Arthur was reacting to news that the International Cricket Council (ICC) board was discussing the issue at its two-day quarterly meeting in Dubai, which started Tuesday.

The ICC said that if it deemed it appropriate, the board would nominate four series for further trials of the system between now and the meeting of the ICC's cricket committee in April and May next year.

It said the intention of the further trials was to provide exposure to the system for as many match referees, umpires and players as possible ahead of a decision on whether it should be implemented permanently. One of the designated series is SA's away and home series against Australia.

Others are England's visit to India and India's tour of Pakistan. Those are followed by England's home Ashes series against Australia in the second part of next year.

SA's latest series against Australia was punctuated by fielding controversies, with catches by Andrew Hall at mid-wicket and a low catch at gully by Australia's Matthew Hayden creating a furore.

"My view has always been that you cannot go halfway," said Arthur. "If you are going to use technology, then you must go the whole hog and use it for everything.

"I was against it in the beginning because I felt that it spoilt the spirit of cricket a bit. But now that it is here, I think they must use it for all the situations it can be used in.

"We had some quite nasty situations last time around and if increased use of technology can eliminate those, I am all for it."

One of the new uses of technology has been in the area of catches taken low down. The umpires can ask the TV umpire if clear pictures exist to show that a catch was taken or whether the ball had touched the ground just before going into a fielder's hands.

This has been a difficult one for umpires down the years, and the tradition in the past was to rely on the honesty of the fielder.

Subsequent events have shown that a fielder often cannot tell whether a catch went straight into his hands or first hit the ground. Events in the previous Test series between India and Australia suggested that the fielder's word was not always reliable and the Indians opted out of an agreement that the fielders' word would be taken as final on low catches. The other innovation is the umpire's review system, in which a fielder or batsman can ask for the television umpire to intervene if he thinks the decision given by the on-field umpire is incorrect.

This applies to catch and lbw decisions. The system worked well for Sri Lanka in their recent series against India, when Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene had several decisions by the on-field umpire reversed by the television umpire.

SA start the first of six away and home Tests against Australia on December 12 in Perth.