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Texas Instruments announces new low power IP camera reference design providing H.264 main profile 1080p at 30 frames per second and 30% performance boost

By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 29, 1:00pm

Texas InstrumentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today announced a new Internet Protocol (IP) camera reference design that provides low power, high definition (HD) video processing for the video surveillance market. The DM368IPNC-MT5 IP camera reference design with H.264 main profile 1080p at 30 frames per second (fps) offers industry-leading compression in a full HD solution, with the complete camera utilizing only three Watts. Based on a new DaVinci(TM) video processor, the IP camera reference design provides 30 percent more host processing performance over the previous generation. This overall performance boost allows the camera to support 720p at 60 fps for multiple video formats including H.264 and MPEG-4, as well as MJPEG at five Megapixels (MP) at 15 fps. It also supports multi-streaming video proce ...

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Motorola Launches Advanced Multi-Format Encoding Platform for 1080P Content

By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 11, 10:31am

Motorola, Inc.'s Home and Networks Mobility business (NYSE:MOT) today revealed its next generation encoding platform. This high-performance video processing platform supports both MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) encoding and transcoding and has been designed to meet future processing demands of both 1080P/50Hz and 1080P/60Hz resolutions using the MPEG-4 format.

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Pioneer Demonstrates Entertainment Tap Networking Project

By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 11, 6:18am

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today exhibits the future of home theater innovation - a network entertainment concept player, code named "Project ET," that encompasses high quality audio and video playback, Internet access and home theater control capabilities all within a single set-top device. PioneerĀ® differentiates its technology concept from existing players in the market by letting consumers combine their personal music, movies and photo collections with access to a choice of online content services, social networking applications and online purchasing sites. Pioneer's concept incorporates...

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DivX Signs License Agreement With Panasonic for Next-Generation DivX Plus(TM) HD Technology

By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 10, 12:25pm

DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX) , a digital media company, today announced a license agreement for next-generation DivX Plus(TM) HD technology with Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic plans to incorporate DivX Plus HD technology into its UniPhier semiconductor chips, enabling consumer electronics (CE) devices such as digital TVs, Blu-ray disc players and in-car players to playback DivX Plus HD H.264 video in the MKV container at high-definition resolutions up to 1080p.

Known for great performance, visual quality and interoperability on any DivX Certified device, DivX technology gives consumers...

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Ed's View - Cognitive Radio: What it Means to HDTV

By Ed Milbourn • Aug 5, 3:10pm

"Cognitive Radio." What a strange, oblique name for one of the greatest technology advances in telecommunications since Ma Bell decided that ones and zeros made better use of our precious spectrum (over both wired and wireless media) than wavy, wriggly voltage changes. Clearly, the academics who coined the name failed PR101. Why not call it "Smart Radio" - because that's what it is - really smart radio. So, I'll compromise in this wheeze on the subject by cowardly retreating into the technical acronym morass - henceforth tagging "Cognitive Radio" as "COR" and its TV version as "COTV."

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LG Electronics Introduces First-Ever THX Display Certified LED LCD HDTV

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 22, 1:47pmTechnology

Belden Runs An Unamplified 1080p/60 Digital Video Signal Over 100ft of Connectorized HDMI Cable

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jun 17, 2:30amTechnology

HDMI Licensing, LLC Announces Features of the Upcoming HDMI Specification Version 1.4

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By Shane Sturgeon • May 28, 11:23amTechnology

Revisiting the Component Approach to Audio/Video in Today’s Home Theater Market

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By Robert A. Fowkes • Apr 16, 4:24pmTechnology

Dolby Showcases Audio Innovations Driving High-Definition Entertainment

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 8, 1:44pmTechnology

The Next Dimension in Home Entertainment: 3D HDTV

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 8, 1:09amTechnology

Panasonic and Comcast to Collaborate on Bringing HDMI-CEC to Set-Top Boxes

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 8, 12:44amTechnology

New HDMI Version Coming - Will Add Networking, Higher Speeds and Address Emerging Auto Industry

