Monthly Archives: December 2009
Consulting the HD Crystal Ball about TV in 2010
Written on December 28, 2009 at 1:09 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Technology writer Bill Husted at the Ventura County Star takes a look at what’s in store for HDTV’s come 2010: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/26/consulting-the-hd-crystal-ball-about-tv-in-2010/ More
Rumor: Apple 5 Megapixel Phone to Support 720p & 1080p
Written on December 25, 2009 at 12:31 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Will 720p and 1080p HD be coming to an iPhone near you this summer? That’s the rumor. Here’s the story: http://www.intomobile.com/2009/12/23/brief-rumour-apple-to-ship-5-megapixel-iphone-and-move-40-to-45-million-iphones-total-during-2010.html More
Video-based Transparent Truck System Could Save Lives
Written on December 23, 2009 at 7:53 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
CNET reports that Russian design studio Art Lebedev calls this simple invention–a camera that takes images from the front of a truck to show it on screens in the back–Transparentius. […] More
Report: D.C. Wasted $4 Million on TV Studio
Written on December 23, 2009 at 7:50 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
The Washington Post is reporting that the D.C. agency that regulates cable television in the city “wasted over $4 million” on a high-definition television studio that was never built, according to […] More
Sines of the Times
Written on December 23, 2009 at 6:58 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
What I’d like to say is that edges don’t really exist. And the point I’m trying to make affects everything from camera resolution to audio distortion to data transmission. But […] More
Highs and Lows of a Decade in AV
Written on December 22, 2009 at 3:58 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
TechRadar.com has an interesting piece on the home entertainment winners and losers of the noughties: “John Logie Baird may have unveiled the first basic design of a TV in the […] More
How To Provide Internet Video Quality of Experience
Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Internet video quality of experience (QoE) is an all-encompassing term. This article on Embedded.com by Jeff Connell of LSI, addresses the issues involved, and shows how Internet video quality monitoring can […] More
LG Unveils World's Thinnest LCD TV Panel
Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Digital Spy reports that LG has unveiled the world’s thinnest liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel at just 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches) thick. The South Korean firm said in a statement […] More
Swindler Duped CIA Over Al-Qaeda Barcode Decoding Scam on Al-Jazeera TV
Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:18 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
AFP reports that a con artist convinced the CIA and other US agencies in 2003 that he could decode secret messages sent by Al-Qaeda through Al-Jazeera broadcasts, Playboy magazine reported. Duped […] More
MPEGIF Launches “3D over MPEG” Campaign
Written on December 21, 2009 at 1:00 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) issued the following press release today: Fremont, California, December 21, 2009 – The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), the world’s largest advocacy group for standard’s based […] More