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Imagine LCD screen capable of emitting from IR to UV and people up in arms because laptop vendor software limits output to visible spectrum.
by rasz 6mo ago
Imagine LCD screen capable of emitting from IR to UV and people up in arms because laptop vendor software limits output to visible spectrum.
- ryandrake 6mo agoCome on, don't do that here. You can see in the thread I replied to there are practical benefits for supporting additional sampling rates.
- rasz 6mo agoPractical reasons vanished ~20 years ago, about the time Microsoft dropped hardware audio acceleration and switched to software audio mixing. Resampling is ear transparent and eats less than 1% of one slowest possible CPU core.
- yndoendo 6mo agoI would not agree with your analogy. [0] Turns out the movie industry actually uses infrasound in horror movies. [1] It might also explain why people think old buildings are haunted. [2] If Apple only focuses on audible sounds, their devices lack the ability to maximize the thrill of horror movies. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound [1] https://nightscapestories.com/the-art-of-sound-design-horror-experience/ https://nightscapestories.com/the-art-of-sound-design-horror... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/27/spooky-feelings-in-old-houses-may-be-caused-by-boiler-sounds-study-suggests https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/27/spooky-feeli...
- rasz 6mo agoTell me more about laptops and phones sporting 12 inch speakers, not that low frequencies are the problem here.