Teardown: Sling Adapter
The consumer electronics space is always in a state of flux, but perhaps nowhere is this more evident than with entertainment equipment. In the span of just a few decades …read more Continue reading Teardown: Sling Adapter
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Decoding the Netflix Announcement: Explaining Optimized Shot-Based Encoding for 4K
Netflix has recently announced that they now stream optimized shot-based encoding content for 4K. When I read that news title I though to myself: “Well, that’s great! Sounds good but… what exactly does that mean? And what’s shot-based encoding anyway?”
These questions were basically how I ended up in the …read more
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Reverse Engineering Liberates Dash Cam Video
If you’ve purchased a piece of consumer electronics in the last few years, there’s an excellent chance that you were forced to use some proprietary application (likely on a mobile device) to unlock its full functionality. It’s a depressing reality of modern technology, and unless you’re willing to roll your …read more
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