The latest security cameras take full advantage of recent advances in digital imaging technology and increasingly incorporate intelligent algorithms based on motion and object detection to automate ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

AV receiver of power! Learn which AVR settings and setup mistakes reduce amplifier power, headroom, sound quality, bass impact and home theater performance.

My Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver's "Late Night" mode can only be activated with Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD signals. Are there any decent consumer-grade receivers that can apply ...

What makes music, TV shows, or movies sound good or bad? A lot of it has to do with dynamic range. The term Dynamic Range is used in both video and audio. In video, Dynamic Range is the “distance” ...

Dynamic range compression has nothing to do with frequency response. It's a way of lowering the contrast between soft & loud sounds so that you can watch movies without disturbing the neighbors but ...

Dynamic range compression is a technique used to raise the level of soft sounds and lower the level of louder sounds, effectively reducing the loudness "swing" of an audio signal. Classically, this ...