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Monday, February 9th, 2009

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Monday, February 9th, 2009

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Digital Video Converter - What Is It’s Various Functions and How Can It Benefit You?

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

With all of the technological products on the market, it’s easy to get confused about what a digital video converter is and what it does. There are so many similar products around and a sea of acronyms to perplex and confuse the consumer even further. So what is a digital video converter and what does it do?

One company that sells the digital video converter is Plextor, found online at www.plextor.com. Via their website, they sell several different types of converters that do a variety of tasks. The basic principle behind the digital video converter is the same in most cases, which can make finding one and learning about it a little bit easier.

Essentially, a converter converts video into a different format. So a digital video converter, like the ones sold by Plextor, can convert video from your television into a variety of different formats that you can play on your computer or iPod, for instance. You can convert video footage from your TV into MPEG formats, including MPEG-4 depending on the converter you use, DivX and other formats that can make transporting your footage to other formats easy.

Perhaps you have been watching a favorite program on HDTV DVD and you now want to convert the format to MPEG-4 so that you can watch it on your computer or personal media player. A digital video converter allows you to do so. You can capture video and change its format from a wide variety of sources, including your VCR, DVD player, television or camcorder. This allows you to access your footage in whatever format you choose.

Transferring and recording data from your plasma LCD TV into MPEG-4 formatting so that you can share what you’ve seen is a great way to experience different types of programming and share what you’ve seen with others on the internet or through other mediums. Even Direct TV HDTV programming can be converted into DivX formatting for easy file transfer and sharing with a digital video converter.

Some digital video converters even use multi-format encoders that allow you to encode footage into multiple formats, all at once, as you record the footage. Think of it as a VCR that also records programming in other formats at the push of a button. It really is that simple with the right converter, as you are able to transfer footage from your television to MPEG-4 and DivX formats all with the push of a button. For those into technological gadgets and toys, a digital video converter is a must-have.

Are you tired of the bleary and picture that is pixalted that your digital cable produces on your TV? that is the case, then it might be time to take the plunge into the world of high definition television. High definition televisions are primarily designed to work with the signals which are high quality from the satellite signals as well as the input from cable that suppliers are using so that it gives you you the crispest and brightest picture available. High definition television will make you feel like you’ve left your living room and are in reality at the actual game. Click the link for more details:. You will not be sorry you did.

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How Much Better Is Direct TV HD?

Friday, February 6th, 2009

You’ve probably heard the slogan that Direct TV HD is better than normal television. DirecTV is a satellite television company that claims to offer the best in satellite TV and high definition television products, but are they really the best in the business and how much can they enhance your viewing experience?

With Direct TV HDTV, you have the option of combining several services from the company. DirecTV offers a plethora of service options for customers of all types, claiming to offer one of the broadest selections of products and services out of all of the major satellite television providers. A quick scan through their product catalog reveals that they do, indeed, have quite a lot to offer. You can find more information about DirecTV’s product line at their website: www.directv .com.

DirecTV HD claims on their website that in side-by-side testing more people liked the picture on the television featuring DirecTV’s services than on the television featuring conventional cable services. When it came to the TV HDTV best liked by consumers, the one featuring DirecTV won in the majority of testings. DirecTV offers digital quality television and sound on each channel, whereas most cable companies do not.

DirecTV also claims to have superior customer service.  On their website, they boast of higher customer service ratings than cable companies for six consecutive years. This is an attractive feature to most people, as customer service is of vital importance in terms of how a company communicates with its consumer base.

TV HDTV cable services consistently tested lower than direct tv hd in channel variety. More people preferred DirecTV to TV HDTV cable service for the broad range of channels than for any other reason. Another feature of direct tv hd not offered by TV HDTV cable is the “interactive mix” channels. On these channels, it is possible to view up to eight live channels of sports, news, or other programming on a single channel. While this may seem hard to manage for some people, those with a short attention span will find it to be a dream.

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In comparison to cable services, more people chose Direct TV HD for the following reasons:

* Better customer service
* Better picture and sound quality
* More channel selection
* More extra features

Now, Direct TV HD seems to be winning the war of high definition programming. Cable television continues to fight back though, offering digital cable and even buying up satellite companies to operate under the cable umbrella. No matter what happens in the future, it appears that DirecTV will stay competitive for some time to come.

As prices continue to decline high definition television is more affordable to people in many different income brackets. As digital cable and satellite dish service providers offer a greater range of high definition channels, you now are afforded the opportunity to enjoy all things from your best-loved sporting event to illustrative nature documentaries with the vivid picture only available with high definition television. Providing picture resolution which is up to 100 percent more defined than a standard television, high definition will altogether revolutionize the way you watch your favorite channels. High definition television is so clear it’s nearly better than actually being there. To find out more go here:.

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When is it illegal to voice recording device?

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

I just got a voice recording pen recently for my birthday and it's pretty good if you want to conceal it from other's. I just want to know if i could use it without ther person knowing that I'm recording. Also someone told me that it is illegal in some states and my second question is if it is legal in California?

