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What is DisplayPort?

Home automation, home, home entertainment systems, gaming consoles, Blu-ray and DVD players etc… means that we are definitely in the digital age. No longer is it possible to ignore this.

All of this equipment means that we need to move vast amounts of data securely between these devices while leaving in enough room for further expansion in the future. Not so long ago this meant having hideous amounts of cables trailing all over your home. This is not only hazardous from people tripping but can also cause all manner of problems with everyday tasks like cleaning or just moving things around.

In recent times this need has seen a large number of new faster and more secure ways of connecting all of these devices together. The common standard in recent times has been HDMI. While there is nothing wrong with this as it is more than capable of moving all the data you need securely and at good speeds, manufacturers haven’t liked the idea of the licensing fees which they are charged for using this proprietary technology. This is where DisplayPort technology comes in as it is free which means that manufacturers can use it without paying the licensing fees and are able to pass on these savings.

But is DisplayPort as good as HDMI?

Definitely yes! It can easily handle everything that HDMI leads can and due to the take up of its use by the manufacturers since 2008 and development by companies like Intel it is likely to be more common than HDMI in the near future.

So what exactly can it do?

Utilising a USB connection supporting 1 of 4 pairs of data including audio, video, and clock signals, the Display Port Cable boasts a maximum resolution of 1080p. Although the Displayport cable itself is compliant with other HD systems such as DVI and HDMI, the Displayport connector itself is not cross compatible.

Security measures implemented into the cable includes DPCP, or otherwise known as DisplayPort Content Protection. DPCP allows for users to optionally enable content protection that can help protect transmission data from being intercepted and sent to unauthorized users from a distance. The Displayport system is also being constantly upgraded, with its development backed up by Intel is releasing new versions to the market much like the way HDMI does so.

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How to Connect a Computer to Your TV

More and more devices around the home can connect interact and work together or be controlled remotely via mobile devices and from small controls in the home. While it is true that there are a lot of things that can work together in this way, one of the most common connections and the one we will help you with here is connecting your computer to your TV.

It really isn’t that difficult to do; in fact a lot of modern pc equipment particularly laptops come complete with the necessary cables. Although many times the cables you get may not be the best they will be enough to get you started then you can upgrade as and when you deem fit.

So what do you need to get your TV and computer connected?

You need to get a cable with the right type of connectors or adapters, one end to connect to the TV and the other to connect to your computer. For this you will need to look at your PC and see what connection options you have, also do the same with your TV.

So what are the popular options for connecting them?

Over the years there have been a number of different connections devised to allow people to connect devices together. While some are now too slow to be of any use nowadays, there are some which have stuck around and are still good to use.

S-Video cable consists of either a 4-pin connector or a 7-pin. Since most computers nowadays usually support only a 7-pin, you will find it difficult to connect a PC to a television if your TV only supports 4-pin S-Video. This connection method is as simple as connecting the cable from your computer to the television. There are various types of converter available which allow the connection of S-Video to other types of socket on your TV.

VGA cable. These are more commonly associated with high definition televisions, and are probably the better choice for a computer to TV connection if you don’t want to lose any video quality. Normal televisions will usually be equipped with an S-Video port, so don’t expect to find a VGA connection on anything other than a hi-def television.

DVI and HDMI Leads are another great way to ensure that the quality stays between the transfer of data between the computer and the TV. High definition televisions can support DVI cables, but they definitely aren’t cheap to purchase. However, the level of display that a DVI cable can support is stunning. HDMI, by far being the best quality, is not supported by PC’s at the moment, although there is a solution by purchasing a DVI to HDMI converter which runs through a USB port from the computer.

Hopefully now you know what you are looking for you should find connecting your computer to your TV a much less daunting task. If you have any doubts then it would be wise to talk to a good supplier who would offer you advise on what your options are.

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The functions of HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

With the capability to transfer up to 5 gigabits per second, utilising 19 wires tapped into a single USB cable, the High Definition Multimedia Interface, or otherwise known as HDMI is commonly used for audio and visual equipment. Examples of this include high definition entertainment systems and home theatre systems. HDMI has set itself as the standard interface for most high definition displays, with the capability of transferring data at twice the speed required of a standard audio / video cable, HDMI is set to become the next generation of media display systems, setting itself apart from its predecessors. Since 2003, HDMI leads have grown to be one of the most commonly utilized digital cables around the world.

