Posts Tagged ‘mp3s’

CES 2010: LG BD590 is first Blu-ray player with HDD

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

The BD590, unveiled at CES 2010, is the new flagship Blu-ray player from LG. It will come with all the features of the BD390, including BD Live, web content etc, as well as a 250GB internal hard drive. The addition of an HDD opens up all sorts of extra functionality. You’ll be able to rip and store CDs onto it for instance, and use the new and improved GUI to play all of the MP3s stored on it.

The full story can be found on Tech Radar

How-To: Rip Archival-Quality MP3s from Audio CDs

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

There was a time when ripping a CD was a time-intensive, error-prone process. But these days, with programs like iTunes turning the task into a one-click affair, CD ripping has become fast, easy, and reliable enough that backing up your music library is more simple than programming a VCR. However, using a program called Exact Audio Copy, you can achieve even better-quality rips than you can with generic music library managers. EAC is an “audio grabber,” or ripping program, that’s beloved by the digital music world. It has earned this adoration by providing the tools needed to make the most accurate rips possible, with the fewest errors, and giving you complete control over how your MP3s are tagged and organized.

For the full story, go to Maximum PC