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Thursday 22 January 2009 HDTV-format

The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, with its customary slew of HDTV announcements, promises televisions with better specifications and technology improvements arriving just around the corner. So if you're in the TV market now, it makes sense to check out our blogs covering the new models and decide whether they're worth the wait, or whether getting a 2008 model for a discount is the way to go. Below you'll find our favorite HDTVs of the 2008 model year.

2008

Friday 21 November 2008 The video wars continue
Reports of Blu-ray’s death are greatly exaggerated

Thursday 14 February 2008 GATINEAU:FIRST Cad HIGH-DEFINITION TV NETWORK PROPOSED
Canada's broadcasting regulator has received a proposal for the startup of the country's first high-definition television network. John Bitove presented his plan on Tuesday to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The HDTV network would be based in the eight biggest cities and be free of charge to viewers, existing off advertising alone. The network would spend $350 million over seven years to present original Canadian films, documentaries and series but no local programming, the latter aspect of the project eliciting skepticism from CRTC Chairman Konrad von Finckenstein. Mr. Bitove justified the need for HDTV by the failure of conventional broadcasters to bring the new technology to Canadians.

Saturday 05 January 2008 Warner tries to curtail format war by ending HD DVD support
...With Warner now on board, Blu-ray now has six of the eight major US studios—Warner, Fox, Disney, Lion's Gate, MGM, and Sony—in its camp. The other two, Paramount and Universal, are backing HD DVD.

2007

Saturday 22 December 2007 a class="b2" href="http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10149_102-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=270303&messageID=2620399" c|net ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > Q&A: which is best all around 1080p LCD HDTV?
Sharp LC52D64U which is a newer 1080p gets good marks

Take HD to the Max
New HDTV owners often find when they watch a HD show at home, it doesn't look as good as it did in the store. There's nothing wrong with your HDTV, you just need to adjust (or calibrate) your HDTV for brightness, contrast, color temperature, and room lighting to see the best HD image at home. To learn how, join our Fix Your Flat Screen: LCD TV Calibration online course. Eagle-eyed Class Leader Brian Fenton walks you step by step on how to calibrate your HDTV to ensure that you see the highest quality image at home.

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WED ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > set the brightness and contrast on your TV.

Friday 07 September 2007 WED ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > Television takes a Hollywood lesson End of an era
WHY is seeing a movie in a cinema so much more satisfying that watching it on television? It’s not just the size of the cinema’s silver screen, stunning surround-sound, comfy seats, soft lighting and the smell of popcorn. What seems to make the biggest difference is the distance we sit from the screen relative to its height.

Blu-ray/HD DVD Battle Heats Up [08-23-07 10:35 AM ET] Entertainment industry moguls are getting ready for a clash of epic proportions as the HD DVD battle intensifies. Like Beta Vs VHS, only one reign supreme.

January 25, 2007 WED ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > State of the Art A Stream of Movies, Sort of Free

New camcorders from Sony and JVC give home movies the same kind of clarity as Hollywood releases.

Monday 02 July 2007 nyt ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" >Amazon.com to Sell More Films in HD DVD
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony.

Monday 18 June 2007 theglobeandmail ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > Blockbuster to drop HD DVD, go exclusively with Blu-ray
Movie rental chain found consumers were choosing Blu-ray titles more than 70% of the time
LOS ANGELES — Blockbuster Inc. will rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores when it expands its high-def offerings next month, dealing a major blow to the rival HD DVD format. ....Sony, which is pushing Blu-ray, recently slashed the price of its player by more than half to $499. The player retailed for $1,000 when it first was introduced.

May 31st, 2007 Why HD movie downloads are a big lie
There’s a lot of buzz lately about the delivery of HD TV and Movie content over the Internet with shows like Lost being delivered by ABC.com and other video download services with XBox360 or iTunes. I even have friends and colleagues telling me that BlueRay or HD-DVD won’t make it because HD will simply be delivered over the Internet. But there’s one dirty little secret that people are forgetting or that they don’t understand, IT’S NOT HD they’re getting over the Internet. Heck it’s not even NTSC 480i (720×480 60 fields interlaced) DVD quality when you really look at the amount of video data you’re getting!

glob Sony develops film-thin display
New 0.3 millimetre-thick display can bend in full colour
TOKYO — In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-colour video.

Thursday 21 December 2006 glob Cool reception for high definition

Saturday 30 September 2006 glob TV to go: helping travellers tune in Real-time 'remote-control' devices, portable media players, in-flight satellite -- SIMONA RABINOVITCH explores the slew of gadgets and services helping travellers tune in to their favourite new TV shows

Monday 28 August 2006 c|net DVI with your HDTV: digital video nirvana?

Fall 2006 c|net HDTV 101

Saturday May 20, 2006 New Video Games Are Unveiled at the E3 ShowHere are the 10 games that most stood out, grouped by platform, at the mammoth E3 show in Los Angeles last week.

Saturday May 20, 2006 A deluge of Blu-ray and HD-DVD news
Last week brought some pretty big news on the next home-video format from, of all things, the E3 gaming convention, where we learned of the Blu-ray-playin' PlayStation 3's price ($599). This week, we're finding out if Blu-ray will cooperate with upcoming PCs and the problems facing current HD-DVD players. They're all culled together in our HD-DVD and Blu-ray hub. Enjoy!