It is illegal in California to record any confidential communication without the consent of EVERYBODY involved in the communication.

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How long till digital cameras come with HD video recording as the norm?

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Currently most digital cameras with video recording do so at VGA resolution, which is 640×480. HD resolution is 1280×720 or 1920×1080.
Uhm101, I'll agree that while they don't do everything well… they give you the flexibility to take both video and still images. For some people this convenience is great especially when traveling and you don't want to carry lots of equipment around. Just look at a Canon A720 camera. It takes good photos… and gives you okay videos when you want.

Never I hope. Multifunction devices do all things in a mediocre fashion.

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How to increase quality of VOIP calls while uploading/downloading?

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

We have Time Warner Cable, and Vonage phone. When we are uploading/downloading something on the internet (we own a home-based design business, so this happens often), the quality of our calls is horrible (sometimes not even able to use the phone).

What (if anything) would fix this? A higher speed internet connection? Or should we look at switching to a phone line that is not VOIP?

Thanks!

It's the nature of the beast…

VoIP,email,web browsing, downloading files, videos, music, etc are all competing for the same limited bandwidth space.
Combine all that with the fact that many ISP's don't always truly deliver the bandwidth they promise and now that big data pipe becomes a narrow pipe trying to squeeze at that data through at the same time.

1) Buy the fastest service you feel comfortable paying for.
But, I have heard stories where the ISP's don't always deliver all that extra bandwidth you are paying for…. so what can your do but give it a shot…

2) Of all the data services, VoIP is a "real-time" data service. It can't tolerate data bottle-necks like other data sources can. When your data pipe gets squeezed, VoIP suffers the most. VoIP can't tolerate dropped packets, or even delayed packets like other services can.

Sometimes we just can't have it all at the same time. Use discretion when you do heavy surfing and downloading. Try to make your VoIP calls during your data lulls rather than on the usage highs.

3) When you have a choice, use lower bandwidth VoIP Codec compression. Lower bandwidth, high compression Codecs are more bandwidth efficient and often provide better effeciency thant the high-qualigy Codecs.

For example, the standard high quality VoIP Codecs are:
G.711u/a (also known as PCMU/PCMA). I don't have exact figures, but typical bandwidth required for each leg of a G.711u VoIP call is about 64Kbps. But, when combined with call management bandwidth it can require up to 110Kbps… each direction. So, full duplex conversation could conceivably require about 220 Kbps. That may not sound like much for a high speed connection, but don't forget that 200+ Kbps VoIP data is competing with all the other data transfers occuring over your Internet connection.

When you have a choice, it is preferable to use a high compression Codec like G.729a. G.729a is rated somwhere around 32 Kbps bandwidth per leg (+ overhead)This Codec only uses about one-half the bandwidth of G.711u/a. So, just by using G.729a your could end up with better call quality just because your not dropping so many packets in the bottle-neck.
Most VoIP carriers will recommend you use G.729a in the name of reducing bandwidth. The difference in voice quality is minimal - and you may end up with less jitter and drop-outs.

If I recall, Vonage allows you to adjust your VoIP bandwith through your user admin web page. The feature is called "Bandwidth Saver". For the laymans sake, they just call the bandwidth settings as High, Medium, and Low (rather than confusing you with Codec standards names). In reality, your are just selecting different Codec compression algorithms. I think the low setting is something like the GSM Codec, which is basically mobile phone voice quality.
http://www.vonage.com/help.php?keyword=BandwidthSaver

4) All the above is the easy way to improve your VoIP call quality. Now for the technical side… and not so easy - QOS.

QOS - Quality of Service settings.
How to do this in detail is beyond what can be explained here.

QOS, in essence, is the prioritizazation of VoIP packets.
When many kinds of data are competing for the same space within a limited data pipe, QOS acts like the traffic cop directing the flow of traffic. With QOS, you would want to establish that VoIP devices get priority of data traffic over other data flows, like email, web, and file transfers to your PC.

The trick with QOS is that you need a router that has QOS priority features. Then you have to configure the QOS setting in the router to give the VoIP adapters "Highest Priority" over other data traffic. How this is implemented may vary from Router to Router.

Take for example, I have a Linksys WRT54G NAT/Router and a PAP2T-NA VoIP adapter (ATA). The ATA is assigned an IP Address by the router. The ATA also has a unique MAC Address. The key here is that I had to configure the WRT54G to priortize data flow to the specific IP address (and ports) as required by my ATA. Now, once QOS is correctly configured and routed, my ATA VoIP call data gets top priority over competing data on the data pipe flowing through my Router. (Some routers may be able to prioritize based on MAC address of the ATA too)

Some ATA's are combo boxes that combine the NAT/Router and a VoIP adapter in one box. The Linksys SPA2102 and SPA3102 are examples. I haven't used those boxes, so I don't know how they are set-up for QOS, by default. I would hope they give all data to the built-in ATA top priority data flow.

So, in a nut shell, that's the best advice I can give here.
Hope it helps.
(It may not solve your problems, but may give you a better understanding of whats happening, or needs to be done)

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