FreeviewHD surround sound equipment list upated
Another small update to my list of Freeview HD equipment that can provide surround sound, to add the Humax HDR-Fox T2 to the list of equipment. For those who are new to this site, essentially for...
View ArticleDelia Derbyshire – the genius behind the Dr Who theme
One of the most well known theme tunes on British television is undoubtedly Doctor Who, and regardless of the merits of recent arrangements, for many viewers the definitive version is the original,...
View ArticleFreeview HD surround sound updates
I’ve just made a minor update to my list of equipment that can transcode surround sound for Freeview HD, adding information about the TVonics DTR-Z500HD, which I’m reviewing at the moment for Register...
View ArticleQ&A: Digital audio formats
Time for another question, from Paul Hunter, who asks “what is the difference between PCM 2.0 stereo channel and Dolby Digital (DD) 2.0? I have a brand new amp (Onkyo) which shows that Standard...
View ArticleDolby transcoding for Icecrypt T2400
Owners of the Icecrypt T2400 will be pleased to hear that a new firmware update is being tested at the moment, which will add Dolby digital transcoding to the unit. In my original review, that was one...
View ArticleGive us DABplus, Auntie
One of the greater technological disappointments I’ve had is my DAB radio. I’m a big radio listener – I have Radio 4 on for about 9 hours a day – but I’ve never really enjoyed DAB. There’s some great...
View ArticleDutch stop dithering, set date for DAB+
A follow-up to my recent post hypothesising about how the BBC could use bandwidth assigned temporarily to the 5Live Olympics service to launch a DAB+ service in the UK, here’s another bit of DAB+ news...
View ArticleBeyond Atmos – objects are the next big thing in audio
A couple of weeks ago, in my Breaking Fad column over on The Register, I wrote about Dolby Atmos, and the difficulty in getting people to upgrade their AV systems. In short, people don’t upgrade home...
View ArticleBinaural stereo from the BBC – Under Milk Wood
A couple of times recently when I’ve written about object audio and binaural systems, people have expressed disbelief that you can get a surround sound effect through ordinary headphones. But that’s...
View ArticleSurrounded by terror
I’ve written before about binaural stereo – the technique that gives a surround sound experience through an ordinary pair of headphones. I must admit that when I’ve tried to explain this to people in...
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