from limited outlets only.

So how would we rate the MSI D310?

The most obvious place to start with as far as TV's are concerned would be the picture quality and our score here would be 6 out of 10, and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 8 out of 10. Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 4 out of 10. With regards to the overall level of features, our view would be 4 out of 10 and for ease of use and overall value for money we would give it, 8 out of 10 and 8 out of 10 respectively.

Taking everything into consideration our overall view of the package would be that this has almost got to be the ultimate in extremely portable TV's and even if on the way to your mums you will never miss that all important goal or TV moment ever again. This is one of the new breed of extremely portable TV's starting to make their appearance.

The fact is that given the wide variety of models and makes available today you should find something that suites your needs as well as your wallet. You could either opt for one of the more cutting edge newer options available or stay safe and go for one of the more established options available. Either way we hope that by reading this short article you should have a slightly more informed view of the options available to you

With regards to the prices in this article we have tried in all cases to take an average across the industry from a number of well known web sites and so we ask you to bear this in mind and treat these prices as advisory only rather than absolutes.