noise

BenQ E1000: Talking tough

Crave ISO levels go up to a fairly average 1,600, but we're not sold on high ISO in compacts unless they're also low on noise. Until we get our grubby mitts on one, we won't know how the E1000 is at keeping the noise down, but we're not keen on this...

Tags: benq, noise, screens, job

15 August 2007, 10:36

TerraTec iVinyl: plastic fantastic

Crave Both cassette and vinyl have a fairly high noise floor, which means there's a fair bit of white noise, or hiss, on the recordings. Vinyl: food of the luddite. We are a nation of bespectacled maniacs with stores of vinyl stashed away in our attics...

Tags: noise, vinyl, playback, post

25 October 2006, 11:11

Hands-on with the Samsung VP-MX20: Credit crunch camcorder

Crave The MX20 also features the intriguing-sounding 3D noise reduction. This analyses motion between the frames, splits the frames into different types, passes them through filters to launder out the noise, then recombines them.

Tags: samsung, lens, hand, shooting

15 October 2008, 12:12

Pioneer 2007 plasma TV line-up: Better blacks and 1080p

Crave There's also noise-reduction processing that will help to reduce MPEG artefacts and other kinds of image noise. Crave has always had a soft spot for Pioneer's plasma televisions -- they're a little more expensive than the competition, but the...

Tags: pioneer, processing, model, inch

10 May 2007, 14:11

Hands-on with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5

Crave It boasts improved dual noise reduction, which works on luminance -- that's light -- and chromatic -- that's colour -- signals entering the camera. Pesky low-frequency noise is thus eliminated from the image, while the edges of each patch of colour...

Tags: panasonic, noise, iso, compact

11 March 2008, 11:07

Urban tech-warrior: Gadget gear on the go

Crave Ultimately, though, the greatest obstacle for any tech-urbanite isn't noise or dropping your kit, but having someone half inch it. It also has a finder mode, so if you've lost something at home you can find it via a beeping noise.

Tags: noise, air, pack, mobile phone

18 July 2006, 12:04

Sennheiser RS130: high wire artists

Crave While more expensive models from Sennheiser will extinguish much of the noise for people around you, music from the RS130s will be very noticeable to anyone sitting in the vicinity. Sennheiser has implemented an automatic noise reduction mode to...

Tags: charge, signal, powered, pair

7 September 2005, 10:34

Traps e450: Affordable full-size electric drum kit

Crave But in any environment where noise is a limiting factor -- and this is extremely common -- its compatibility with headphones, along with very low acoustic noise, is a crucial consideration. What's the best way to make 2008 more musical?

21 December 2007, 8:31

Aston Martin DBS: Bangin' with Olufsen

Crave The Beosound DBS system uses advanced audio adjustment to overcome changing environment sound, monitoring engine speed and noise in the cabin. The system changes levels quickly to compensate for noise in a manner that is supposed to be seamless to...

Tags: kit, car, noise, driver

20 November 2008, 10:32

Creative Zen Aurvana headphones: Sounds like teen spirit

Crave Worrying synaesthesia aside, the Crave team are in agreement that the Aurvanas do a great job of keeping out ambient noise, while delivering a clean, punchy sound. The problem facing most commuters is that the infernal racket of the train / car...

Tags: creative, headphones, zen, tube

29 June 2006, 11:30

Sony Alpha 700: New prosumer dSLR

Crave Noise reduction is available on raw footage to cut noise before the image is compressed and encoded. Apple may have whipped up the hype last night, but in the camera world the big announcement was being made in Italy by Sony.

Tags: sony, raw, pixel, television

6 September 2007, 9:00

Profigold PROV1015: Long-distance 1080p with 15m HDMI cable

Crave The contacts are gold and the cable is screened multiple times to keep noise out and thus prevent any potential data transmission errors. We're pleased to report 100 per cent success, with a clean, noise-free signal received by the TV and a sense...

Tags: cable, hd, hdmi, puppy

15 August 2008, 11:41

Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS: Born with style

Crave Face detection and noise reduction work their magic -- although like television, sport and alcohol, noise reduction is best enjoyed in moderation. We're not fussy here at Crave. All we want from our compact cameras is that they're pocketable, have...

2 October 2007, 11:07

Gear4 BluEye: Introduce your iPod to your mobile phone

Crave Here's how it goes: you're on the train, listening to music through your noise-cancelling, world-excluding, hear-no-evil headphones -- because that's the only way to make commuting bearable. Your phone rings.

Tags: weight, remote control, displayed, switch

27 November 2006, 11:27

Tune in and drop out: Hauppauge WinTV PVR500

Crave Suddenly the noise and static resolves into a picture: a tiny red room where people are being tortured. Fans of David Cronenberg movies will be familiar with the kind of transmissions we picked up with this Hauppauge Windows Media Center on-a-card...

Tags: hauppauge, media center, broadcasts, windows xp

4 October 2005, 10:49