David Ranada

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Digital Audio's Last Frontiers
David Ranada  |  Jan 13, 2003
This CES saw the official introduction of what used to be called the IBOC (in-Band, on-channel) terrestrial digital radio system, freshly renamed HD Radio (for high-definition) by its promotor, iBiquity.
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Digital Silk Purse?
David Ranada  |  Apr 02, 2006

Apparently, Dolby isn't satisfied with getting its 7.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus and 8-channel lossless TrueHD technologies into the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc systems (as requirements in the former, as options in the latter). At the Consumer Electronics Show, Dolby's Audistry subsidiary was demonstrating some new technology intended for the other end of the sound-reproduction scale.

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DVD + HDMI
David Ranada  |  Sep 05, 2005
What We Think
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DVD Diversity
David Ranada  |  Feb 02, 2005

While I was working on this review, my friend Rob - a filmmaker who has a day job as a video editor at MTV - asked if I could recommend a DVD recorder to help him get rid of his bulky collection of VHS tapes. In true New York style, I started my reply with, "Have I got a deal for you . . .

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DVD Recorders On the Cheap
David Ranada  |  Jun 07, 2005
Download our tables summarizing features and lab results in handy PDF format.

While DVD recorders have a ways to go befo

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Facing the Codec Challenge
David Ranada  |  Jun 09, 2002

The steady progression of compressed digital audio into all sorts of places (do you really need to listen to Mozart on a PDA?) is raising all sorts of issues. But none is more important to readers of Sound & Vision than the ability of the codecs - the encode/decode software - to faithfully reproduce music after compressing CD tracks to file sizes that can be easily downloaded or stored.

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Get 6.1 Channels Now!
David Ranada  |  Jan 31, 1999
I felt as stupid as Dorothy must have felt near the end of The Wizard of Oz when Glinda, the Witch of the North, tells her that she always had the power to get back to Kansas.
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GoVideo VR2940 DVD/VHS Recorder
David Ranada  |  Apr 05, 2005

Most of the DVD recorders we test nowadays are pretty routine devices. They're great for displacing your aging VCR for time-shifting TV programs or making archival DVDs of precious and fragile camcorder footage.

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High-Def Discs and Tapes
David Ranada  |  Apr 02, 2002

Okay, I know I shouldn't gloat. But I told you so. In a keynote speech at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual convention a year ago, I warned that if the broadcast and cable industries didn't get their act together when it came to putting high-definition signals out there in a big way, high-def programming would be provided by other means.

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Hitachi DV-RX5000U DVD Recorder
David Ranada  |  Apr 14, 2004

The sense of déjà vu was overwhelming when I started working with Hitachi's DV-RX5000U - and not only because its DVD-RAM capabilities let me play a recording while it was still being made!

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