Computers Are Your Future Tenth Edition Spotlight 7: Multimedia Devices Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall1

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Spotlight 7: Multimedia Devices Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall3

Audio: MP3 Players and Voice Recorders Multimedia includes items that stimulate more than one sense, typically sight, sound, and touch. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall4

Audio: MP3 Players and Voice Recorders MP3 files: Are normally used for music Use a compressed audio format that does not noticeably reduce the quality of the sound Can be recorded, stored, and played on a computer, copied legally from CDs that the user paid for, or purchased from the Web Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall5

Audio: MP3 Players and Voice Recorders Using MP3 files on a portable player gives users the ability to take their music with them anywhere. Most MP3 players have solid-state memory and are small for portability. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall6

Audio: MP3 Players and Voice Recorders Digital voice recorders retrieve sounds and store them on a memory chip. Later, the sounds can be used or downloaded to a computer. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall7

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders E-books are books that are digitized and supplied through some form of digital storage. E-book readers: Display e-books May be dedicated devices for reading e- books or part of other computer devices such as PDAs Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall8

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders Digital cameras: Store and display images using digital technology Do not need film Pictures taken on a digital camera are usually moved to a computer for: permanent storage printing Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall9

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders The most popular methods for storing pictures in a digital camera are: CompactFlash SmartMedia Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall10

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders Photo-editing programs: Used after photos are transferred from a digital camera to a computer Allow photos to be edited and printed Photo printer: Designed exclusively to print photos directly from cameras Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall11

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders Full-motion images, such as animations, videos, and movies, are being strongly influenced by digital videos. Because of their size, digital video files must be compressed. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall12

Visual: E-Books, Digital Cameras, and Camcorders Digital video cameras have replaced the use of analog technology with digital technology. These increasingly popular cameras are small and powerful. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall13

Communication and Entertainment Devices Multimedia devices with phones The Apple iPhone 3G includes: Widescreen iPod Internet device with HTML Web browser The Samsung Instinct includes: Audio and video player Internet device with Web browser Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall14

Communication and Entertainment Devices Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall15

Communication and Entertainment Devices Digital video recorders (DVRs): Store videos on a hard disk unlike VCRs, which store videos on tape Function similarly to a VCR for recording purposes Can record television shows through a DVR-management service, such as TiVo ® Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall16

Communication and Entertainment Devices Computer game consoles Sony's PlayStation Nintendo's Wii Microsoft's Xbox Users can play interactive games using these consoles with a TV or monitor as a display. Users can play games on portable consoles. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall17

Communication and Entertainment Devices A headset is an extreme multimedia device the user wears that creates the illusion of being in a 3D environment. Cave Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE) uses 3D glasses instead of a headset. Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall18