DTV News for 6-21-2003
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:14 am
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 6-21-2003 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,289 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> New TV choices dazzle, confuse </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Array of new choices from HDTV and LCD to projection and direct-view sets dazzles -- and confuses -- consumers. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Associated Press via White Plains, NY Journal News / Indianapolis, IN Star / Tuscaloosa, AL News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/062103/d01a21tvjungle.html">www.nyjournalnews.com/new...ungle.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/052295-2311-031.html">www.indystar.com/print/ar...1-031.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030621/APA/306210575&cachetime=5">www.tuscaloosanews.com/ap...achetime=5</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> What consumers should know about TV choices </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Considering buying a new TV? Here's what you should know: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Associated Press via Tuscaloosa, AL News / Boston, MA Globe / Sarasota, FL Herald-Tribune) <br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030621/APA/306210576&cachetime=5">www.tuscaloosanews.com/ap...achetime=5</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/171/economy/What_consumers_should_know_abo:.shtml">boston.com/dailynews/171/...abo:.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030620/APN/306200827">www.heraldtribune.com/app.../306200827</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Thomson, others detail latest DTV progress [Paid Subacription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Thomson Consumer Electronics Friday was the first major television industry company to respond to the FCC's May request for TV players to spell out how they're helping the transition to digital. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=121565&display=breakingNews">www.broadcastingcable.com...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Announces Home Entertainment Projector Based on New Widescreen DLP Technology </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> First Projectors to Demonstrate 'Matterhorn' Chipset Now Shipping </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire via NewsAlert)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpVkgWbKbytu0mtC&Topic=Digital%20TV&Nav=pr-prmynews-">www.newsalert.com/bin/sto...-prmynews-</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Announces Home Entertainment Projector Based On New DLP Technology </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=detailwk.htm&-lay=layout%20%231&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40653&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...653&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Introduces Affordable Native 16:9 High-Definition DLP Projectors </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&Type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40649&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...649&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Vidikron Announces Four New High- Definition DLP Projectors </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&Type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40651&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...651&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Altman Goes for HD on New Film </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> When director Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H," "Nashville," "The Player," "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," "Gosford Park"<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> rolled into Chicago to shoot his upcoming feature film "The Company," he had decided not to expose a single frame of film. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Videography)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_9775.shtml">www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_9775.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Showtime Ups HD Programming </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/2003/june/news0620_3.shtml">www.digitaltelevision.com...20_3.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Keeping A-Head in HDTV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/N_Keeping_a_head.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...head.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Datacasters Look To Homeland Security </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_datacasters_look.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...look.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Lenses Benefit from High-Def R&D </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Advances in glass spilling across product lines </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_lenses_benefit_from.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...from.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Transmission Still Kicking It </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/2003/june/nab3.shtml">www.digitaltelevision.com...nab3.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Spain delays new TV legislation [Spain] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/world/-spain_delay_june.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/news/world...y_june.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Germany proposes 2006 analogue switch-off [Germany] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/world/-germany_2006.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/news/world...y_2006.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CAI Launches Aerial Benchmarking Scheme [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/latest/latest_benchmarked_aerials.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/latest/lat...erials.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END-->
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,289 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> New TV choices dazzle, confuse </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Array of new choices from HDTV and LCD to projection and direct-view sets dazzles -- and confuses -- consumers. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Associated Press via White Plains, NY Journal News / Indianapolis, IN Star / Tuscaloosa, AL News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/062103/d01a21tvjungle.html">www.nyjournalnews.com/new...ungle.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/052295-2311-031.html">www.indystar.com/print/ar...1-031.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030621/APA/306210575&cachetime=5">www.tuscaloosanews.com/ap...achetime=5</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> What consumers should know about TV choices </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Considering buying a new TV? Here's what you should know: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Associated Press via Tuscaloosa, AL News / Boston, MA Globe / Sarasota, FL Herald-Tribune) <br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030621/APA/306210576&cachetime=5">www.tuscaloosanews.com/ap...achetime=5</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/171/economy/What_consumers_should_know_abo:.shtml">boston.com/dailynews/171/...abo:.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030620/APN/306200827">www.heraldtribune.com/app.../306200827</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Thomson, others detail latest DTV progress [Paid Subacription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Thomson Consumer Electronics Friday was the first major television industry company to respond to the FCC's May request for TV players to spell out how they're helping the transition to digital. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=121565&display=breakingNews">www.broadcastingcable.com...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Announces Home Entertainment Projector Based on New Widescreen DLP Technology </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> First Projectors to Demonstrate 'Matterhorn' Chipset Now Shipping </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire via NewsAlert)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpVkgWbKbytu0mtC&Topic=Digital%20TV&Nav=pr-prmynews-">www.newsalert.com/bin/sto...-prmynews-</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Announces Home Entertainment Projector Based On New DLP Technology </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=detailwk.htm&-lay=layout%20%231&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40653&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...653&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Introduces Affordable Native 16:9 High-Definition DLP Projectors </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&Type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40649&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...649&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Vidikron Announces Four New High- Definition DLP Projectors </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&Type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=06&Day=20&-recid=40651&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...651&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Altman Goes for HD on New Film </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> When director Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H," "Nashville," "The Player," "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," "Gosford Park"<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> rolled into Chicago to shoot his upcoming feature film "The Company," he had decided not to expose a single frame of film. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Videography)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_9775.shtml">www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_9775.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Showtime Ups HD Programming </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/2003/june/news0620_3.shtml">www.digitaltelevision.com...20_3.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Keeping A-Head in HDTV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/N_Keeping_a_head.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...head.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Datacasters Look To Homeland Security </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_datacasters_look.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...look.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Lenses Benefit from High-Def R&D </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Advances in glass spilling across product lines </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_lenses_benefit_from.shtml">www.tvtechnology.com/feat...from.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Transmission Still Kicking It </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/2003/june/nab3.shtml">www.digitaltelevision.com...nab3.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Spain delays new TV legislation [Spain] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/world/-spain_delay_june.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/news/world...y_june.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Germany proposes 2006 analogue switch-off [Germany] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/world/-germany_2006.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/news/world...y_2006.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CAI Launches Aerial Benchmarking Scheme [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/latest/latest_benchmarked_aerials.htm">www.dtg.org.uk/latest/lat...erials.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END-->
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