Posts Tagged ‘TechNotes’

Upgrade Firmware to view ‘Avatar’ Blu-ray Disc on Samsung Players

Avatar proved to be the highest-grossing motion picture release of all time, and when the initial Blu-ray Disc home release of Avatar went on sale yesterday, it came as no surprise that the blockbuster hit shattered previous first-day sales records with 1.5 million people taking the movie home to watch in all the high-def glory that [...]

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TechNotes: Cutting Through the 3D Hype

At the Consumer Electronics Show back in January, the major TV manufacturers made it clear: this year was going to be the year when three-dimensional technology came out of the movie theaters and into your living room. They called 3D “…the next big thing,” and were making the same claim that going from high definition [...]

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TechNotes: Speaker Types and Applications, Part I

The goal of any speaker is to accurately reproduce an original sound recording with accurate tonal quality and dynamic range, all the while achieving consistency across the frequency range. While speakers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, there are really just six primary forms of speakers for residential applications. Here’s a list of [...]

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TechNotes: Aspect Ratios

Perhaps one of the questions we hear most frequently from our customers has to do with the various aspect ratios that are currently floating around in the television world. Widescreen, 16:9, 4:3, 1.33:1 – these are just a few of the various ratios that denote the difference between various screen aspects. That being said, there [...]

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TechNotes: TV Technologies and Applications

In the world of televisions, there are a lot of options to choose from, and each one has its own benefits and drawbacks. In just a few short years, the television industry has seen a dramatic shift away from older TV technologies to almost exclusively relying on liquid crystal (LCD) and plasma flat-panel display technologies. [...]

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