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CNET.co.uk has 5 stories on encoding
Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?
Digital Living You're right -- PCs designed for video encoding are typically very expensive. That's because video encoding is one of the most demanding things you can do with a PC and it requires a monster of a PC to do it properly.
10 August 2006, 10:55
Is it worth bringing a PS3 back from the US?
Digital Living At the moment, PS3 games are not region-encoded, so you'll be able to play UK games on your US PS3 (it's possible Sony might introduce region encoding, but it's unlikely). I see the PS3's launching in the UK soon, but I'm flying to the US and was...
21 March 2007, 16:39
Which MP3 bit rate should I use?
Digital Living Lossless encoding throws away nothing -- your music file is identical in quality to that of the original CD. I want to use MP3s on a music player but I have no idea which bit rate to use. Which is the best rate to use for general music compression?
16 May 2007, 14:24
Mac OS X vs Windows Vista
Digital Living OS X is no shrinking violet -- it excels in disciplines like video encoding and image processing, and can help you render a 3D necklace of posies really quickly. Is there a God? Why is belly button fluff always blue?
27 April 2007, 15:34
Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts
Digital Living Video encoding The simple answer is that these two optical disc formats are the best sources of top-quality, high-definition video currently on the market. How much better than DVD? High-definition video (usually abbreviated to hi-def, or HD...
1 June 2007, 16:40


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