sound quality

News.blog: Yahoo Music switches off

News The problem with this, however, is that you lose sound quality. Sound familiar? Yahoo is shutting off support for Yahoo Music after 30 September, which means starting 1 October, if users want to move music to new hard drives or computers, they will...

Tags: keys, yahoo, transfer, protection

25 July 2008, 8:56

BBC iPlayer gets 2.0 facelift

News Radio is more prominent with 'Listen Again' and live radio available with improved sound quality and the ability to rewind and fast forward on the listen again service. The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed...

Tags: beta, section, listen, programme

26 June 2008, 8:58

News.blog: New top-end Olympus dSLR in October?

News The fourth lens, a 70-300mm model of more ordinary quality, has an aperture of F/4.0-5.6, has specs that match an official June announcement from Olympus. But back to the alleged E-P1 specs, which sound pretty good:

13 July 2007, 8:44

Apple and EMI strike DRM-free deal

News EMI will soon sell digital music with better sound quality and no digital rights management restrictions through Apple's iTunes Store. The higher-quality, DRM-free music, which can be played on any computer and any digital-audio player, will not...

3 April 2007, 10:13

Living in the Wi-Fi city

News Sustainable quality in terms of access services is not free. Such sentiments sound praiseworthy, but is it really going to happen? Progressive local authorities in Europe and the US are plunging into a new technology trend by rolling out free Wi-Fi...

20 December 2006, 10:29

Wireless speakers now ready to resonate

News Video files can be huge, requiring more bandwidth than has been available, and issues such as synchronisation and sound quality have bedeviled products in the past. The secret sauce, the company claims, is better synchronisation -- going wireless...

18 December 2006, 11:18

Sony: TV prices dropping too fast

News Glasgow concurred, and added that consumers, in his mind, could face quality problems in their search for a bargain. Television prices are dropping faster than expected, and Sony's not too happy about it.

12 December 2006, 10:24

James Bond at the mercy of pirates

News A second copy however, posted online on Saturday offered a better quality version, said Price, who suspects the improved sound is a result of the pirate responsible for recording the film capturing sound direct from the T-loop system in cinemas...

23 November 2006, 11:32

Sundance puts mobiles in the spotlight

News Another hurdle could be the quality of the video being offered. Quality certainly enters the picture," said Redford. I don't want to sound arrogant, but Sundance has built up an image that represents a certain kind of film.

9 November 2006, 10:00

News.blog: 'WoW' expansion delayed

News We feel confident that the extra time spent polishing the game will result in the high-quality experience that our players expect and deserve," the AP quoted Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime as saying in a press release.

25 October 2006, 9:19

News.blog: Hands on with the Wii

News I also noticed, while playing the Zelda demo, that the Wii graphics aren't likely to be mistaken for the higher quality of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Then, when you hook a fish and are pulling it back in, the built-in speaker makes just the...

17 October 2006, 9:33

YouTube directors set for postproduction

News They got depressed when they saw my high-quality stills and clips taken with these little cameras after they spent most of their dive time fussing with their high-priced equipment. They can cut their movie, add dissolves, sound effects, music and...

31 August 2006, 9:37

German Wikipedia plans to stop vandals

News An experimental feature planned for the German version of Wikipedia could eventually improve the quality of editing for the online encyclopedia and open its front page to public edits for the first time in years.

24 August 2006, 9:25

News.blog: iChair is music to your ears

News Sitting in the chair, you can see the two high-quality speakers by your ears. Simply plug your iPod (or another music player or game device) into the jack and experience 'surround sound' and comfort at once.

27 July 2006, 9:15

Ten tech YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

News Finkelstein said it's his "tribute to their low quality technology and their poor customer service". Whether intended or not, the sound effects help show a darker side of what otherwise appears to be a holiday dream come true.

21 July 2006, 10:14