By Alfred Poor • Mar 19, 1:00pm
With some consumers willing to spend hundreds of dollars per seat to attend some sporting events, it should come as little surprise that live 3DTV programming is going to begin with sports coverage.
The press is still writing pages about the first 3D-capable sets from Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic — many of which have not [...]
By Alfred Poor • Mar 17, 1:00pm
It has been widely reported that Dell sued five LCD panel manufacturers for price fixing last week.
The companies named in the suit are Sharp, Toshiba, Hitachi, Epson, and HannStar.
Sharp and Hitachi have already made plea agreements with the U.S.
Justice Department for price fixing.
In 2008, Sharp agreed to pay $120 million in fines, [...]
By Alfred Poor • Mar 16, 7:21pm
One of the complaints about 3DTV that is often repeated in the press is that “there are no standards“.
I may be the only one who does not see that as a major obstacle.
After all, there are a lot of different digital image file formats out there, yet programs like Microsoft Word or most [...]
By Alfred Poor • Mar 16, 1:00pm
WARNING: You can waste a lot of time if you read this.
I stumbled across a great project call “FedFlix” in which volunteers are taking digitized video and film content from the National Archives and making them available on the Internet.
One of the repositories for this content is the Internet Archive, which includes sections for [...]
By Alfred Poor • Mar 15, 1:00pm
While we’re distracted by the tussles over the radio spectrum for mobile services and broadcast television and cell phones and a zillion other applications, keep your eye on the prize.
Broadband means big data pipes delivered right to your door (or basement or apartment to be more precise).
Phone companies like Verizon and AT&T got [...]