A standard HDMI has two types of wire – ‘Type A’, utilizing 19 wires, and ‘Type B’, which holds 29 wires. Professional media industries tend to prefer ‘Type B’ wires, as the extra number of wires packed into the cable allows for top speed data transfer to support the high resolution displays. The standard HDMI wire, when compared to the original analog video cables or S-Video cables have a distinct advantage as HDMI Cables have the capability to deliver high quality sound and vision without the risk of quality loss. This is due to the fact that with HDMI, there fewer messy cables and creating the best experience for a home theatre system.

HDMI quality video should be clean and smooth, without distortion or noticeable levels of colour loss. Unlike the standard analog cable, the HDMI delivers better transfer and conversion rates of electronic signals sent through the wire. The HDMI is in general, much faster than the standard S-Video or Component cables due to the design structure that it is built with. This greatly decreases the chance of data loss during the process, and is thus why HDMI is a much preferred alternative to the standard analog cable where the process is much more likely to lose quality.

So what types of products actually support HDMI? If you’re looking for some sleek display, projectors, a wide variety of new screens and additionally DVD players support HDMI systems.

If you’re looking for a good HDMI cable, be sure to choose the right version for your equipment. The latest model of HDMI is version 1.3c, although there are a variety of older models, ranging from 1.0 to 1.3 that may or may not be compatible with your existing equipment. High quality TV’s can also come packed with a HDMI cable, so that an external purchase is not required. If you do own a component that supports HDMI and want to upgrade it for a more aesthetically pleasing experience, there are several manufacturers who have a good reputation at creating HDMI cables, including Belkin.

The HDMI has become the standard of high definition video and audio. Most professional sound and audio systems have adopted the HDMI as the primary system of transferring, compression and converting data to

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The functions of HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

With the capability to transfer up to 5 gigabits per second, utilising 19 wires tapped into a single USB cable, the High Definition Multimedia Interface, or otherwise known as HDMI is commonly used for audio and visual equipment. Examples of this include high definition entertainment systems and home theatre systems. HDMI has set itself as the standard interface for most high definition displays, with the capability of transferring data at twice the speed required of a standard audio / video cable, HDMI is set to become the next generation of media display systems, setting itself apart from its predecessors. Since 2003, HDMI leads have grown to be one of the most commonly utilized digital cables around the world.

A standard HDMI has two types of wire – ‘Type A’, utilizing 19 wires, and ‘Type B’, which holds 29 wires. Professional media industries tend to prefer ‘Type B’ wires, as the extra number of wires packed into the cable allows for top speed data transfer to support the high resolution displays. The standard HDMI wire, when compared to the original analogue video cables or S-Video cables have a distinct advantage as HDMI Cables have the capability to deliver high quality sound and vision without the risk of quality loss. This is due to the fact that with HDMI, there fewer messy cables and creating the best experience for a home theatre system.

HDMI quality video should be clean and smooth, without distortion or noticeable levels of colour loss. Unlike the standard analogue cable, the HDMI delivers better transfer and conversion rates of electronic signals sent through the wire. The HDMI is in general, much faster than the standard S-Video or Component cables due to the design structure that it is built with. This greatly decreases the chance of data loss during the process, and is thus why HDMI is a much preferred alternative to the standard analogue cable where the process is much more likely to lose quality.

So what types of products actually support HDMI? If you’re looking for some sleek display, projectors, a wide variety of new screens and additionally DVD players support HDMI systems.

If you’re looking for a good HDMI cable, be sure to choose the right version for your equipment. The latest model of HDMI is version 1.3c, although there are a variety of older models, ranging from 1.0 to 1.3 that may or may not be compatible with your existing equipment. High quality TV’s can also come packed with a HDMI cable, so that an external purchase is not required. If you do own a component that supports HDMI and want to upgrade it for a more aesthetically pleasing experience, there are several manufacturers who have a good reputation at creating HDMI cables, including Belkin.

The HDMI has become the standard of high definition video and audio. Most professional sound and audio systems have adopted the HDMI as the primary system of transferring, compression and converting data to maintain high quality video. If you are looking for the ultimate home entertainment system or can afford to spare some money for a better TV, HDMI is the way to go.

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What is HMDI?

HDMi (High Defininition Multimedia Interface) has grown in popularity since its first release in 2003; nowadays it is the choice of professionals and high end digital equipment. This is due to the speed and accuracy that the data is transferred with good quality HDMi cables transferring data at up to 5gigabits per second, this is twice as fast as the recognised standards for digital products.

