FEATURES — Multimedia

A look at hardware video transcoding on the PCPerformance and image quality with black boxes and OpenCL 46
Sennheiser's HD 558 headphones are cans of whoop-ass 101
The misadventures of Blu-ray in HTPC land 72
Where's my 21st-century television? 73
Are sound cards still relevant? 157
The next computing revolution will be televised 39
Asus' Xonar U3 USB audio deviceOur favorite sound card thinks outside the box 20
Antec's Soundscience Rockus 3D|2.1 speakersThe sound science of bringing the ruckus 29
Corsair's Gaming Audio Series SP2500 2.1 speakersHope you've got room under your desk... 84
A quick listen to Psyko's Carbon surround-sound gaming headsetNew speakers, but better sound? 30
On bandwidth quotas and streaming video 51
WD's TV Live Hub media boxNetworking and internal storage come to the WD TV 38
Asus' Xonar DG and Xense sound cardsDo you really need discrete audio? 217
Yes, I still buy CDs 74
Corsair's HS1 gaming headsetA change of pace from memory and PSUs 21
The sweet sound of Koss' PortaPro headphones 38
3D movies and the value of entertainment 52
A quick look at Psyko's 5.1 PC Gaming HeadsetSurround-sound headphones perfected? 57
A couple of months with SanDisk's Sansa Clip+ MP3 playerThe best mini MP3 player gets a memory card slot 120
Swimming laps with Finis' SwiMP3 playerA cure for boring pool workouts 46
Headphone-oriented sound cards from Asus and AuzentechIntroducing the Xonar Essence STX and X-Fi Forte 7.1 105
Low definition 189
Not cool, Canon... not cool 46
Where's the sweet spot for headphones? 95
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NEWS

Report: YouTube preparing paid channel subscriptions35
Corsair to get $75M cash injection, pursue more buyouts24
Bloomberg: Amazon to release set-top box this year25
Gigabyte teases next-gen Haswell board32
Xonar U7 pipes HD audio over USB27
Zotac intros wireless streaming, external RAID boxes26
Release roundup: SD cards, PSUs, workstation GPUs, and a gaming headset15
LG buys WebOS, will use it to power smart TVs46
Which Blu-ray player software for Windows?134
Intel confirms plans for TV service22
WD intros $70 Apple TV, Roku lookalike44
Corsair buys up Scottish audio firm26
New Diamond sound card has C-Media inside45
New USB 3.0 spec to hit 10 Gbps data rate88
Report: Intel plans staggered rollout for TV service37
Researchers demo vector-based video codec52
Downloaded documentary tells Napster's story14
Release roundup: Gaming headphones and workstation goodies16
Right to resell downloaded music challenged in US court42
Creative revamps Sound Blaster audio lineup189
New MPEG standard purportedly twice as efficient as H.26458
XBMC signs on to support $99 Ouya console34
Valve's Source Filmmaker now available on Steam14
Google's pricey Nexus Q media streamer made in the USA56
We catch up with Asus' Xonar team137
Rumor: Apple TV set has entered trial production43
DVD playback dropped from core Windows 8 features186
Streaming video services may soon require cable TV subscriptions63
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble partner up29
Release roundup: New Corsair Vengeance gear and more15
Entertainment apps overtake multiplayer gaming on Xbox Live45
XBMC 11.0 now ready for your HTPC37
It's official: HP to combine PC, printer divisions35
Rumor: HP to merge PC and printer divisions39
Release roundup: Fans, Mini-ITX cases, and more28
Intel gearing up for Internet-based TV service22
Asus preps new PCIe, USB, and integrated audio solutions57
Etc.53
Poll: What's the best premium upgrade?158
Creative announces quad-core Core3D audio processor166
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