What's Old Is New Again
A 14-inch 4:3 TV with a picture tube, rabbit ears, volume & channel knobs, and black-&-white pictures — a throwback to 1952? Actually, it’s LG’s very latest offering, the Serie […] More
Schubin Snacks
Here's Hoping!
I don’t know of anyone who has seen a field-emission-type display who hasn’t loved it and wanted to use it as a professional reference monitor. They have exactly the same […] More
SMPTE PDA on Media Technology & Opera
SMPTE’s Professional Development Academy will be conducting a webinar on media technology & opera on February 11. Why? “Stereo sound and electronic home entertainment are two technologies invented for opera. […] More
One, Two, Three-D
The Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R), perhaps best known for its global digital video standard, Rec. 601, today released a report offering a three-phase “roadmap for future […] More
100th Anniversary Today
It isn’t often that we get hundredth anniversaries in media technology, so I figured this one — a double-header, actually — is worth mentioning. Today is the anniversary of […] More
3D Glasses and Color
One of the reviews of 3D at the Consumer Electronics Show, by Scott Greczkowski in Multichannel News <http://www.multichannel.com/blog/The_Satellite_Dish/29923-It_s_a_3D_World.php>, contained these sentences: “To me 3D is missing the eye popping color, […] More
Anyone for 2D Glasses?
Today’s UK Telegraph has a story headlined: “Do 3D films make you sick? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6952352/Do-3D-films-make-you-sick.html It’s not a piece suggesting that 3D makes everyone sick, but it points out that some individuals, […] More
Sony's 3-D TVs: Caffeine-Free Coke or No-Fat Coke?
There have been many news stories lately about Sony expecting that 30 to 50 percent of the TVs it sells in the fiscal year starting April 2012 will be 3-D […] More
Don't Miss This!
Registration just opened for the 16th-annual Tech Retreat, an epic event of the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA). It will take place February 16-19 at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, […] More
Seduced. And Abandoned?
It’s possible that you’ve never heard of AUO; it’s unlikely you’ve never seen their products. They’re one of the world’s largest makers of LCD displays, ranging from 1.2-inch to more […] More
Not All Consumers Are Idiots
Doug Lung’s RF Report today discusses an FCC report on the testing of 136 digital-television converter boxes, presented at the IEEE Broadcast Symposium. Twelve boxes failed to work, 30% couldn’t […] More