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 7, 6:42pmTechnology

The Winning Touch: Logitech Harmony 1100 Offers Customizable Touch Screen

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 7, 2:05amTechnology

PPC Announces First Locking HDMI Cable at CES

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 6, 12:09amTechnology

TZero Demonstrates World's First Commercially Viable 1080p60 Wireless HDMI Solution

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 3, 9:41pmTechnology

Ed's View - HD3D: It's Coming Fast

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By Ed Milbourn • Oct 22 2008, 4:22pmTechnology

Internet2 and Partners Demonstrate First Uncompressed High-Definition Video Using Dynamic Circuit Networks

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 15 2008, 5:28pmTechnology

HD Waveform - Vertical and Horizontal Filtering

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By Richard Fisher • Jul 31 2008, 3:16pmTechnology

SMPTE to Establish 3-D Home Entertainment Task Force Committee to Define Parameters of Stereoscopic 3-D Mastering Standard for Home Display

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 21 2008, 4:15pmTechnology

NBC Peacock Productions, Travel Channel Produce First Uncompressed HD Feed

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 17 2008, 12:12pmTechnology

Samsung Electronics and Simplay Labs Launch the Simplay HD Self-Testing Pilot Program

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 1 2008, 12:26pmTechnology

High Definition Movies Before They Hit Blu-ray? Only if Your HDTV Permits It.

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jun 17 2008, 11:32amTechnologyPolitics & PolicyDigital Rights Management (DRM)

Home Theater Concepts: Is a 1440x1080 HD Camcorder Inferior to a 1920x1080 HD Camcorder?

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By Robert A. Fowkes • May 16 2008, 4:08pmTechnology

Introducing BIDDLE(TM) Technology: Transforming Blu-Ray Disc Players Into Global HD Set-Top Boxes

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By Shane Sturgeon • May 7 2008, 2:10amTechnology

Internet HIGH DEFINITION now offered by EINSTEIN MAGIC at speeds less than 1 MBPS

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By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 28 2008, 2:20pmTechnology

EdgeStream Delivers High Definition Video Streaming for Everyone

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By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 17 2008, 5:47pmTechnology

A Comparison of Movie Download Services

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By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 17 2008, 2:53pmTechnology

Ed's View - The Atomic Power Cell (APC): Atomic Cordless Power for HDTV Monitors

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By Ed Milbourn • Apr 1 2008, 4:45pmTechnology

Quanta and ooVoo to Bring First 'Plug and Play' High Definition Video Instant Messenger and Chat Solution to the Living Room

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By Shane Sturgeon • Mar 24 2008, 1:25pmTechnology

Newbie's Corner - Audio and Video Cables

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By Ara Derderian & Braden Russell • Mar 18 2008, 4:58pmTechnology

The Wonderful and Sometimes Confusing World of HDMI Connections

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By Robert A. Fowkes • Feb 15 2008, 5:03pmTechnology

Another Opinion - The Case for Outboard Video Processing

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By Terry Paullin • Feb 4 2008, 5:45pmTechnology

LCD Specs Playing with Your Eyes

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jan 22 2008, 2:16amTechnology

CES 2008: New HDTV Products and Technology Overview

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 18 2008, 6:28amTechnology

XStreamHD™ Announces Strategic Partnerships with High-Definition Audio Pioneer, DTS, Inc., and Worldwide Storage Leader, Seagate Technology

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 7 2008, 3:42pmTechnology

SyncTV Demonstrates Proof-of-Concept Hardware for Viewing HD Downloads on TVs

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 7 2008, 3:40pmTechnology

LG Electronics and Netflix Announce Plan to Stream Movies From the Internet to the TV