Friday May 19, 2006 Panasonic PT-AE900U HDTV Projector A great option for gamers and movie lovers alike
....Priced at around $3,000 in Canada, I don't know of any projector — LCD or otherwise — that will deliver as much bang for your buck. With its superb picture and great features the PT-AE900U manages to make an excellent case for home theatre projectors, even in a time of falling prices for flat panel televisions. Quite frankly, it's a no-brainer if you're looking for a way to play your high-definition games on a wall-sized screen.

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Monday Feb 6, 2006 nyt Those Cables Behind the Television May Become Obsolete
By JOHN MARKOFF
A new high-speed wireless technology could do away with the bulky cables that now connect electronic devices in the living room.
...On Tuesday, at an annual semiconductor industry design meeting here, the researchers are expected to describe a design that is capable of transmitting more than 10 times the data of today's Wi-Fi using lower-cost silicon germanium material.
The researchers said the new technology would be ideal for moving HDTV video signals around the home wirelessly in the unlicensed 60-gigahertz portion of the radio frequency spectrum.

October 24, 2005 1080i vs. 1080p HDTV: should you care?

Saturday Jan 14, 2006 c|net Hot on the heels of Toshiba's HD-DVD player announcement, the Blu-ray camp showed off its hardware.

ces 2006 nyt David Pogue on HDTV cam and more at the show

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Sunday Dec 4, 2005 c|net Sony DVD-R does HDMI VG 7.8/10
DVD recorders just keep getting more capable. With a 160-hour hard drive, a TV Guide EPG, and a galaxy of connections, including a first-in-class HDMI output, Sony's RDR-HX715 has a lot of ways to tempt cutting-edge videophiles. But is it worth the steep price? $700 price tag seems awfully steep considering what you get. Unless you're dead set on an HDMI output for your HDD/DVD recorder,
The HX715 is the first high end DVR to include component inputs. So you thought you could connect your high definition cable box's component inputs into the HX715, right? Wrong. Sony crippled the component inputs to make them absolutely worthless and say so on page 15 of the manual. You can only input 480i!!! That's right, no 480p, 720 or 1080 or else you get a blank white screen. If you try 16:9 at 480i from your HDTV tuner you'll get unacceptable jerky video. You can only do low resolution 4:3 over the component inputs. Misleading Information - Worthless Component Inputs 1/10

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2005 Feb 15 saw PS. No computer display card works with HDMI (due to HDCP encryption). You need to use component analog. If it's any comfort, it wouldn't look significantly better if you could get in through the HDMI connector. Component analog will be fine.

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
HDCP is a specification developed by Intel Corporation to protect digital entertainment content across the DVI/HDMI interface. The HDCP specification provides a robust, cost-effective and transparent method for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment content to DVI/HDMI-compliant digital displays. The HDCP specification is available for download below. Implementation of HDCP requires a license, as described below.

November 28, 2005 c|net Editors' Top DVD decks

What's available in HD HDMI to Computer?
The boxes are typically made by Motorola, Scientific Atlanta and Pioneer and few of these offer Firewire output which allow recording of certain content using a D-VHS tape player or other 1394 medium (including PC Firewire interface). Contact your local provider for availability of the service in your area.
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November 5, 2003, c|net Are PCs next in Hollywood piracy battle? Starting in mid-2005, it will become illegal to sell or distribute any product that can receive certain digital TV streams--unless it includes government-approved copy protection. Hauppauge Computer Works will be forced to redesign its WinTV-HD product so it will no longer permit the recording of HDTV video to a computer hard drive, CEO Ken Plotkin said.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 globe Intel, TiVo in multimedia matchupPVR maker on list of companies to use Intel's upcoming Viiv entertainment PC platform
,,, In addition, the systems will have a media server "engine" that reformats digital content for viewing on a variety of devices.
Viiv is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2006.

Saturday Nov 26, 2005 globe

Blu-ray A high-capacity rewritable optical disc that holds two hours of high-definition video or 12 hours of standard video. A single-sided, single-layer Blu-ray disk holds 25GB compared to 4.7GB for a regular DVD. A dual-layer Blu-ray disk holds 50GB.
Announced in 2002 by nine companies including Sony, Hitachi and Philips, the Blu-ray technology uses a 405 nm blue-violet laser that is capable of reading smaller pits in the medium to achieve the higher density. In 2003, Sony introduced the first Blu-ray recorder in Japan, which records Blu-ray disks and plays CDs and DVDs as well. visit www.blu-ray.org and www.blu-ray.com.
HD DVD (High Definition DVD)A high-capacity rewritable optical disk sanctioned by the DVD Forum in 2003. Based on the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) technology from Toshiba and NEC, a single-sided, single-layer HD DVD disk holds 15GB compared to 4.7GB for a regular DVD. A dual-layer HD DVD disk stores 30GB, and a triple-layer disk increases capacity to 45GB.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 ew Cisco Buys Scientific Atlanta
I think this is a big deal. The company owns the routing infrastructure of the Internet, and now Linksys, Cisco's consumer and small business line, is buying the leading set-top box vendor in the United States. These TV cable boxes have sophisticated display and read-write capability, although they mostly just handle video images rather than text. These boxes may well be the computers of the future, making this announcement nearly as earth-shattering as if the company had purchased Dell or Gateway. Our story gives details of the transaction, and mark my words--Cisco is not just a networking company any longer.

