- The Novice's Guide To Audio Formats and File Extensions
- TechLore - February 15, 2008
- Virtually everyone uses these various audio formats. Who hasn’t heard of iTunes or RealPlayer? Whether we realize it or not, this is good information for all of us to know. Let’s cover the basics, shall we? MP3 Created by a contingent of ...
- Falling in Love Again with High-End Audio
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - January 20, 2008
- I’ve just gotten back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And the 2008 shindig has me brimming over with excitement and optimism for the future of both affordable and high-end audio gear. This is extremely unnatural for me. Fi...
- MacWorld 2008: Not Just For Apple Geeks Anymore
- TechLore - January 16, 2008
- The tech community has gone crazy over Apple's announcements at Macworld 2008 - the quintessential Mac conference of the year. The highlight is Steve Jobs' keynote address , which is always highly anticipated by tech aficionados. In the address, Mr. ...
- CES 2008 Sneak Peak
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - January 4, 2008
- We are in the final countdown to this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest trade shows in the world. Here are a few products that look to be hot at the show. We will be writing more about them as they are announced next week. Aut...
- What's the Best Way to Take My TV With Me?
- TechLore - December 19, 2007
- Here is an unlikely predicament - but a predicament nonetheless. You are about to brave the wild on a deep in-the-jungle camping trip. You take a tent, iron skillet, and fishing pole. But you just can’t miss an episode of CSI: Miami. What do yo...
- Sansa TakeTV: A First Look
- TechLore - November 19, 2007
- Looking for an easy way to take videos from your computer and watch them on your TV? There are certainly a variety of solutions to that problem available today, whether you decide to burn a DVD, build a media PC, or use one of the myriad of wireless ...
- Little Things You Hate About Home Audio/Video
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - November 15, 2007
- I notice lots of little annoying things about the audio and video products that traipse through my work space in a constant procession. Over time I’ve noticed they’re the same little annoying things all the time—the same trifling mi...
- Why Next-Gen Formats Have an Uphill Battle
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - October 18, 2007
- Blu-ray and HD DVD are among the greatest things to happen to my little subculture, the audio/video community, since the debut of HDTV. They’re also among the most disappointing. Though most format wars originate in a scramble for licensin...
- Roving CEDIA, the Sane Person's CES
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - September 18, 2007
- Every year the audio/video trade converges at CEDIA EXPO, the annual trade show of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association. I call it the sane person’s Consumer Electronics Show. Though a sprawling event, and ever growing, i...
- Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Your Gadgets More
- TechLore - September 11, 2007
- Are you getting the most out of your gadgets? With so many products and information out there, it's hard to keep up with the useful items that any average person would buy. Sure, there are plenty of products for owners of specific devices (i.e., seem...
- First Impressions of the GP2X: I Laughed, I Cried, I Played
- TechLore - September 4, 2007
- Along with a love for all things arcade comes my love for all videogames: Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Game Boy... the list goes on and on. Attempting to rekindle my childhood passion, I embarked on a quest many years ago to...
- Full HD: Hip or Hype?
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - August 19, 2007
- Full HD is the latest buzzphrase in television marketing. If we want the latest and greatest in HDTV, we want Full HD—or so we’re told. But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Full HD is marketing-ese for 1080p. Since al...
- The Greening of Entertainment Tech
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - July 18, 2007
- Some of you are really going to hate this column. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my future. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about what an energy-scarce future m...
- What is the Intel Viiv?
- TechLore - June 26, 2007
- (Syndicated from MyDigitalEntertainer.com ) You’ve probably seen the commercials and heard the hype. But what exactly is Microsoft’s Intel Viiv? Simply put, Intel Viiv (rhymes with “five”) is a catch-all for the latest i...
- What DRM-Free Audio Means for Video
- eCoustics Articles - May 21, 2007
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