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 3 2008, 3:16pmTechnology

HANA Demonstrates Integrated Home HD Networking at CES 2008

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 3 2008, 2:58pmTechnology

DTS Showcases Solutions for HD Content Distribution, Simulated Surround and Lossless HD Audio at CES 2008

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 3 2008, 2:52pmTechnology

Gigabit Communication Challenges Cable Technology: Semiconductors to the Rescue

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By RedMere/Molex • Dec 19 2007, 3:20pmTechnology

Plasma TVs Have Bright Cost Reduction and Performance Improvement

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By Dale Cripps • Dec 12 2007, 7:00pmGeneral InterestMarketplaceTechnologyTechnology

Wired vs. Wireless Multimedia Connectivity

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By Chris Russell • Dec 11 2007, 5:19pmTechnology

Ed's View - The Demise of Broadcasting

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By Ed Milbourn • Nov 1 2007, 12:46pmTechnologyBroadcast

TI Announces Industry's First Approved DTS-HD Master Audio DSP Implementation for Audio/Video Receivers

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 31 2007, 1:32pmTechnology

New Wireless Chipset Can Deliver Uncompressed HDTV to Many Rooms

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By Dale Cripps • Oct 23 2007, 5:36pmTechnology

IPTV Part 6 - More Implementations and Final Thoughts

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 23 2007, 2:06pmTechnology

IPTV Part 5 - Additional Implementations

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 16 2007, 2:02pmTechnology

IPTV Part 4 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 9 2007, 2:58pmTechnology

IPTV Part 3 - The Methods and a Working Technology

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 2 2007, 2:51pmTechnology

DisplaySearch and Meko Ltd Announce Agenda and Sponsors for Upcoming DisplayForum 2007 European Display Market Conference

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By Dale Cripps • Sep 28 2007, 4:12pmBusiness & InvestmentGeneral InterestMarketplaceTechnologyBusiness & Investment

IPTV Part 2 - The Groups, Forums and Statistics

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 25 2007, 2:46pmTechnology

IPTV Part 1 - Read the Fine Print

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 19 2007, 5:45pmTechnology

CinemaScope™ HDHT Part 4 - Budgeting for the Project

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 13 2007, 2:28pmTechnology

TI DLP(R) Technology Enables 3-D TV Viewing in the Home

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By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 7 2007, 6:41amTechnology

Mobile DTV Reception - Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band (A-VSB) - Impact Analysis

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 6 2007, 12:48pmTechnology

Mobile DTV Reception - Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band (A-VSB) - The Implementation

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 3 2007, 12:47pmTechnology

Sony Unveils First All-In-One High-Def PC/TV With Blu-Ray Disc Technology

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 27 2007, 12:19pmTechnology

Akamai Brings High Definition to the Internet

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 27 2007, 12:17pmTechnology

Mobile DTV Reception - Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band (A-VSB) - Bandwidth Requirements

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 23 2007, 7:13pmTechnology

Adobe Flash Now Supports High Definition

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 21 2007, 1:04pmTechnology

Mobile DTV Reception - Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band (A-VSB) - The System

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 17 2007, 11:59amTechnology

Ed's View - SHDTV (Part Duo)

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By Ed Milbourn • Aug 14 2007, 5:33pmTechnologyTechnologyMarketplaceGlobal & WorldviewGamingBusiness & Investment

Ed's View - SHDTV

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By Ed Milbourn • Jul 13 2007, 12:08amTechnologyMarketplaceGlobal & WorldviewBusiness & Investment

CinemaScope™ HDHT - Part 3 - Screens and Aspect Ratios

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jun 27 2007, 10:23amTechnology

Ed's View - A New Light

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By Ed Milbourn • Jun 1 2007, 3:35pmBusiness & InvestmentMarketplacePolitics & PolicyTechnologyTechnology

Don't Let Your High Definition Productions Perish Like Figs In The Sun

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 20 2007, 3:51amHigh Definition ProductionTechnologySportsProducts & EquipmentMarketplaceBlu-rayGlobal & Worldview

