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THE CUTTING EDGE: In the Palm of Your Hand

Michael Antonoff | Dec 08, 2004 | 0 comments

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The Cutting Edge: Neuros HD MP3 Player

Michael Antonoff | May 05, 2003 | 0 comments

Photos by Tony Cordoza Portable MP3 players haven't changed much over the last few years except they've added capacity even while shrinking in size and weight.

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The Download Challenge

Michael Antonoff | Feb 26, 2004 | 0 comments

Napster is dead. Long live Napster 2.0. Out of the battle between the recording industry and the illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing services has emerged a new generation of legal online services that's rapidly changing the way people buy music.

The Gawker

The F-Word Reconsidered

Michael Antonoff | Feb 19, 2024 | 2 comments

When a spokesperson for NextGenTV, the broadcasting standard also known as ATSC 3.0, appeared at a recent tech expo, he used the F-word frequently. “Free is a very powerful term,” he exclaimed...

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The HD DVD X(box)-Factor

Michael Antonoff | Jan 05, 2006 | 0 comments

In his CES keynote address, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced that an external HD DVD drive will be offered as an accessory for the Xbox 360 later this year. The add-on will turn the game console into a high-definition movie player. He didn't announce its price.

Microsoft has sided with Toshiba and Intel in the next-generation-DVD format war.

Apptitude

The Ins and Outs of Downloading from Netflix

Michael Antonoff | Apr 26, 2017 | 0 comments

Netflix added the ability to download content for offline viewing a few months ago. Here’s how it works.

Audio Video News

The Pause That Astonishes

Michael Antonoff | Oct 26, 2015 | 6 comments

TiVo users have been aware for years that the company had found another revenue stream by selling banners that superimpose themselves on paused programs. Click the Select button on the TiVo remote and a previously downloaded commercial plays. But when is an ad superimposed on a paused show wildly inappropriate?

The Gawker

The Stress of a New TV

Michael Antonoff | Nov 28, 2023 | 5 comments

In switching from a 7-year-old 55-inch LCD to a new 65-inch OLED TV, I’ve been awestruck by the transformation in picture quality. Yet, the upgrade has not been pain free.

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The Ultimate Guide to Smart Speakers

Michael Antonoff | May 27, 2018 | Published: May 24, 2018 | 1 comments

The smart speaker is about to change the way you live. Are you ready?

It’s not every day that a new consumer electronics category comes along that has an adoption rate projected to be faster than that of any other device, including smartphones, computers, TVs, and radios.

Some 56.3 million smart speakers are projected to ship this year, nearly twice as many as last year and 10 times the number shipped in 2016, according to Canalys. In the first quarter of 2017, only 7 percent of U.S. households had smart speakers. By the end of 2020, 75 percent are expected to have them, according to Gartner and Edison Research.

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Time Lords of YouTube

Michael Antonoff | Jan 24, 2018 | 1 comments

Streaming video has gone from VHS- to DVD to 1080p- to 4K quality over the decade. Yet, left behind were some extremely useful navigational controls that we took for granted on our “ancient” VCRs or DVD players. They included slow motion, smooth fast-forward, and the ability to bookend any segment for looping to our heart’s content.

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