Amid the multi-channel world of Dolby Digital 7.1 and surround sound, we don’t often stop to question what is it we’re seeking? (For this discussion, let’s ignore the video aspect of home ...

At first broadcast television audio was mono, then in 1984, MTS (Multichannel Television Sound) was approved by the FCC. Stereo audio and SAP (Second Audio Program) became available and were slowly ...

Fortunately for the audio world, the SD and HD digital video formats contain unused space, called the horizontal and vertical ancillary data space, places between the end and start of active video ...

Audio Return Channel, or ARC, uses a single HDMI connection to send audio from a TV to the sound bar or AV receiver. In theory, this could simplify your setup, and reduce the number of cables you need ...

Once you’ve got your new TV out of the packaging, you’ll no doubt spend some time studying the inputs on the back. You’ll work out which cable goes in where, and may have noticed that one of the HDMI ...

Google adds support to the Pixel recorder for favoriting your recordings. The new update also lets you choose the audio channel between mono and stereo for recording. Google rolled out the update just ...