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Sound and Vision
Sound and Vision
Sound and Video technology are part of everyday life.
As we demand better audio and picture quality the technical creativity continues and we are are enjoying the new products that are the product of the new technology.
Video has moved forward with a great pace. HD television was the required viewing standard a few years ago. Now 4K UHD is being demanded by many and why not.
4K TVs and monitors are now being sold by most outlets and prices are tumbling. Quality however keeps improving. Be sure to check out basic requirements for 4K TV as not all 4K TVs are equal. Some of TV which boasted 4K images cannot be used to connect to NETFLIX or AmazonPrime.
Huge strides have been made since the invention of the gramaphone in 1877 by Thomas Edison. We now enjoy hi-res sound. Many devices are capable of playing sound in hi-res 24 bit audio. HiRes Sound is slowly becoming the standard for many audiophiles. No longer are mp3 files good enough for the audio connoisseur.
24-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/192kHz files provide us with the studio sound quality as that the musicians intended.
I use my PC as an HTPC
The sound is fed to my SONY STR-DN860
When I am listening to Hi quality digital music I prefer to pass the digital sound via a DAC which is then fed via analouge connections to the SONY STR-DN860
4K streaming is very popular now, many TVs are now capable of 4K resolution. Make sure your receiver has HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2 capabilities. You will need those specifications to watch 4K content and HDR (high dynamic range).
The Radeon RX480 GPU provides connections to a screen using Display port (1.3 HBR and 1.4 HDR) and HDMI2.0b
HEVC decoding is provided on this unit. The video below shows the AMD RX480 in my PC playing a 4K UHD @ 50fps Freesat transmission using DVBviewer.
RADEON RX480 demo using DVBviewer 4k video
To view TV content I have 2 tuners.
DVB-S2 Tuner DVBSky S950 (Freesat)
DVB-T2 Tuner (Freeview)
DVB-T2 tuner is a Black Gold BGT3620
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