techNews wp Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Pinnacle's Video Editor Handles HD Systems Studio Plus 10 Inexpensive video editor has excellent features but crashes far too often. ....import footage from camcorders that record in the high-definition HDV format. I imported previously captured HDV footage into the program, and could manipulate it almost as easily as standard-definition DV footage. You can also import the video object (VOB) files of DVD movies, as long as they aren't copy-protected, even preserving chapters. The application has the ability to import MPEG footage from DVD-based camcorders, as well.
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Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's new HC3000 is available for a suggested retail price of $2,995 (U.S.), 1000 ANSI lumens and 4000:1 contrast ratio. ...high-definition 720p resolution

c|net JVC's low profile RX-D702 stands out in a field of generic receiver designs, and its high-tech aura is more than skin deep. Sure, this $800 list A/V receiver boasts cutting-edge, high-power digital amplifiers, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. It also includes HDMI switching and HDMI upconversion--and it's currently the least expensive receiver on the market with both. In theory, HDMI is the pinnacle of A/V connectivity: an all-digital connection that carries high-definition video and surround-sound audio. One HDMI cable could, for instance, replace the three component-video cables as well as the optical audio line between a DVD player and the TV. Other receivers with HDMI either don't offer conversion or are relatively expensive; Sony's STR-DA7100ES is a good example. In addition to HDMI, the JVC RX-D702 includes a wireless USB streaming-audio solution that's unique among receivers we've tested. Its combination of features and solid sound quality make it among the most capable receivers of the year, especially at this price.
the HDMI switching feature was useless.?? Wait!

September 19, 2003 Pioneer Announces First DVD-Audio And SACD Player With HDMI Ready for the future, Pioneer's new universal DVD player (DV-59AVi) features not only DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio playback, progressive scan, and all the other standards features you would expect, but this unit also includes both firewire (iLink) audio and HDMI digital audio/video connectors. The DV-59AVi also has upscaling capability that allows standard DVDs to viewed in HD resolution. For more details on features, specifications, pricing, and availability, check out the report from Widescreen Review.

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Sunday Sep 25, 2005 nyt A Look Ahead at HDTV, Shot by You by David Pogue
Sony's new HDR-HC1 is the world's smallest and least expensive HD camcorder more below s/n 1670572

Thursday Jan 12, 2006 Olibier Sony indicates on its web site: full HD resolution based on HDV 1080i. In fact The full HDTV system is 1080p. For TVs, the only TV with that resolution today is the Philips 37PF9830 with an LCD scree True HD 1920X1080p. There are yet no cameras for non professionals.with this quality.

The HDR-HC1 includes two possible scan rates, either 1080i HDV video at 60 interlaced fields per second, or 480 lines interlaced Standard Definition video at 60 interlaced fields per second. The camcorder can not support the 720 lines progressive mode of the HDV format. The camcorder has no true 24 frames per second progressive scan option. Many higher end shooters' or independent film makers' biggest complaint with HDV is that there is no support for 24P, which shoots at the same frame rate as film, giving a film look to footage. This lack of 24P doesn’t really need to be a problem, as JVC has already announced an HDV camcorder which supports 24P. This camcorder is really designed for high-end consumer use, not necessarily pro independent film making. The 24P “look” can be added in postproduction semi-successfully, though you won’t be able to quadruple the resolution of Standard Definition NTSC video.

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Saturday Dec 3, 2005 We are looking to record TV HDTV onto our computer HD. We have the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD digital Video recorder with the Videotron provider of HDTV.
We can record via SVHS (analog). Can you sell a system, computer card, that will take an HDMI feed from the Explorer Hard Drive to the Computer?

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If you cannot see the “first run only” option, it is either not active on your cable system yet, or you have a different version DVR software.

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2005

A standard DVD can only record NTSC 480i signals. You may be able to hook up the S-Video or composite output of the HD-DVR to the DVD recorder, but you will only record a downconverted to SD signal (and likely not very good picture quality for SD). A PC setup is able to put HD on a DVD, but not in standard format.
That is why we have two upcoming HD disk formats for yet another format war: HD-DVD and Blu-Ray BD. But these will be expensive for the first several years. Look for HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray threads or news articles.
However, if you can save the HD programs to a computer hard drive (typically as ATSC transport streams) then you can save them to DVD as ordinary data files and play them on the computer. A drawback is that a single-layer DVD can only hold about 40-50 minutes of HD, depending on compression, null stripping, etc. ..... firewire output to go to a D-VHS and you can rig up a computer to look like a D-VHS to it.

...Sony has an 'channel fix' feature that lets you set a fixed input that comes up whenever you turn the set on. If you were using an analog cable box for example you'd set it to channel 3. For Component video you can set it to Input #5. But there's no way to set this to HDMI inputs (6&7 IIRC).
buy a dvi cable and an adapter to connect to the hdmi port. plug it in and the sony will display hidef when it recieves a hidef signal. pajoe

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Friday Aug 12, 2005 nyt A Look Ahead at HDTV, Shot by You
Sony has released the smallest high-definition video camera yet - and at $1,750 or less, the least expensive.

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You can't save your masterpiece to a tape, because who has a high-definition VCR? And you can't burn it to a DVD, because high-definition DVD recorders are not yet here.
For the moment, then, there's only one practical way to replay your life's high-definition moments: by connecting the HC1 directly to your HDTV set.
You can edit it on a Mac or PC, but most HD-compatible editing programs are very expensive. (The exception is Apple's iMovie HD, which costs $80 as part of a five-program package.) You can't save your masterpiece to a tape, because who has a high-definition VCR? And you can't burn it to a DVD, because high-definition DVD recorders are not yet here.

