The satisfication of ears wont take much. For the last 20 years, we’ve been happy with a stereo image of around 20khz bandwidth. Sure, you can add a few more channels to that. DVD-Audio is up there at the top of the audio definition tree offering 6 channels at 96khz with 24bit resolution. That takes 9Mbps compared to CD at 1.4mbps. Lets assume we can compress DVD-Audio resolutions by the same amount as CD resolutions (by about 1:10 ratio) and we have around 1mbps for all the audio you’ll ever […]

How much bandwidth can one take? The human body only has a certain number of inputs right? And only a few of those can easily be fed from computer outputs. How much bandwidth would it take to satisfy all possible inputs? Note I said ‘easily be fed from computer outputs’ – I mean a screen and speakers basically. I’m not talking about smell generators, movement generators or other ‘stimulations’ that can be achieved. I also said ‘satisfy all possible inputs.’ Theres a difference between reahing the limit of inputs (I […]