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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...
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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...
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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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...
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Look out below Dear editor: I noticed the opening photo for The DTV dance article on page S3 of the Competitive Television Summit supplement in your February...
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My name is DickDid people ever make fun of you as a kid? Maybe your ears were large. Or, maybe your voice was too high or low, depending on your sex. There could be... |
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A slow start for HDHDTV in Europe is suffering a long gestation period. Compared with the United States, mainstream programming is barely off the starting blocks. The World... |
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Plug-and-play television setsDevelopments in high-speed Internet and low-cost local storage, in addition to an increasing supply of companies willing to deliver video over IP, are... |
Unintended consequences
The countdown clock is ticking, but will the era of analog television broadcasting really end Feb. 17, 2009? Millions of viewers who still depend on free-to-air...
Change is just around the corner
With the analog switch-off in progress around the world, in many cases, the replacement has been an MPEG-2 service. From ATSC to SD satellite services,...
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Invention: 60 years laterWhat electronic device recently celebrated its 60th anniversary? Not sure? Here are some hints. It was called the greatest invention of the 20th century.... |
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Doing dialnorm correctly Dear editor: While I applaud the article Dialnorm: A good idea gone bad? from December 2007, you give too much credit to NBCU....
Advantageous resources
World technical and scientific knowledge doubles every 14 months to every five years. The broadcast industry is a highly technologically driven profession,...
Black Friday
As we prepare to ring in the New Year, visions of sugar plums are still dancing in many heads. Ah, yes. Welcome to 2008, a presidential election year!...
A letter from the publishers
Thirteen months and counting. That's how long before U.S. broadcasters enter a new era of HD and DTV-only broadcasting. Are you ready? Researchers claim...
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David vs. GoogleWith all the media noise recently generated over Google's predicted Gphone, you'd think all other technology was blas. The press gave the impression that... |