VIDEO | November 17, 2004
Two Giant TV's in the Living Room
On his mantel, David Pogue finds something unusual this holiday season: two enormous television sets.

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Sony's HDRHC1 High Definition HDV Handycam® Camcorder with 3 Megapixel CMOS Imaging Sensor $ 1,999.99us =2,464.43 CAD [street $1799us] HDV is a joke. Cons: uneditable MPEG-2, interlaced, crappy data rate

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Vegas 6 with HDV support!
The new verison 6 of Sony Vegas $480 has full support for the new Sony HDV cams. You'll see that many folks refer to Vegas as the 'new kid on the block' or the 'best kept secret in video editing'. This is because it doesn't get near the publicity of these other well known apps. But vegas has a loyal and thriving and growing community of users. The interface will take getting used to - it's based on audio workstation software. but once you get the hang of it, it's truly remarkable how stable it is and how smooth the workflow is.
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C|net 3 HD cams Mini DV (HDV) [Let's face it, HDV is already over, thanks to Panasonic. ]

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C|net Your can learn about HDTV HDMI: This advanced HDTV connection will likely be the one that stays around. It not only delivers video faster than FireWire, it also trounces DVI by carrying digital audio as well (up to the full 7.1 channels used by some electronics). Best of all, HDMI works with any DVI equipment through a simple adaptor. If you want to stave off obsolescence, embrace HDMI (until the next connection comes along).

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Monday May 2, 2005 globe Home movies even a DOP could love High-def changes your view of video forever, Mark Blanchard writes ....a new gadget to complement your high-tech television and help you make your next video into a production you'll be proud to show future generations. Sony is billing the HDR-FX1 Handycam as the world's first HDV 1080i camcorder. The 'i' stands for "interlaced" lines of resolution and, at 1440 pixels by 1080 lines, the FX1 offers the highest resolution of any consumer camcorder available. But it could also stand for "isn't cheap." The suggested retail price is a penny shy of $5,000cdn, which could well be more than you spent on your HDTV set.
...a Carl Zeiss lens, a focal range from 32.5 millimetres to 390 mm and a 12x optical zoom. There's even a "non-perpetual zoom ring" near the lens that lets you manipulate the zoom with a few turns of one hand -- far more satisfying, more professional-feeling, than the more conventional zoom control button on the top of the camera. google

Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 ts
The digital dominion
A "virtual Canada" — a 3D computer program and video-wall system that lets people experience the look and feel of the country in a virtual environment — has made this country`s pavilion a hit at Expo 2005 in Japan. Rachel Ross explains.

Monday Mar 21, 2005 c|net
Should you hold out for an ultra-HD HDTV?

Saturday Mar 5, 2005 ts
Why EDTV plasmas aren't for losers

It's not high-def--but will anyone notice?

Tuesday Mar 1, 2005 clobe Canadians lead migration to HDTV Canadians are snapping up high-definition TV sets at a faster rate than Americans, even though we have less high-definition TV content to watch, a new survey says

Friday Feb 11, 2005 mac What’s new in iMovie HD? The new name gives it away. Leading the HD revolution by bryinging the HD standard to home video editing, iMovie HD now supports HDV, the new high-definition video standard. But that’s not all. In addition to dramatic performance improvements, iMovie HD lets you create movies automatically, offers easier and more powerful editing features and comes with an assortment of new audio and video effects and transitions.

The Mac mini. It’s dedicated ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor plays only one role, delivering a stellar video performance. One that’s all digital and distortion free if you connect it to a display with a DVI connection but no less clear or sharp on the highly affordable VGA monitor you may already own. And because the Radeon card takes care of all the video heavy lifting, Mac mini’s powerful G4 processor tears through its own responsibilities with absolute ease. JVC GR-HD1U MiniDV Camcorder $5000cdn +250tax at Future shop Jesse Carrier mgr (514) 228-0135 or $2,985.00us [ = $4,142cdn]
The Digital Hi-Def Camcorder GR-HD1U is the world's first consumer camcorder able to record and play back 1280x720/30p digital high definition and 480p progressive wide images using Mini DV tape. It records in both NTSC and U.S. ATSC HDTV Standard video on a standard Mini DV cassette. ...Digital Still Capture up to 1280x960 pixels 1.12 MP .you can record in regular analogue as well. And you can choose from widescreen 16:9 aspect ratios, or the normal 4:3 TV standard. MPEG-2 format, not the standard DV format? The camcorder has two other recording modes. SD mode - which records 525 line resolution progressive video and DV mode, which records in standard 525 line resolution interlaced MiniDV forma

Tuesday Feb 8, 2005 globe The father of high-definition By MATHEW INGRAM

More HDTV Displays Offering Native 1080p

HDTV makers came out swinging in this year's CES with tantalizing new products and technologies that showcase the benefits of higher resolution. Plus a look into Samsung's "largest in the world" plasma display.

Thursday 20 January 2005 Post-HDTV World is Coming: Here in the US, HDTV means 720p or 1080i. But the industry is already envisioning a world of progressive scan 1080—double the resolution of the biggest current sets. The plasmas and DLP projectors on display supporting 1080p looked great. Alas, we may not have much content to take advantage of these great-looking displays.