What makes it shine above many other connection options is that HDMi can transfer audio aswell as video data and does so securely without data loss by using High Definition Data Protection. Making it a very popular choice with high end home entertainment systems surround sound TV’s, gaming consoles etc..

A standard HDMI has two types of wire – ‘Type A’, utilizing 19 wires, and ‘Type B’, which holds 29 wires. Many professionals and enthusiasts will always go for the 29 wire HDMi cable as in theory these can have more accurate data throughput. Allowing for better sound and display, this in reality is negligible for most enthusiasts and home users.

So what kind of products come with HDMi capabilities?

As was said above the HDMi standard is fast becoming the connection of choice for both professionals and home users alike. The boom in people updating there home entertainment systems to the new digital age as seen the uptake of HDMi taking off allowing the transfer of high quality digital without the need for a lot of cables running around the area.

Such things as Blue ray devices, high end dvd players, gaming consoles are to name but a few. With the advent of more types of communication needed by more and more digital devices HDMI technology will become common place in our homes in the not so distant future.

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Why HDMI doesn’t have to cost as much as you think

Modern technology can cost the earth when you are trying to keep up with it. This is not really the case as buying wisely and doing some homework before hand can save you a lot of money. But in reality your equipment will be good enough to last a few jumps in technology before having to upgrade. While this is true many people like to stay on the cutting edge of technology and this is when it starts to get expensive.

With the move to the digital age the amount of data that is needed to be transferred has increased massively between digital devices. This has been due to the fast moving pace of updates in modern home entertainment systems and the needs of their users. Due to these increased demands cable technology has also had to be improved to transfer this vast amount of data without loss of quality.

There was DVI which now struggles to keep up next came HDMI which can handle more than enough data for any current digital devices and those in the foreseeable future, future proofing yourself, or should I say as future proof as we can be.

When someone mentions HDMI cables many people believe that they are really expensive. While you can spend a large amount of money on a HDMI cable it is perfectly feasible to get a functional cable on a smaller budget. These cables will do exactly the same job as a more expensive one and will offer the same performance. The only thing that a more expensive cable will do is potentially last longer than a cheaper alternative. For most home users they will do the job just fine. Even though there is no real big urgency for a home user to have a more expensive cable they can be an investment as they will last you a long time and offer reliable performance.

For the more advanced user and equipment that is used for public performances then the higher priced cables may be worth more than a second look.

There is no reason not to use the high definition quality of your equipment for the lack of a cable, use the one that came with it or get hold of a cheap one for now and then look at getting a more expensive cable in the future if price is a problem.

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In internet marketing the terms white hat and black hat are common. However, what do these terms mean? White hat are ethical marketing practices that are used involving SEO, which follows the rules and does not do anything underhanded to get ahead of the competition. Black hat is the exact opposite. Marketers that use black hat techniques attempt to trick customers, competitors and search engines.

These are a few of the more common white hat techniques that are used by legitimate and ethical s and webmasters.

Creating legitimate and clear internal links in sites is extremely important. Try to avoid the use of logos or pictures as internal links because search engine bots cannot identify them. If search engines cannot identify an internal link, it is not an actual link.

Anyone that has done any research on SEO knows how important content creation can be. Websites that are rich in unique content are easily identified by search engine bots.

The content created for a site must be clear and concise using relevant keywords specific to the niche they are written about. They also need to be informative where anyone visiting that site can learn something from reading that content. One key factor in content creation is the proper keywords and keyword phrases must be used. Keywords that are relevant and specific must be used. The homepage of the site also must be optimized as well as the sub pages with the same keywords.

Effective site optimisation makes a better website appearance and a better chance of potential customers finding the site. Optimisation covers Meta tags, content, titles and links.

These are black hat techniques that are used by the less than legitimate and unethical s and webmasters.

Some websites try to fool customers into customers by having the text the exact same color as the background of the website. However, these websites are caught very easily by competitors and quiet often, search bots will recognize this trick as well. The results are usually the site being blacklisted. This is definitely not a smart tactic since it was easily discovered by someone who knows that to look for.

One of the most common techniques in content creation is keyword stuffing and one of the most popular black hat techniques. Keyword stuffing is when the website content has large amount of keywords or keyword phrases repeatedly mentioned throughout the content to the point that the content does not make any sense and are extremely difficult to read. Again, this technique is discovered very easily and will result in a website being blacklisted.

