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George Ou Says HD Bitrates Mean They Suck, Forgets About Codecs

George Ou over on Zdnet wrote an excellent piece outlining why those too-good-to-be-true HD downloads we see in Xbox 360, ABC.com and even Apple TV are a bit bogus. He points out that while these services deliver on their 720p resolution promises, the encoded bitrates are so low, compressing the data to such small proportions, that the image within the said resolution has inadequate fidelity. He's dead wrong, forgetting that MPEG-4 generation codecs can take the same bitrates from sources like DVDs and ratchet up the res and quality in the same space. Duh. [zdnet via engadgethd]

2:00 PM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Mark Wilson
19,675 views, 53 comments

Latest by ripfire: Who freakin cares what bit rate it uses. As long as it looks better than DVD quality, does it really more »

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Phase Change Memory, Causing Some Ch-Ch-Changes

Phase Change Memory (PCM) has been in development since the 1960s and now it is ready for the masses, coined as the new flash memory. Intel and STMicroelectronics are expected to make the new platform available this year, in small quantities. So what is the fuss? In a nutshell, PCM is bigger and badder than its flash memory sister. More »

2:20 PM on Sun Aug 12 2007
By Haroon Malik
16,250 views, 33 comments

Latest by Baladen: PCM memory uses the same type of technology as DVD-R discs, except instead of using a laser to heat the more »

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Intel to Mass Produce Phase-Change Memory In 2007

Even if you usually skip over dull PC articles, this one's worth reading. Earlier this week, Intel announced their plans to mass produce phase-change memory (PCM or PRAM) by the end of 2007. More »

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9:17 AM on Sat Mar 10 2007
By Mark Wilson
19,125 views, 14 comments