When it comes to HDTV, the question is no longer whether it'll happen, but when. Intel's entry into the LCoS market means better-than-40-inch sets will break the $2,000 barrier–perhaps by fall. DLP continues to advance as well, with RCA showing a 61-inch set that's just 6-inch thick. That means DLP can now be hung on the wall, like plasma, instead of sitting on a stand.

LCD sets were everywhere at CES, as prices for screens based on the technology begin to fall below those of similar-sized plasma displays. We were most impressed with Sharp's latest, incorporating Wi-Fi networking, along with the company's 45-inch 1080p panel. more from pcmag

Tuesday Dec 7, 2004 globe HDTV's future getting in focus

Tuesday Nov 30, 2004 globe ATI HDTV Wonder
The card, from graphics giant ATI Technologies Inc., delivers over-the-air high-definition television to a PC and its monitor. Unlike high-definition sets, which can cost thousands of dollars, the HDTV Wonder is just $199 (U.S.), and it includes an antenna and remote control.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6, 2004
SONY UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST HDV 1080i CONSUMER CAMCORDER ...world's first HDV 1080i camcorder. The HDR-FX1 Handycam® camcorder records and plays back high definition video with 1080 interlaced lines of resolution - the highest resolution (1440 pixels x 1080 lines) of any consumer camcorder available. HDR-FX1 camcorder will be available in November for about $3,700.

Saturday Oct 23, 2004 ts What is Media Center 2005? MCE 2005 can take the PCs you build for your customers from the desk/office to the places they belong: the living room, the bedroom, and virtually any place where people go to enjoy home entertainment. Designed to become the central digital media hub in any entainment system, Windows Media Center 2005 brings exciting new features to the operating system such as: HD TV Tuner Support, Dual TV Tuner Support, Enhanced DVD-Burner / DVD Writer Support including Direct to DVD Recording, Caller ID (Screen Pop) support and much more.

Wednesday Oct 13, 2004 pc
Digital TV?
The situation with digital TV is somewhat similar here in the UK, we also had a switch-over date of 2006 but that has been neatly fogotten and now we are assured the date is 2010.
Whats it all about? Simply loadsa dosh (big bucks to you North Americans) The British Government, having scored $40 BILLION over the sale of 3G licenses, is now looking to clawing back the TV analogue spectrum, and making a further contribution to the public purse.

Monday Aug 2, 2004 pc
Special Report: HDTV Buying Guide
High-definition television, or HDTV, is not just some nifty acronym that technophiles and home-theater enthusiasts like to toss around (okay, they love to toss it around), it's the future. In fact, whether you realize it or not, it's your future. Broadcasters will all be delivering HD signals in the coming years, and your next television will have to support it. Don't worry, you'll want it to. HDTV lets you see—with astonishing (or appalling) clarity—the blemishes on a supermodel's face or the sunflower seed shells flying out of a ballplayer's mouth. Our buying guide gives you the lowdown on the technology and myriad of choices you'll face at the local Best Buy. You'll read, you'll learn, you'll thank us.

ATI HDTV Wonder

Friday Jul 23, 2004
HDTV Wonder
ATI Technologies Inc., www.ati.com
$199us list (includes indoor HDTV antenna and Remote Wonder)

Monday Sep 15, 2003 ts Gennum aims to ride HDTV's wave

Sunday Jun 15, 2003 nyt How It Works: Plasma Screen Displays
Today's plasma screen displays pump gas into millions of tiny cells sealed between two flat pieces of glass. ..Each lamp has three different colors - red, blue, or green - and 256 levels of intensity. "We actually change the intensity 60 times a second," he said. "You see the image because all the lamps are flashing on and off so quickly." ..Very high-end models - from over 42 inches diagonally to about 60 inches - can cost $10,000 or more. "
Today, the cheaper brands can be bought for around $2,999 for a 42-inch display," he said. "By the end of 2003, all quality brands will be around the same price."
Strategy Analytics predicts that 280,000 plasma screen TV's will be sold this year in the United States, up from the 150,000 sold last year. In 2004, that number is expected to rise to 850,000, Mr. King said.
Liquid crystal display screens are another competitor. L.C.D.'s, which have also made inroads in the computer market, are 20 percent thinner than plasma displays and 30 percent lighter, said Michael Amkreutz, the director of display devices at Sharp Electronics.
The main benefit is reduced weight: the displays will weigh one-fifth what they do today, which will allow manufacturers to build bigger sets. Fat or flat: 4 styles of HDTV scrn
"You can use the technology to build plasma walls 10 feet high," he said.

John Curtin of kaosfilms look for RENTALS HDTV CAMERA

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Monday Jun 9, 2003 HDTV Quest: Samsung DLP Takes the Crown! In this article, we'll take a deep look at the features and display quality of my new Samsung HLN4365W rear-projection DLP-based HDTV. HDTV fanatics won't want to miss our three related articles as well: see his setup
choice between 720P and 1080i is not a difficult one. The topic of subjective picture quality is complex, but the reasons ABC chose 720P HDTV may be distilled down to a simple truth: it gives the viewer better HDTV pictures.

