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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...
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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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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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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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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...
