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24
Apr
Intel Joins Legend Silicon to Enable High Definition TV on Laptops via “Free to Air” Terrestrial Television Broadcast
(Press Release) FREMONT, Calif., April 22 — When the Olympic Games begin
in August this year in Beijing, China, many viewers will be able to watch live High Definition (HD) broadcasts of the games on their laptops, [...]
20
Apr
Experiencing the unsurpassed performance of MPH(TM) (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld) in-band mobile digital television (DTV) and its robustness using the VHF spectrum, attendees at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention can view a live, over-the-air DTV broadcast of this new technology from KTNV-DT/Channel 12, the Journal Broadcast Group’s ABC digital station here.
This is in addition to two [...]
20
Apr
FLAT ROCK – My first dealings with television technology are firmly etched in my memory.
It was in the dead of winter. I was just a young lad with no cable, and Sputnik had not been launched. At least two windows were open in our living room so my Dad could hear the directions I yelled [...]
20
Apr
One of the promises of the digital revolution is to create increasingly intelligent consumer electronics (CE) devices and systems that can automatically configure themselves, correct errors, and free the user from having to manage them. HDMI provides the framework for delivering on this promise, not only by drastically simplifying cabling, but by establishing a structural [...]
7
Apr
In the black art of video compression, the trick is to fool the human visual system into seeing things that aren’t there.
All digital video is compressed. The technology that does this removes a lot of data, stripping out visual information in clever ways so it can be packed down, sent over a wire or satellite, [...]
7
Apr
Toshiba cleverly positioned its HD DVD hara-kiri as doing a favor for consumers.
“We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida said, claiming that he wanted to avoid confusion among consumers.
Others might call it “saving face.” More pertinently, Toshiba’s departure from…
Read Gary Arlen’s full story at TV Technology.com
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