Sophie Milch currently manages purchasing and inventory control for Comnauts.com. Sophie keeps herself busy by making sure our inventory is filled with quality products, the latest and the greatest. Sophie holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and is frequent contributor to several technology blogs and magazines. When she?s not working; in typical nerd fashion you can catch Sophie twittering friends, beating down Murlocs in World of Warcraft and watching re-runs of the X-files.
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Nikon FX and DX DSLR Digital Camera Sensor Sizes Explained (Compact Digital Cameras Too)
www.artoftheimage.com - Nikon FX and DX DSLR Digital Camera Sensor Sizes Explained (and compared to Nikon P7000 and P500 compact digital cameras too!)
3Jun/105
[English] Sony NC500D digital noise cancelling headphones explained and tested
Real air passengers give their opinions on the world's first digital noise cancelling headphones, and Sony experts explain the digital technology behind the MDR-NC500D headphones that can eliminate up to 99% of background noise, wherever you are. Find out more at: www.sony.co.uk
18Dec/090
The technology behind the sound – Mp3 Explained
MP3 or MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 is an innovative digital audio encoding format which is meant for consumer audio storage and employs a type of lossy data compression algorithm. This compression helps in reducing the quantity of data required to embody the audio recording. It is that benchmark of audio compression which transfers and plays back music on digital audio players, known as MP3 players.
MP3 files are usually created using settings to the tune of 128 kbit/s which often results in 1/11th size of a CD filed produced from initial audio source. MP3 player’s recent evolution in the music format helps users to create personalized music lists and allows them to carry thousands of songs with them. Additionally it contains features like video and photo viewing, alarm and calendar functions and not to forget cell phone and even internet service. MP3 players come in two formats viz., Hard-drive-based players and Flash-based players. Hard drive based MP3 players are of high-capacity and have a capability of 20GB onwards.
While considerable players like Apple iPod Classic can hold nearly 30,000 songs and comes with a 120GB capacity. Flash based MP3 players are shockproof and comes in various storage sizes ranging from 512MB to 32GB. Like other digital music formats, MP3 also uses a binary code series containing 1s and 0s, when playing a digital file. MP3 players often employ DAC i.e. digital-to-analog converters to turn 1s and 0s into analog signals which are amplified and broadcast with the assistance of speakers and headphones.
It is the requirement of all MP3 players that a user’s PC should contain USB 1.1 or 2.0 ports this will help in loading songs quickly onto and off the players. Almost all the MP3 players come bundled with software and drivers which allow users to download the songs from a PC.
While purchasing MP3 players always stick to well-known brands like Apple iPod, Creative Zen, Microsoft Zune, SanDisk Sansa, Sony and Archos. MP3 players come in a diverse array of physical sizes; some are so tiny that they can be accommodated even in your keychain while the other large sizes will hardly fit in your hand. The smaller MP3 players suit people in their routine work or while jogging etc. Most of the MP3 players have 2” to 3.5” screens and weigh usually less than 5 ounces.