I vividly remember my dad coming home with a Betamax.He was proud. Like, “I have secured our family’s technological legacy” ...

Now that we've established there's an evident delta in efficiency among a small group of popular media players, it's time to look at formats. All the previous testing was performed using a H.264 video ...

Dubbed iFrame, the new video format is based on industry standard technologies like H.264 video and AAC audio. As expected with H.264, iFrame produces much smaller file sizes than traditional video ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An essential part of a file-based workflow is the need to convert media files from one format to ...

Once upon time, video codecs and formats were really only the concern of AV nerds, anime freaks and hardcore not-so-legal movie downloaders. Now, even the most part-time of geeks has to deal with them ...

Blu-Ray will dominate the industry in three years. Or maybe it will be HD DVD. The general consensus is that whoever wins doesn’t really get a lasting victory, since they’re both in the last physical ...

With the release of the ="https: www.cnet.com="" games="" hardware="" 0,239029706,240054851,00.htm"="">PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too ...

media files dont compress well enough with zip/rars etc to be worth doing. divx is already a compressed video format anyway. you wont get lower bitrate audio/video from using a lossless compression ...

Battery life is a critical aspect to consider when purchasing a new portable device. Hardware companies are targeting efficiency more than ever, and while battery life has certainly improved in recent ...