Ed's View - Mobile Digital Television (MDT) This is a Winner

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By Ed Milbourn • Apr 12 2007, 7:23pmMarketplaceBusiness & InvestmentEntertainmentGeneral InterestGlobal & WorldviewProducts & EquipmentTechnology

LSI Provides Professional Broadcasters with First High Definition Encoder Supporting Full HD

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 11 2007, 7:45pmBusiness & InvestmentPolitics & PolicyProgrammingTechnologyBusiness & Investment

HD Waveform 10 - Dynamic Iris and Gamma

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By Richard Fisher • Mar 26 2007, 6:28pmTechnologyHD Waveform

Ed's View - HDTV All the Time - The Amazing UMP

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By Ed Milbourn • Mar 21 2007, 6:02pmTechnology

Texas Instruments Delivers First 720p High-Definition for Mobile Phones

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By Shane Sturgeon • Feb 12 2007, 8:18pmTechnology

Ed's View - 3DTV - Why Not Glasses?

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By Ed Milbourn • Jan 30 2007, 8:09pmTechnology

Dell Announces Blu-ray-enabled Notebook

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 11 2006, 3:54pmTechnology

WirelessHD Standard Coming in Spring 2007

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 31 2006, 12:25pmTechnology

First Products with HDMI 1.3 Features Hit the Market

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 27 2006, 7:29pmTechnology

Ed's View - The DirecTV HR20 - DirecTV Local Channel HDTV DVR, Part 2

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By Ed Milbourn • Oct 21 2006, 8:42pmTechnologyProducts & Equipment

Sling Media to Release New Slingbox Supporting HDTV Input

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By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 28 2006, 1:20pmTechnology

Ed's View - The DirecTV HR 20- DirecTV Local Channel HDTV DVR, Part 1

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By Ed Milbourn • Sep 21 2006, 6:21pmTechnologyMarketplaceProducts & Equipment

HDMI Part 10 - Meeting the Standard

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 12 2006, 2:41pmTechnology

Memory-Tech and Toshiba Announce Three-Layer TWIN Format Disc for DVD and HD DVD

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By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 11 2006, 9:53amTechnology

HDMI Part 9 - Industry Adoption

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 5 2006, 2:40pmTechnology

HDMI Part 8 - Cables for 1.3

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 29 2006, 2:39pmTechnology

HDMI Part 7 - Type A and B Connectors (Did You Know a Type B Existed?)

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 22 2006, 2:38pmTechnology

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: And the Winner is ... No One

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 16 2006, 6:43pmTechnology

HDMI Part 6 - 1080p Support

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 15 2006, 2:00pmTechnology

HDMI Part 5 - Audio in HDMI Versions

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 8 2006, 12:19pmTechnology

HDMI Part 4 - 1.3 Backward Compatible with non-1.3 Equipment? How?

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Aug 3 2006, 6:32pmTechnology

HDMI Part 3 - HDMI Version 1.3, Digital Connectivity at its Best

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jul 31 2006, 1:45pmTechnology

HDMI Part 2 - "I Want My Version X.Z"

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jul 28 2006, 5:57pmTechnology

HDMI - A Digital Interface Solution

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jul 26 2006, 4:57amTechnology

Panasonic and Sony Commence Joint Licensing of AVCHD

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 14 2006, 4:02amTechnology

HD DVD Research Summary

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 11 2006, 5:13pmTechnology

Ed's View - HDTV But No HDTV - An Indoor Antenna Will Solve The Problem

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By Ed Milbourn • Jul 5 2006, 11:22pmTechnology

HDMI 1.3 Released - Doubles Bandwidth, Deliveres Billions of Colors for HDTVs

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jun 23 2006, 11:58amTechnology

High-Def DVD Part II - Taiwan Challenger

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • May 30 2006, 5:31pmTechnology

Why 1080p? - Part 3 - Front Projectors

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • May 25 2006, 4:01pmTechnology

Ed's View - IPTV

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By Ed Milbourn • May 20 2006, 3:06amTechnology

Samsung's Next Generation Back Lighting

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By Dale Cripps • May 11 2006, 7:30pmTechnology

Hi-Def DVD? - Blue laser? Well, what else is out there?