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Saturday Jun 7, 2003 Big Screens for Less, Though Not Little .... Despite the misleading phrase "HDTV compatible'' in the marketing materials, the Gateway and V screens are not, in fact, HDTV sets. Instead of composing the picture from 1280 by 720 tiny square pixels, as a 42-inch HDTV screen does, these screens offer only 852 by 480 pixels, a lower resolution that the industry calls enhanced definition (EDTV). If you stand four inches from any plasma set, the coarse EDTV pixel grid does a convincing impression of a screen door.
..even when you back up to the recommended viewing distance - about three screen-heights away - the pixels are still faintly visible on an enhanced-definition screen, whereas on a true HDTV, they disappear entirely. This difference is especially noticeable when you view side-by-side plasmas of the same size and same brand, one high-definition, one enhanced-definition. (You may be able perform this side-by-side comparison yourself at a big electronics emporium.)

Monday Jun 2, 2003 Outlook brighter for HDTV, viewers

By Mike Langberg Mercury News

There are only a few channels to watch; they broadcast only a few hours of programming a day; there's no way to record for later viewing; and signals can only be received through a roof antenna.
...By the end of next year, most cable households in the United States should have access to HD.
....The only relatively affordable way to watch HD before now was buying an HD satellite receiver from either DirecTV or Dish Network for about $400 to $600. These boxes showed the few HD premium channels offered by the two satellite networks, but could only pull in local HD broadcasts through a roof antenna.
...Indeed, the main selling point for HD-ready TVs until now has been superior playback of DVD movies using a technology called progressive scan available in DVD players costing as little as $79.
...HD DVRs could also lessen the pain of not having pre-recorded HD movies on disc or tape. Viewers could instead record pay-per-view HD movies to watch at their convenience.
...The big Hollywood studios who create most network TV shows are worried about piracy of digital broadcasts and are considering copy protection systems that could make most HD sets already sold obsolete. If the studios are stupid enough to spit in the face of their audience with such a move, HD could yet end up in the landfill of failed technology.

Friday May 23, 2003 nyt
State of the Art: The High-Definition Camcorder By DAVID POGUE
Even with its limited availability, HDTV has been something you watch, not something you create. But not anymore.
JVC's new VCR can play HDTV or regular tapes.
The JVC model comes with a two-hour battery, a cleaning cassette, an AC adapter-charger, a remote control and TV connection cables (including the three-headed component video cable required by HDTV sets) - all for a reasonable $3,500.

(In a three-chip camcorder, separate chips for red, green and blue light permit superb color fidelity in more lighting conditions.) Also like three-chip devices, the GR-HD1 looks more like a shrunken TV camera than like a pocket camcorder. It's long and black, with a removable aluminum handle on top (it doubles as the support for an external mike or video light) and a removable lens shade.

720p (p for progressive scan) - that is, 720 extremely fine lines of color, progressing smoothly down the screen 30 times per second
[? what about 1080i ?]

Some people call the flicker movielike; others call it annoying. If it bothers you, the flip of a switch scales the camera down into a lower-quality relative of HDTV called 480p. You still get the wide screen and the continuous (progressive) scanning of the picture tube. And that flicker is gone, because this mode repaints the screen 60 times per second instead of 30. But the picture sharpness is now only as good as a high-end DVD player (if "only" is the word).

....First, the GR-HD1 does not, in fact, require special tapes. It uses ordinary one-hour mini-DV cassettes, which cost about $4 each when bought in six-packs. This brilliant, simple idea must have tied JVC's engineers in knots, but it has a huge payoff in availability, economy and convenience

Second, remember that button on the barrel that switches between the 720p and 480p filming modes? It has a third position: DV. In other words, this camcorder can step into a phone booth and emerge as a standard mini-DV camcorder that captures regular non-widescreen video right on the same tape. When full HDTV quality is not required, you've got yourself a second camcorder hiding inside the first.

Furthermore, even if you've filmed in HDTV format, the camera can play back your video in any other format. If you've captured your child's soccer finals in thrilling widescreen 720p high definition, it will still play back beautifully when hooked up to the old 1985 Trinitron in the coach's living room (letterboxed, if you like).

You can also transfer your work back and forth to other GR-HD1's or to a high-definition VCR, infinitely, with zero quality loss - and no copy-protection hassles.

Lowest price: $2093.00
MPEG-2 also uses a lossy compression scheme, which means that you'll lose a small amount of data each time you transfer or manipulate the video file.
at the present time, video shot in the proprietary progressive modes can be edited only with JVC's included Windows-based MPEG Edit Studio Pro 1.0 LE. Similarly, the sole compatible DVD-authoring application is the bundled ImageMixer DVD. These programs offer merely rudimentary postproduction tools. ....The HD1 delivers a fairly marginal performance in low light. It's important to realize that, when it comes to image
The photo mode is a nice extra, but its 1-megapixel resolution is a match for only the least sophisticated digital still cameras.

Cons: Unfortunately there are a lot of shortcomings with this camera. Fist and by far the worst, the GR-HD1 falls way short when it comes to Latitude. So bad in fact that it makes composing the simplest of shots a chore, very limiting and frustrating. The camera also suffers greatly with poor image detail, especially noticeable in wide shots. In addition, the camera seems to have a problem correctly reproducing flesh tones, both indoors and out - definitely not good. There is also a dreadful lack of manual control over all functions at the same time. Example: If you set the Shutter manually for a desired effect, the F-stop remains in automatic and cannot be locked, therefore the camera is constantly compensating for exposure changes while your shooting. This produces a very noticeable "light shifting" effect. You are able to lock the over all exposure to keep the "light shifting" from happening, but both the F-stop and Shutter are locked at their present automatic position, which is who knows where?? The manual focus control is lazy at best. The viewfinder is so small and resolution so bad you wonder why they bothered with it. This all adds up to be quite a let down for what I was hoping to be break through camcorder into the HD format.

