Digital Audio Basic

Before we can understand digital audio, we must first have a very general understanding of how sound occurs naturally. Sound is actually a mechanical wave that is propagating through the air (typically, but it can travel through other mediums as well). A basic visual illustration of sound is the sine wave. A sine wave a [...]

Clean Digital Audio with Coaxial Cables

In the world of digital audio, there are two types of cable to choose from; optical cables which use light to transmit signal and digital coaxial cable. These audio cables will enable your home theater system to transmit digital data between components. This will provide you with superior sound quality over typical RCA audio cables. [...]

Publishing Your Home Video

So you’ve got a camcorder, maybe you even know how to record with it…but you have not a clue how to edit out 15 minutes of Uncle Tom Sleeping at little Timmy’s party. Maybe you’d like to remove the 5 minutes of recording with the lens cap on? Maybe you know the basics but you’re [...]

Switching Hi8 Tapes

For many years people have been videotaping on your Hi8 tapes. In addition to the large amounts of time and effort individuals have invested, they also have invested allot of hard-earned money in an extensive hobby that has turned into a passion. However, as technological advancements continue to raise quality and convenience to the end [...]