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There was a long debate over the use of 16-bit (Sony) or 14-bit (Philips) quantization, and 44,056 or 44,100 samples/s (Sony) or approximately 44,000 samples/s (Philips). When the Sony/Philips task force designed the Compact Disc, Philips had already developed a 14-bit D/A converter (DAC), but Sony insisted on 16-bit. In the end Sony won, so 16 ...
Before its release, both Sony representatives and the press referred to the device as the Sony Bookman; [7] [8] [9] that name remained in use in later publications. [10] The player was sold concurrently with Sony's Data Discman e-book players. [11] Unlike those devices, the MMCD Player could read full-size 120-millimeter CD-ROM discs, including ...
It was created as an extension of CDDA and CD-ROM and specified in the Green Book specifications, co-developed by Philips and Sony, to combine audio, text and graphics. [2] The two companies initially expected to impact the education/training, point of sale , and home entertainment industries, [ 3 ] but the CD-i is largely remembered today for ...
Initially, Sony believed that it would take around a decade for CD-R prices to become affordable – the cost of a typical blank CD-R disc was around $12 in 1994 – but CD-R prices fell much more rapidly than envisioned, to the point where CD-R blanks sank below $1 per disc by the late 1990s, compared to at least $2 for the cheapest 80-minute ...
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. was founded on April 16, 2013, as a cooperation between Sony (owns 51%) and Olympus (owns 49%) with a goal to develop, design and sell surgical endoscopes with 4K+ resolution and 3D technologies. [1]
The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores pictures and video. CD-i Bridge [18] - a bridge format between CD-ROM XA and the Green Book CD-i, which is the base format for Video CDs, Super Video CDs and Photo CDs. VCD (Video) – a standard jointly developed and published by JVC, Matsushita, Philips and Sony. [19]
SonicStage is a discontinued software product from Sony that is used for managing portable devices when they are plugged into a computer running Microsoft Windows.It comprises a music player and library manager, similar to iTunes, Windows Media Player and RealPlayer.
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems is a book by Randall Munroe in which the author provides absurd suggestions based in scientific fact on ways to solve some common and some absurd problems. [1] [2] [3] The book contains a range of possible real-world and absurd problems, each the focus of a single chapter. The book ...