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Alfred Poor on Video about HDTV

June 13, 2012 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of discussing HDTV and related topics with David Gewirtz of ZDNet, which he captured on video. We covered a wide range of topics, including OLED HDTVs, 3DTV, screen sizes, Smart TVs, and "direct LED" TVs. The video runs almost a full hour and was made during a Skype video call. (David has invested a lot of time and effort to develop a pretty sophisticated "Skype...

Mitsubishi Chooses the Big Picture

May 31, 2011 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

It's tough to make money in the HDTV business these days. It's even tougher if you're trying to push the boulder of rear-projection HDTV up the mountain. Rear-projection DLP has been the focal point for Mitsubishi's product line, and the company has finally decided not to try to compete with the $500 flat panel market. Instead, they will only make consumer televisions that are 65" or larger, and will also...

XPAND 3D to Tame Chaos

March 29, 2011 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

XPAND 3D is leading the charge to bring some sense to the active-glasses stereoscopic 3DTV market. Yesterday, the company joined with Panasonic to announce the M-3DI standard for 3DTVs, computers, and home projectors, as well as digital cinemas that rely on active shutter glasses technology. This new standard provides a communication protocol for the signals between the display and the glasses. This means that one pair of glasses will work...

CEA Offers Individual Memberships

March 22, 2011 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

The Consumer Electronics Association hosts a little event in Las Vegas every January called the "Consumer Electronics Show," better known by its initials: CES. The original intent was to hold a trade show for electronics dealers, such as home stereos and televisions. Then the corporate side of the computer market got boring and Comdex went away, so the slack was picked up by CES and it became the biggest personal...

Japanese Disaster Has Worldwide Impact on CE

March 15, 2011 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

Words fail. Disaster, devastation, catastrophe; nothing seems adequate to describe the situation in northern Japan. The triple whammy of earthquake, tsunami, and electrical power plant failures has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of lives and untold billions in damages. No doubt, it will be weeks or months or even years before the magnitude of the losses can be tallied. But already the consumer electronics industry is marking...

3D Avatars on Stage?

November 22, 2010 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

Last week, I stumbled across the phenomenon of Hatsune Miku, a teen-idol Japanese pop singer. One important attribute sets her apart from other performers; she is entirely computer generated. Not only is her anime-style person digitally drawn, her voice and dance moves are also synthesized from the musical score and lyrics. And perhaps most impressive of all, she performs in "live" concerts that draw thousands of glowstick-waving fans. One of...

Universal 3D Glasses Are Here

September 9, 2010 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

I first mentioned XpanD's plan to make "universal" 3D shutter glasses back in March. At the IFA conference in Germany last week, the company unveiled the new glasses. The X103 model sells for about $145 a pair. The company also revealed a list of compatible sets on their Web Site. This list includes models from Sony, Samsung, LG, and Panasonic, among others. Yes, the price is still high, but we...

New Laser HDTV

April 8, 2010 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

You may have heard the buzz about Prysm and its new "laser phosphor display" (LPD). The short take-away points on this story are (1) this is a new and different approach to flat screen displays, and (2) it is not likely to be a consumer product any time soon. Here's how the display works; an array of lasers behind the screen scans an image onto the screen. Where the laser...

DLP Wins Award from Academy

March 2, 2010 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

Two weeks ago, the Academy Board of Governors gave the 2009 Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque) to four of the people who helped develop the color accuracy for DLP Cinema projectors. The Texas Instruments technology has become an important part of digital cinema, with installations at more than 17,000 screens worldwide. IMAX digital projection systems using DLP technology is now installed at 155 locations worldwide. DLP uses micro-mirrors on...

California Pushes Energy Savings

September 21, 2009 | Author: Muneeb Mannan

It used to be that a 35" TV was about as big as you'd get for home use. Now many people are buying rear-projection and flat panel displays that are much larger, and there are concerns that these sets are more power hungry than the TVs that they replace. As is often the case, California is trying to get out in front on this issue. While the federal government has...