There’s been a lot of talk of “hi-def” or “hi-res” music recently, a lot of it thanks to the introduction of Tidal, Jay Z’s streaming-music platform that promises to bring high-quality versions of ...

Our primer on Hi-Res Audio for those who think Spotify and the Apple iPod raised the bar for music playback. In response, Hi-Res Audio (or high resolution audio) may have been a form of pushback ...

MUNICH, Germany — With the launch of a new high-definition audio player chip family, Austriamicrosystems (AMS) enables handset designers to set new standards for audio quality in mobile devices. With ...

Playing high-definition audio on a standard player is a bit like playing a state-of-the-art 1950s vinyl stereophonic record on a wind up Victrola – you can do it, but it just won't be the same as on ...

Who doesn’t hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you’re willing to pay for a really good one? That’s the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they ...

It was just after the clock struck 2007 that Time Warner let slip that it planned a hybrid disc format designed to end the so-called "format war" between Sony’s Blu-ray and Toshiba’s HD DVD for the ...

Tensilica's HiFi3 audio DSP targets home entertainment applications. The dual 24-/32-bit architecture delivers high performance post processing and voice processing algorithms. It is based on the ...

Like a lot of people, we huffed and puffed when we heard just how expensive Blu-ray Disc high-definition DVD players were going to be but genuine hi-fi and home-cinema buffs, we now suspect, will ...