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Is This Year’s “Gobsmacked” Next Year’s “Ho-Hum”?
18+ hour, 34+ min ago (738+ words) Those of you reading this who are of a certain age know what those days were like. The magazines would champion a piece of gear, rhapsodize about its transformative power, and praise the technical breakthrough it contained, prompting many readers…...
Why 4K Blu-ray always beats 4K streaming for picture quality
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (383+ words) It comes down to bitrate and the limitations inherent in streaming video. Put a 4K stream and an Ultra HD Blu-ray of the same movie on the same TV screen and both can deliver a 3,840 x 2,160 image. However, that doesn't mean…...
CD collections face a strange epidemic — discs are mysteriously cracking and shattering - Notebookcheck News
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (198+ words) CDs and DVDs are already vulnerable to long-term data loss through problems such as bit rot and laser rot. Now, optical-disc collectors have another potential threat: some optical discs can physically crack or shatter after exposure to certain cleaning chemicals…...
Your 4K Blu-ray Player Could Support Dolby Vision 2, But Manufacturers May Not Update It
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1413+ words) Could your current 4K Blu-ray player support Dolby Vision 2? Dolby says yes, but Sony says its existing players won’t get updated. Dolby has confirmed that existing Ultra HD Blu-ray players can potentially work with Dolby Vision 2 without requiring an entirely new…...
Catastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foam — another data preservation concern to add to bit rot and laser rot
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (195+ words) Tom's Hardware Polycarbonate substrate degradation can occur due to some polyurethane foam padding off-gassing. Polycarbonate substrate damage is a greater danger for CD users as compact discs rely on a single layer of this plastic. DVDs employ two polycarbonate halves…...
Roland Announces VC-1SC-4K Video Converter/Scaler
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (244+ words) Content + Technology Roland Announces VC-1SC-4K Video Converter/Scaler Roland Professional A/V announces the VC-1SC-4K, a professional 4K 60p video converter/scaler. The VC-1SC-4K streamlines 4K video conversion and simplifies screen setup of LED walls and other displays for event productions and fixed installations. LED wall…...
What do you do with your home video tapes?
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (77+ words) Los Angeles Times Rebecca Castillo is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was a special projects lead for the Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna…...
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 2.8.0
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (306+ words) By Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · Aug 10, 2026 23:48 EDT View full version Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open-source video and audio player for Windows. MPC-HC is based on the original Guliverkli project (which is no longer…...
“When the DVD format arrived, “Home Cinema” really took off, helped by the rapid development of TVs” – veteran AV experts discuss the biggest shifts in TV and home cinema during What Hi-Fi?'s 50-year lifetime
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1720+ words) Just like What Hi-Fi?, the worlds of TV and home cinema have managed to cram in a huge amount over the past 50 years. TV technology and picture quality have changed dramatically: we have moved from small colour CRT (cathode-ray tube)…...
4K Blu-ray Keeps Physical Media Alive As Formats Fade
1+ week, 2+ day ago (381+ words) 4K Blu-rays are shaping up as physical media’s last mainstream home-video holdout, even as digital movie and TV versions keep expanding. The format has been available for several years, but the path that led there looks familiar: one dominant medium replaces…...