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$2249 at B&H. for

Canon GL2

Cons: Condensation can certain ruin a good shooting schedule. Tried shooting on a humid day next the ocean; camera couldn't take it. Also have had trouble loading film to the computer because of the same problem...humid weather.

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VCR's, $600us Too, Are Joining the HDTV Lineup

....three high-definition VCR's have been released (or are about to be released): JVC's HM-DH30000U $600, Mitsubishi's HS-HD1100U and Marantz's MV8300. cables about $200

These decks play and record HDTV shows on a new breed of cassette called D-VHS (developed by JVC). These tapes look like VHS tapes, but store far more information: enough to hold four hours of HDTV programming. Better yet, these machines also record and play back regular TV on regular VHS tapes. That compatibility makes a huge difference in usefulness.

If the JVC deck is any indication, high-definition VCR playback is stunning. You would never guess you're watching a tape. Technically, that's because D-VHS is recorded at the full 1,080-line interlaced resolution of HDTV (that is, the picture is composed of more than 1,000 fine lines) as opposed to the measly 480 lines of progressive scan of DVD.

Finally, everything about the D-VHS format is expensive, from the prerecorded movies ($40, with no extras or featurettes), to blank tapes ($10), to the players themselves. The JVC model costs about $500 online; the Marantz's list price will be $1,100 (the street price will be lower); and the Mitsubishi goes for $460 online. Note, however, that the Mitsubishi lacks one feature of its rivals: it can't play back the 54 Hollywood movies released so far in a copy-protected format called D-Theater

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The master tape made today can't be improve tomarrow. DTN

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FusionHDTV
DViCO introduces software HDTV decoding, an highly affordable solution that leverages today's high performance processors and graphics engines and existing sound card. The result is a solution that comes in under the $200 that allows recording and host of other PC-centric features that you'll value. Radeon (DxVA mode) 8500,9100 reboots or hang with 3.1,3.2 driver (3.0 is ok) ...ATSC signals require 8.7GB per hour. The All in Wonder 8500DV is again a pioneer in the field of graphics. It is the first to come out with a true HDTV connector. It comes in two versions, VGA to HDTV and DVI-I to HDTV. This is suppose to have a better quality output, supporting even progressive scan, then compared to the traditional VIVO, which uses s-video or composite.
The ATI All-In-Wonder 8500DV is actually the tier 2 solution of the All-In-Wonder series. This exclusive "DV" version is the first of its kind that ATI has released. It is meant for those that do a lot of digital video editing or are really into the whole home entertainment system experience. The HDTV dongle only makes ATI all the more tempting, for those that are into the home entertainment system.

so pleased that Samsung would release a firewire equipped HD set top box: the TS165. It has firewire! This then would permit it to be connected to the JVC DH3000 for HD recording in D-VHS. TS165 you can record HDTV via firewire from terrestrial sources, but you cannot receive satellite (eg. HDNet) and time shift it, OR if you buy the TS160 you get both over the air and satellite HD, but you can't record from it in HD since it lacks firewire.

I have heard reports that the Sony HD-200 works better with distant stations. I cannot say personally if this is so since both the HD-100 and HD-200 gets every local DTV station with a $29 Channel Master 4 bay bow tie antenna in my attic, even though the stations are located at 70 degree angles to one another.

May 9th 2003 An HDTV Primer

What you need to know to buy your first HDTV.

top-of-the line HDTVs go for $10,000 and up, but a minimal compromise in quality will put you in the $3000 range. (The first color TVs cost $500, which adjusting for inflation would be $3200 today.)

Full horizontal resolution for HDTV is 1920 pixels. But many sets being sold today only resolve to 1280 pixels, and it is often difficult to see the difference. 1280 is still considered hi-def.

The optimum viewing distance for NTSC sets is 8 times the screen height. If you sit closer, the picture will be slightly blurry and you may feel some eyestrain. (The scan lines become visible at 4 times the screen height. If you can see the lines, you are sitting way too close.)
For a HDTV set displaying 1920x1080 pixels, the optimum viewing is 3 times the screen height. The optimum for 1280x720 pixels is 4.5 times the screen height.

ATSC employs MPEG-2, a data compression standard. MPEG-2 typically achieves a 50-to-1 reduction in data. It achieves this by not retransmitting areas of the screen that have not changed since the previous frame.
1800i = 1920 Horizontal pixels 1080 Horizontal 16:9

Front projection
For larger than 73”, front projection is the way to go. Usually the projector is ceiling mounted or on a shelf behind the viewers. Since the screen is white, a completely blackened room is necessary. Otherwise the blacks will be gray. Some systems are bright enough to project onto a gray screen, reducing this problem somewhat.

Component video This 3-wire standard, originally designed for DVD players, can carry HDTV via three wires with phono plugs. The three wires carry analog raster (image scanning) signals, either red/green/blue or Y/Pr/Pb. (Y=intensity, Pr=Y-red, and Pb=Y-blue.) Some units can handle either color scheme. You must verify that both units can use the same scheme. Neither scheme is better than the other.

