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The Brief Lifespan Of DAT
There are currently millions of people across the world using DVD’s, CD’s, and downloading and listening to digital audio music. Digital music and...
James Russo
16 articles
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Blu-Ray DVD Part 4: To Java or Not to Java
Blu-ray DVD, likes its predecessors, has not been without its own set of unique problems. At first, early Blu-Ray DVD manufacturers envisioned a...
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Blu-Ray DVD Part 2: The Format Wars Begin
In 2004, the physical specifications for Blu-Ray Disc were finalized. In January 2005, Sony announced that they had developed a hard coating polymer...
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Blu- Ray: The Next Generation DVD – Part 1
Once DVD’s had become an entrenched part of the world’s media landscape, home video aficionados knew that not much time would pass before movie...
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Classic Home Toys Installment #19 The Final CD Format: HDCD
In Classic Home Toys #17 and #18, both SACD and xrcd were examined and their sound reproduction was compared to standard CD. Despite the fact that...
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Classic Home Toys Installment #18 XRCD Lives On
XRCD is an acronym for extended resolution compact disc. The format was developed by JVC Corporation in 1995 and sought to offer to audiophiles a...
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Classic Home Toys #17 – Make Way for SACD
Classic Home Toys Installment #17 Make Way for SACD Author: James Russo The entire SACD concept is a odd one to be put in the Classic Home Toys...
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Classic Home Toys #15 – Palm Pilot
Before people were able to store hundred of numbers in the memory of their cellular phones and before PDA’s could also double as cell phone, a small...
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Classic Home Toys #14 – Atari’s Next Wave: The Atari 5200
At one point from the years 1978 to 1982, the video game frontier was ruled by the Atari 2600 console. This small unassuming black plastic console...
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The Watch of the Future
When Timex Corporation released the Timex Datalink watch in 1994, the Cellular phone craze was still a good six years away and PDA’s were the size of...
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Classic Home Toys Installment #9 – Coleco Strikes Back
At the height of the video game revolution circa 1982, Atari and Mattel Dominated the market with their home video game systems. The ease of use of...
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What in the world was the Sirius Movie CD?
Of all the home toys previously looked at in this series of articles, the Sirius Movie CD is probably the most obscure. But, is also one of the most...
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Classic Home Toys Installment #5 – the twilight zone of DIVX
Not to be disrespectful to those who invented the DIVX format, but this short-lived video rental format was one of the electronics era quickest...
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Classic Home Toys: Super 8 Film
Depending on your experiences with Super 8mm film and cameras, the mention of this near extinct home movie format may conjure images of incredible...
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The C3 Expo A PC Expo for the 21st Century
For over a decade computer and PC enthusiasts all over the globe flocked to the PC Expo in Jacob Javits Center. The expo featured booths and...
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HOME AUTOMATION FROM THE LEADER IN HOME TECH
Home automation was once an area relegated to techies. X10 was essentially the granddaddy of all home automation systems and was one of the earliest...