The latest security cameras take full advantage of recent advances in digital imaging technology and increasingly incorporate intelligent algorithms based on motion and object detection to automate ...

John Kean explains how the xHE-AAC codec utilizes metadata to shift dynamic range control from content producers to listeners ...

My Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver's "Late Night" mode can only be activated with Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD signals. Are there any decent consumer-grade receivers that can apply ...

Compression is ubiquitous in consumer electronics. Modern compression algorithms exploit the limitations of human hearing and vision to offer compression ratios from 4:1 for speech and more than 30:1 ...

Lately I've been watching more and more details upstairs on my plasma screen (as opposed to my front projector downstairs), but my room is near my baby's room. The problem is that the quiet scenes are ...

Younger listeners play music and shows online and from digital personal collections. My research finds that this music is distributed almost entirely in its original, unprocessed form (Getty ...