By Ed Milbourn • Oct 28 2013, 2:42pmSo, you thought it was dead – eh? Have none of it! Reminds me of color TV in the 1950’s.
With great fanfare, color was introduced with an approved standard only to fail both technically and commercially.
A technically revised standard was introduced in 1963, and commercial re-marketing began in 1954, again with great fanfare.
Alas, most manufacturers and content providers (except RCA) vacated the color TV market by 1956.
The product category went into virtual eclipse for about seven years – until ABC and CBS started color casting popular programs.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Similarly, 3DTV was rushed to market three years ago - without a coherent marketing strategy, an ill-defined standard, technical deficiencies and content starved.
Of the technical deficiencies, probably the most acute was the need for glasses.
That, in itself, was probably not sufficient to derail 3DTV, as watching 3D with glasses is not a new phenomenon, but coupled with faulted content dist ... By Ed Milbourn • Apr 1 2013, 2:50pmSometime in the mid to late ‘70’s while strolling among the catacombs of the CES exhibits in the “old” South Hall, I was attracted to a small exhibit space manned by a tall, erect German gentleman.
With a very thick accent, he was demonstrating 10:1 time compression digital B/W video via a commercial satellite link.
Using side-by-side 13” monitors to compare the compressed versus uncompressed video... By Ed Milbourn • Dec 6 2012, 2:59pmNo doubt the exhibition “star” at this coming (2013) CES will be Ultra High Definition Television (Ultra HD) featuring at least four times the number of pixels per frame as conventional HDTV.
This means the viewer can be positioned proportionally closer to the screen without seeing any pixel grain.
But the increased picture detail improvement effected by the increased pixel density is not lost by those viewing from greater distances either.
In fact significant image enhancement is noticeable as much as ten times the picture height from the display (assuming 20/20 visual acuity).
To the normal human eye, the roll-off of the image improvement relative to distance is, of course, gradual and dependent on a number of image variables such as contrast, brightness motion content, etc.
The bottom line is... By Ed Milbourn • Oct 3 2012, 2:19pm Like many incipient “cord cutters,” I am gradually approaching the point where the vast wasteland of hundreds of channels of nothingness is not worth the trip.
Aside for local news, special events and sports, the rest of TV is of questionable redeeming social value.
However, the one TV accessory to which I have become addicted is the DVR.
If I am going to “cut-the-cord,” I really don’t want to pay someone any monthly fee for the privilege of the wonderful utility of time- shifting otherwise “free” HDTV programming.
Other than reconfiguring a computer dedicated for that purpose, not many (if any) moderately priced, no-fee options existed.
Enter the... By Ed Milbourn • May 22 2012, 2:51pmThe short answer is that is doesn't work very well.
One can tick-off a whole litany of deficiencies, both commercial and technical, that have resulted in a less than stellar acceptance of this feature.
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