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Streaming audio is about to catch up to Blu-ray — here's how Dolby AC-4 does it (opens the original)
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There's a reason physical media enthusiasts prefer 4K UHD Blu-ray discs over streaming, and it's not nostalgia. 4K UHD Blu-ray content will look better than the same 4K content delivered via a streaming service. But picture quality isn't the only part of a movie or TV show that suffers from streaming's bitrate limitations. The audio is also compressed, whereas Blu-ray discs can include lossless surround sound audio encoded in the Dolby TrueHD format. It's a major upgrade over the lossy Dolby Dig
My Apple TV was the one streaming box I never worried about, until now (opens the original)
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There's no shortage of excellent streaming boxes on the market today, but the Apple TV has two key advantages that put it ahead of the competition: performance and software. Apple uses the same A-series processors you'll find in its smartphones and tablets inside Apple TV boxes, and it shows. On the software side, tvOS feels familiar to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users. But more importantly, it's lighter on bloat and advertisements than, say, Google's Android TV or Samsung's Tizen OS. These two perk
My Google Messages group chats were unreadable until I enabled this view (opens the original)
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Group chats are fun, but they can also be overwhelming. The bigger the conversation, the more quickly things can get out of hand. The natural response to a rowdy group chat is to snooze it, or flip on Do Not Disturb for your entire phone. But this solution introduces a problem of its own — how long will it take you to catch up on everything you missed? Luckily, there's a hidden feature in Google Messages that could be the best of both worlds. Bubbles are starting to become well known because of
Samsung gives you two of every app, and these are the ones I delete on day one (opens the original)
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Samsung's custom Android skin is packed full of extra features you won't find on Google Pixel phones, but One UI is bloated for the same reason. Buy a Galaxy phone, and you'll notice duplicate apps. You get the Google apps that are pre-installed as part of the Android Open Source Project release, plus any first-party Samsung apps — even if they both have the same functionality. Those that like to keep their phones clean and lean might find it tricky to decide which apps to keep, and which to get
I tried the Galaxy Z Fold 8 naked, and it clicked the moment I added magnets and a stand (opens the original)
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Everyone's raving about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it's not hard to see why. The wider 4:3 aspect ratio of the folding display makes the Galaxy Z Fold 8 a joy to use unfolded, in both portrait and landscape mode. Samsung's One UI software is magnificent on foldables, and this phone can run up to eight apps at once. But the foldable is not without its flaws. Specifically, it's difficult to live without Qi2 magnets. The lack of Flex mode is worth talking about, but I find this drawback easil
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