IEEE 1394 Also called Firewire or i.link, this is a high-speed serial bus common in computers. IEEE 1394 is fast enough to carry compressed MPEG-2 video data plus audio and controls.

TiVO, ReplayTV, and the like None of these products works with HDTV. At least two companies are preparing new products that will. These will become available probably late in 2003.

DVDs Presently there are no DVD players for HDTV. Two groups are developing them. One group uses blue lasers, the other employs red lasers and a Microsoft data compression technique. It presently looks like the blue laser group (Blue-Ray) will win. Availability in the U.S. is probably not before 2004. Blue-Ray DVD recorders are now available in Japan for $3800.

Set Top Boxes If you have a satellite receiver, you may want it to feed other TVs as well as your HDTV. HD STBs are able to feed HD and SD sets, but never both at the same time. There is always a switch for you to select the output you want active.

The best way to receive HDTV broadcasts in most areas is over the air, which requires an antenna.

The letter indicates whether the signal or display is interlaced (I) or progressive (p). Standard TV is interlaced, meaning that each frame is divided into two fields, one consisting of the odd lines and the other of the even lines, that are transmitted and displayed sequentially. The odd lines go up, then the even lines go up between the odd ones. Interlacing was adopted way back when as a means of conserving bandwidth with minimal loss of perceived resolution. And it works pretty well.
Progressive scanning sends and displays complete frames. Computer monitors normally are progressive-scan, as are "fixed-pixel" displays, such as plasma, DLP, and LCD. For any given resolution, progressive will look better than interlaced, but as noted above, interlaced is more efficient. The amount of signal bandwidth required for 720p HDTV (60 720 ? 1280-pixel frames per second) is actually almost the same as that for 1080i (60 540 ? 1920-pixel fields, or 30 1080 ? 1920 frames, per second). They are also very comparable in terms of picture quality, each having the edge over the other under particular circumstances. For example, 1080i conveys detail better in still images or when there is little motion, whereas 720p excels when there is lots of action. [JVC SVHS = 420 lines the tape is nothing more than a higrade VHS tape & now DVHS is an even higher grade. (a hole in VHS makes SVHS not perfect but)]

Record HDTV with your DTC 100 or PShd 105
RCA Dtc 100 users & PSHD 105.
You can convert your set up box to record HDTV from directv. It must be sent out to be converted for hdtv recording by the installation of a firewire board. At this point It will be ready to record off the air hdtv broadcast. If you want to be able to record directly off Directv via the dish,you will have to get a mini pc unit called a AVX 1. This will enable you to record Hdtv if you have a DVHS recorder such as the JVC HMDH-30000. I had mine done & I love it.

02.07.03, Marantz MV8300 D-VHS VCR if you have an HDTV set, this unit will also record your favorite programs, provided they're actually available in HDTV format. It also supports Super VHS and Super VHS ET playback. ...suggested retail of about $1,600 us

The MDP-100 features broadcast tuning and display in 1080i, 720p, or 480p, delivering HDTV to your Windows based PC. Watch HDTV on Windows desktop or in full-screen glory, it's never been more affordable

lets face it. PAL and NTSC are poor! We all want to be able to travel with one instrument - not two bulky cameras - one video and one stills! We want video equipment that rivals the quality of the good old 35mm film! All television system cannot provide resolution of more than about 640x480 or 720x512 (PAL) max studio quality. Even the most sofisticaded broadcast equipment will never reach the amazing resolution of 35mm film of about 1200x1500! the only solution for this is HDTV: High Definition TV, witch is unfortunately delayed because of a standard war between manufacturers and... the lack of public interest. Sometime in the future, when manufacturers are done making money over PAL and NTSC, and when new, bigger displays that require hi resolution picture will be available for a reasonable price, then and only then we will see the HDTV come to life.

HDTV will carry about 4 times the information of the current TV systems. Even if DV compression rate would double until then, a bigger cassette will still be required to hold the same recording time. So again In a few years we shell see another format emerging, and the whole story would repeat itself! If only 8mm cassettes where used, a reasonable time could have been recorded on them even in HDTV! The DV format actually defines HDTV recording mode, only I have no idea how when and if we will ever see it.

Q. What connections are available on the MyHD card?
A. 1x VGA output (can be configured as Component Y-Pb-Pr), 1x VGA Loop-back for single monitor configuration, 2x RF inputs, 1x S/PDIF output, 1x S-Video input, 1x Composite (RCA) input, and 1x Analog audio (L+R) input.

Q. Can I watch standard definition (NTSC) TV? A. Yes. The card will tune to analog TV or cable. The output can be scaled to the HDTV singals of 720p or 1080i.

Q. Will it scale the S-Video and Composite inputs?
A. Yes. The video will be scaled to the resolution chosen for HD output (1080i, 720p, 480p, 1440x960, 1024x768).

Q. Can I record cable or satellite HD programs?
A. No. All HDTV card "stores" high-def signals in their raw data form and decodes the signal during playback. Since Cable and Satellite services do not use 8VSB modulation, their signals require dedicated tuners, and once decoded, cannot be routed to the input of the HDTV PC cards.

Q. Can I record analog TV?
A. Yes, but the AVI files created by the card has to be viewed with Windows Media Player or some other non-MPEG decoder.

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the SPDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. However, you must have a S/PDIF supported speaker with SPDIF digital input to connect to the SPDIF digital output to make the most out of this function. see Andrew's S/PDIF Stuff

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