Today’s media landscape is radically more diverse than just a few years ago. The delivery of consistently acceptable image and sound quality is taken for granted by viewers, despite uncertain or ...

Looking for a unique way to drive yourself crazy? Try to find a clear correlation between a streaming TV service’s average bit rate and its perceived video quality. I’d wager that most users won’t ...

Color depth and chroma subsampling are probably two of the most misunderstood aspects of digital video. Trying to educate someone about them usually devolves into a simple “more is better” conclusion, ...

Several of EDN 's recent multimedia articles have pointed out the bloated sizes of high-fidelity audio files and the consequent appeal of compressing them in lossless or lossy ways for storage and ...