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • May 8 2006, 6:50pmTechnology

Digital Connectivity - A Tutorial

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Apr 25 2006, 2:12pmTechnology

Multi-channel Audio for HD

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Apr 21 2006, 2:35pmTechnology

1080p into HDTV Displays

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Apr 17 2006, 3:08pmTechnology

Ed's View - A Parallel World

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By Ed Milbourn • Mar 31 2006, 7:29pmTechnology

Ed's View - Connections

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By Ed Milbourn • Mar 7 2006, 7:41pmTechnology

HD DVD Primer

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By Shane Sturgeon • Feb 28 2006, 6:12pmTechnology

Ed's View - MPEG-4 AVC

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By Ed Milbourn • Feb 17 2006, 7:51pmTechnology

Is HDTV Complex Enough?

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Feb 7 2006, 3:00pmTechnology

Ed's View - DLP

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By Ed Milbourn • Feb 6 2006, 6:39pmTechnology

Ed's View - Plasma

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By Ed Milbourn • Jan 26 2006, 4:37pmTechnology

HDTV Integrated Tuners, and You

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jan 25 2006, 3:00pmTechnology

Why 1080p? - Part 2 - A Brillian(t) Case

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jan 23 2006, 3:00pmTechnology

Why 1080p?

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jan 18 2006, 3:55pmTechnology

LCoS

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By Ed Milbourn • Dec 26 2005, 8:16pmTechnology

Ed's View - Chicken Little Was Right

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By Ed Milbourn • Dec 9 2005, 7:32pmTechnology

2005 HDTV Report, Part 17: Digital Connectivity

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 26 2005, 12:35pmTechnology

2005 HDTV Report, Part 15: HDTV IC Chips

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 24 2005, 12:35pmTechnology

HDTV and the Brain and Why HDTV always Looks Good

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By Ed Milbourn • Oct 19 2005, 10:36pmTechnology

2005 HDTV Report, Part 4: Satellite, Cable, Broadcasting

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 14 2005, 7:43pmTechnology

HDTV and MTF - Why Projection HDTV Displays Can Never Be As Good

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By Ed Milbourn • Oct 3 2005, 3:24pmTechnology

2005 HDTV Report, Part 2: HDTV Implementation Update

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 30 2005, 3:56pmTechnology

2005 HDTV Report, Part 1: CES Highlights

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Sep 28 2005, 5:03pmTechnology

Ed's View - The "Film Look"

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By Ed Milbourn • Aug 30 2005, 5:30pmTechnologyEntertainment

Ed's View - The New Kid On The Block

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By Ed Milbourn • Aug 11 2005, 10:49pmTechnology

Ed's View - Are We Being Ripped Off? Episode 2

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By Ed Milbourn • Jul 8 2005, 1:21amTechnology

Ed's View - Boxes

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By Ed Milbourn • Jul 8 2005, 12:20amTechnology

Ed's View - Keeping Honest People Honest

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By Ed Milbourn • Jun 23 2005, 12:36amTechnology

Ed's View - Sound

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By Ed Milbourn • Jun 22 2005, 4:16pmTechnology

Ed's View - The Best HDTV Display

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By Ed Milbourn • Jun 14 2005, 4:30pmTechnology

HDTV Magazine's TIPS LIST Daily

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 28 2005, 4:12pmTechnology

The End of Broadcasting as we Have Known it?

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 22 2005, 1:44amTechnology

HDTV's Chief Competion is 480p

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By Dale Cripps • Mar 10 2005, 10:01pmTechnology