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Are 3-D and 3Gb/s the future of TV?Just back from IBC, I was analyzing the show. There is always a theme that stands out. In recent years there has been a buzz around mobile and IPTV. As... |
IBC was great, minus the travel
After enduring a 22-hour, door-to-door travel time getting home from IBC, I'm ready to endorse children-free airplanes. I was unfortunate enough to encounter...
Feedback, October 2008
Recycling Dear editor: Your column in the September issue really hit home. I've been having some hardware issues, and I wanted to do just what that guy...
Pandora's box
Over the past century, broadcasting first radio then TV transformed the media landscape, providing what many consider to be the most efficient means by...
Content is king
Put the financial geniuses in charge of the asylum, and they will invariably come up with the worst of ideas that favor short-term, bottom-line results....
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Battery-powered digital TVs Dear editor: I've got a few comments on your July issue. Regarding your editorial, A DTV Service Pack, I think the biggest...
Active format descriptor
Are you ready for active format descriptor (AFD)? Or maybe you're already sending it with your content. You should be. AFD codes will play a significantly...
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RecyclingI recently spent an entire day cleaning my basement. One result was a small mountain of old computers and electronics to be trashed. My first thought... |
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Count those pixelsFollowing the recent launch of a 3G phone, some critics derided the included camera as being only 2 megapixels. Now this happens to be the same as a 1920... |
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Transition from monochrome to NTSC transmission Dear editor: I just read the interview with Tim Carroll of Linear Acoustic in the July 8 edition of the...
Being there
In 1932, David Sarnoff, then the president of RCA, wrote an article titled Where Television Stands Today for the April issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions....
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Comfort food, comfort technologyWhat's your favorite comfort food? For a Midwesterner, it might be chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. For a Bostonian, comfort food might be clam... |
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3-D is stereo, so let's shoot it that wayAudiovisual media has evolved in steps since its inception a century ago. First, we had the phonograph and the silent movie. Next movies gained sound,... |
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A DTV service packI love the Apple commercial with four gray-suited guys who represent the Vista operating system. One says, Well, I'm pleased to say, I've been error-free... |
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Battery-powered digital TVs Dear editor: While it is not an amateur radio issue, the role of hams in recent disasters has brought to our attention a problem...
Piracy or innovation?
As I prepared to travel to Las Vegas for my 30th consecutive NAB, it occurred to me that this might be a good time to test the waters and download a few...
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Subscribe to the futureAlthough the advertising industry will receive a boost from the Olympics, 2008 is not looking to be a good year. In fact, many predict 2009 will be much... |
Preaching to the ATSC choir
One could feel electricity in the air as the crowded room overflowed Monday morning at the mobile TV meeting at the NAB convention. Broadcasters, all...
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Four days in the desertIt's April, and it's show time again! During four days of mayhem, we all try to catch what's new in the world of broadcasting and, in the words of NAB,... |
The blame game
What could have been a relatively smooth transition to digital television is turning into an all-out political war. The recent movie title, There Will...
