You’re looking to dive into the world of audiophilia, and you’re instantly bombarded with terms that you don’t know. Hey, it ...

Audacity provides an effective, minimally destructive way to lower the bit rate of an audio file. Lowering the bit rate lessens the quality of the audio file, but also decreases the file size. This ...

True story. Last night, while on an Amtrak train from Chicago to Detroit, I was trying to pass the time by watching Netflix on my laptop. Just one problem: The connectivity wasn’t great between cities ...

Tim Siglin: Welcome to the second day of Streaming Media West 2015. We're almost live here at the show and I have with me Zhou Wang, who is the chairman and chief scientist of a company called ...

Almost two months ago, Netflix said it would reduce video bit rates for 30 days in Europe, aiming to reduce bandwidth consumed by customers by 25% during the COVID-19 crisis. It has now been 55 days ...

If you use iTunes or if you buy and download digital music, you’ll have come across a number of terms and abbreviations that describe digital audio files. This alphabet soup can be quite confusing.

The opening scene of season two of Netflix’s Stranger Things, a popular horror series that appeals to pretty much everyone who grew up in the 1980s, would sound great to the average ear. A little loud ...

Learn how video quality measurably impacts business performance. Read “Bit Rate and Business Model: The Science Behind How Our Bodies React to Video Quality.” With quality a huge concern for video ...

We’re going to start with two commenters asking more or less the same question, and there are more like this in the You Asked inbox along the same lines, I’m sure of it. Freddy writes: I already know ...

When shopping for a new TV, you probably saw brilliant, detailed display screens and relished the thought of those same crystal-clear images playing in your living room. Only after taking it home do ...

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The ...