Learn about the types of coaxial cables, where they are used, and their advantages and disadvantages.A coaxial cable is primarily used for the transmission of audio and video signals. It has two concentric (sharing the same center) wires. In other words, two wires share a central point. These two wires are separated by an insulating […]
Among the most profitable online business you can start is the IPTV business.IPTV is a booming market. Many end users are ditching cable TV for IPTV. While there’s stiff competition for other online businesses, the IPTV business has little competition.This is mainly because many business opportunity seekers think that IPTV is a highly technical field. […]
MPEG-1 was the first compression standard for audio and video introduced in 1992.The primary purpose of MPEG-1 is to encode an AV signal to fit a Compact Disc (CD-ROM) at a maximum bitrate of 1.5MBps.When this is done, you get a Video CD (VCD).The MPEG-1 compression is optimized to fit the maximum data rates of […]
You may play MPG files on Windows 10 by installing Microsoft’s MPEG-2 Video Extension, using the VLC Player, or converting MPG to MP4.If you have a file with the .mpg extension it is either a MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video.MPG files aren’t common these days compared to MP4. But there are many old video files that […]
A TV/VCR combo is indeed a convenient piece of equipment. You don’t need to buy a separate TV and a VCR.Also, you save yourself the trouble of connecting a TV set to a VCR. In other words, you don’t add to the other dangling cables around your TV cabinet.But when your VHS tape gets stuck […]
H.265 is also known as High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). It is a lossy, video compression codec.Its main purpose is to improve the coding efficiency of H.264, also known as MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding).H.264 isn’t an efficient compression for higher-resolution video. Thus, the introduction of H.265.The H.265 project was launched in 2010. It was undertaken […]
RealVideo is an Internet video streaming format developed by RealNetworks,a company that specializes in codec technology and streaming-related products. RealNetworks was the forerunner of the streaming industry.They created the first real-time streaming media player. That was RealPlayer version 1 in 1995.It reigned in the streaming world until displaced by Windows Media in the early 2000s.RealVideo’s […]
According to the International Telecommunication Union focus group on IPTV, the accepted IPT V definition is “multimedia services such as television/video/audio/text/graphics/data delivered over IP based networks, managed to provide the required level of quality of service and experience, security, interactivity and reliability.”That’s a broad definition. For our purposes, we’ll focus on the online streaming of […]
A cable box is a device that receives and decodes digital signals transmitted by a cable television service provider. It then displays on your TV whatever programs are broadcast by the cable TV station. In the days of old, you could receive cable TV without a cable box. Those days are gone with the advent […]
When we talk about High-Definition video we almost always talk about HDMI.HDMI dispensed with the need to connect multiple cables to send AV signals.With HDMI you need only a single cable to transmit audio and video.That’s alright if you have a source and receiver device nearby.What if you connect a cable TV box to your […]