Chapter 6

Midterm

Media Players

• Media player software has been created for all types of computers. These include- handheld PCs, notebook PCs, desktop PCs, and cell phones.

Stick It To The “Man”

• Streaming audio- like Pandora.com- protects copyrights on songs. The reason is because users can listen to the audio and will not actually possess the file they listen to AND can not burn it onto a CD.

Freedom! Freedom!

• Multitrack recording gives the user a lot of freedom- you can both use it to record sound all at once, or separately.

Camera Coolness

• Digital cameras are ranked by the amount of megapixels that they can capture, and not the digital imaging they can capture- a common misconception.

Virtual Reality

• Many gamers have always had a long time dream- virtual reality. Virtual reality produces a simulated environment in which the human participant can move and manipulate objects.

On Demand

• Video on demand allows digital cable customers to select from hundreds of movies and programs to watch anytime they choose.

Digital-to-Analog

• One way of quantifying sound is to change sound waves. You can represent sound waves with numbers, digitally, through a process named analog-to-digital conversion.

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• A 32-MB music file on a music CD can be compressed down to a 3-MB MP3 file.

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• Sonos Provides a handheld remote that is used to program music selections on your PC from any location on your wireless network.

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• Digital video can be transferred to a computer directly from a camcorder or read from a DVD or VCR tape.

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• Integrated digital studios package many digital recording devices in one unit for convenient home recording.

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• Interactive media refers to digital media presentations that involve user interaction for education, training, or entertainment.

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• Interactive TV is a digital television service that includes one or more of the following: video on demand, personal video recorder, local information on TV, purchase over TV, purchase over TV, Internet access over TV, and video games over TV.

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• Digital media encompass digital technologies of all kinds that serve and support