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Rolling Stones “Grrr!” Blu-ray Audio

August 7, 2013 by Chris Heinonen 3 Comments

High-resolution audio on disc has not fared well. SACD and DVD-A came out only to battle each other and leave no one victorious. Websites like HD Tracks are great sources of material but too hard for many to take advantage of. For many people a simple way to get higher quality music into their lives […]

ASUS PQ321Q 4K Monitor Preview

July 14, 2013 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

The new 32″ ASUS 4K (well, 3840×2160) monitor is in-house now and currently being run through the full gamut of tests that I can throw at it. I did write up a quick look at the display for AnandTech with some initial, out-of-the-box measurements and a look at how some applications work with it. The […]

Image (Distance) is Everything: 4K and HiDPI Displays

July 2, 2013 by Chris Heinonen 1 Comment

Since I launched it, over 5,000 people have used my 4K Calculator to see if they will benefit from a 4K display. What many people have found is that in a common living room setup, with a 50” display around 10’ away from the couch, you may not see any benefit at all. If you […]

4K and 8K have a standard, does it matter?

June 12, 2012 by Chris Heinonen 1 Comment

Just like Rec. 709 gave us the standards for HDTV, and Rec. 1886 is going to give us a standard for gamma, we now have a draft standard for 4K and 8K video for the home.  While nothing in here is final at the moment, it gives us a good idea of what these formats […]

NEC PA271W LCD Monitor Review

May 1, 2012 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

NEC has always made some of the best monitors on the market, first with CRTs and now with LCDs.  Designers and photographers can swear by them, but are the features good for the general user as well, or overkill?  I gave the monitor a review over at AnandTech so you can see what I thought […]

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