Another common black hat technique is cloaking. This is a method by where several black hat SEO techniques are used at one time for submitting information to search engines which is invisible to visitors. Sometimes these techniques will go undetected however; they can still be identified by competitors. The results are the website being banned by most search engines.

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Knowing what your competitors are up to will give you a head start in any walk of life, and SEO is no different. Competitor research gives you a heads-up as to what marketing strategies your closest rivals are using. Competitor research also encourages you to look at the quality of the top ranking sites, to gauge if they are in reach or not.

In this, the 3^rd installation of Ten Steps of SEO we take a look at what advantages can be gained looking at your competitors. We will take a close look at who is linking in to your competitors. We’ll also look at the quality of these links. The reports we produce can usually help you gauge what social media activity they are involved in too. You may taken back by all of this and think maybe it’s a bit over the top, but I guarantee, if they have a half decent online marketing campaign, they will be looking at your site.

Overall quality of the competition.

We will not spend too long on this area but it’s definitely worth spending a little time on. For this exercise we will look at the top 10-12 sites for the main keywords you came up with in Step 2: Keyword Research . There is a very useful plug-in for Firefox called SEO X-ray this, I recommend installing this as it is great for quickly getting a snapshot of a pages SEO. Take a few minutes looking at each of the sites. Look at the number of inbound links to the page, the keyword density, and the age of the domain. SEO X-Ray will display all of this. A final check I would do would be to work out the average PR of the top ten sites. As a rule we shouldn’t be put off by the PR of our competition however if the average PR of the top ten sites is high, then we know that this is going to be a tough nut to crack.

Know your enemy.

The next step is to look at your closest competitors as these are the people you are in immediate & direct competition with. Throughout your SEO you are going to need some of link reporting software. I use Advanced Link manager; however this is not free software. There is lots of free software out there all do pretty much the same thing. Link reporting software not only tells you how many links you have but who is linking back to your site. Once you have your link reporting package, run it on both your site, and your closest competitor’s site. Look at the sites that are linking in to your competitors, check out the links this will give you an idea about what kind of SEO activities they are participating in. Are there lots of links from blogs, article sites? Are the links from authority domains, and what kind of page rank are these? If there seems to be lots of links from social media sites, then we know your competitors are engaging in a lot of social media activity. If they are not then here is an opportunity to get a step ahead. The great thing about this exercise is we now have a list of potential sites/pages to link into your site. After all if they feel that your competitor’s site is important enough to link back to, why shouldn’t they think the same about yours?

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How to use a MIDI Device

MIDI devices such as MIDI Keyboard Controllers are probably the most common way to produce music from your PC. These popular devices come in a wide range of prices and complexity allowing an easy entry into music production digitally without having to go out and purchase a vast range of instruments. As technology has advanced MIDI devices have become more widely used by both professional composers and enthusiasts alike.

So how do they work?

Always remember that the device itself is not a musical instrument and as such does not create any sounds by itself. Not that we can understand anyway. They simply communicate with a piece of software on your computer known as a digital sequencer. This then translates what is coming from the MIDI device note, tone, length of note etc… . And outputs what is hopefully music. This can then be edited further to refine you new track.

Digital sequencers have now pretty much done away with the old and very large sequencers. Good modern digital sequencers hold a vast amount of sound files taken from a massive range of musical instruments not just the common ones but also many of the more unusual instruments.

Nowadays sequencers are very simple and not that expensive. They work simply by taking the signal from your midi device translating that signal into the sounds from its database of the instrument that you have chosen.

Due to the power of modern software it is now possible to have many MIDI Controllers connected to one PC and use only one sequencer program. Giving you far greater flexibility in the way that you compose your music and achieving far more in a shorter amount of time.

Of course having the best quality MIDI controller and digital sequencer is not going to get fantastic results if you are running a older computer. Many times older PC’s don’t have a very good sound card without which your compositions will not sound that great. Let alone the resources that modern MIDI devices use and the way that the sequencers work will soon have your old PC struggling. It is necessary to ensure that your PC meets the requirements that your chosen device and software need before purchasing. If necessary a PC upgrade maybe needed to get the most from your MIDI system. If this is the case then don’t go for the minimum requirements as these really are what it says “minimum” to get the most from your new MIDI you may need a bit more power.

Modern MIDI controllers and sequencers are really simple to use once you have the basic understanding of how your chosen items work. They are simple to connect and set up is a breeze nowadays. With good MIDI devices now within easy grasp of the average person the music industry is really opening up as access to the right tools is so easy.

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