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DTV News for 8-11-2005
507 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

NAB Wants Sooner DTV-Tuner Mandate
The NAB is urging the FCC to accelerate mandates for inclusion of over-the-air digital tuners in new TV sets.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP

20050810 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark's Monday Memo)
(Digital Television)
http://www.digitaltelevision.com/monday ... 02195.html

Nearly 90% of All US Households to Have Digital TV by 2009
eMarketer Report Explores the Technologies and Dynamics That Will Change Broadcasting, Communications and Advertising Forever
(Market Wire / Yahoo News)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_ht ... e_id=92865
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050811/092865.html

Is your TV set for digital?
(Canton, OH Repository)
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Cate ... 236869&r=0

CBS to air the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in high-definition TV
This will be the second consecutive year the PGA Championship has been broadcast by CBS Sports in HDTV.
(PGA)
http://www.pga.com/news/pganews/pgamedi ... 081005.cfm

Television Stations
High definition television, with its promise of sharper, movie- theater quality pictures, has slowly been entering the Richmond area.
(RedNova)
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id ... technology

KARE 11 Launches First Local Twenty-Four Hour Digital Weather Service
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 239&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050810/cgw040.html?.v=20

HDFEST 2005 World Tour to Launch
South Florida Film Festival event is first stop
(Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer / HD Issues)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... p?id=34030
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewar ... p?id=34030
http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/viewa ... p?id=34030

High Definition Tours World
HDFEST's "high-definition only" screenings will allow attendees the full experience of what high-definition and digital cinema currently have to offer audiences and will include a special selection of animation , documentaries, features and shorts.
(Digital Broadcasting)
http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/cont ... +Headlines

HDFEST 2005 World Tour Launches with South Florida Film Festival Event
HDFEST will be launching its 2005 World Tour next month with a film festival event in South Florida September 9-10.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13551.shtml


A Look Ahead at HDTV, Shot by You
(New York, NY Times)
http://tech2.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/tec ... pogue.html

Australian Film Shot on JVC's GY-HD101E HD Camcorders
The first film in the world to be shot with two JVC GY-HD101E ProHD cameras is now in production. The film entitled "Reality Check" stars Paul Mercurio (lead actor of Australian film, Strictly Ballroom) and Dieter Brenmar (actor in Australian television drama, Home and Away) is a kind of 'Survivor gone wrong' movie.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13553.shtml

HDTV: Do your worst
(TV Squad)
http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/08/10/hdtv-do-your-worst/

'Software guy' builds HDTV antennas out of frustration [How Antennas Direct got started]
(St. Louis, MO Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/busine ... enDocument


Format fight
The peace talks are over - a war seems inevitable between the two formats competing to replace DVD to become the high definition (HDTV) pre-recorded/recordable disc standard.
(Guardian Weekly)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/ ... 57,00.html

DVD format war will rage for two years
Experts predict long battle for supremacy between Blu-ray and HD DVD
(vnunet.com)
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21409 ... artner-two

Consumers Reluctant To Buy High-Definition Media
(TechWeb News via InternetWeek)
http://www.internetweek.com/news/168600602


Taiwan market: BenQ debuts 37-inch and 46-inch LCD TVs
(DigiTimes)
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20050811PR202.html

JVC Commences Volume Production of New 0.7-Inch D-ILA Full HD Liquid Crystal Device
(PhysOrg)
http://www.physorg.com/news5693.html

New Pioneer PureVision Plasma Televisions Make HDTV Look Picture Perfect
Enhanced Contrast Ratios Offer Better Black Level Than Ever Before
(Business Wire / Yahoo News / eCoustics.com)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050810/105669.html?.v=1
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/ ... 54055.html

New Plasmas Set the Mark for Excellence in HDTV with Increased Contrast Ratio and Excellent Black Levels
(New Age Media Concepts)
http://press.namct.com/content/view/2599/2/

The Difference is Black and White with New Pioneer Elite PureVision Plasma Televisions
New Plasmas Set the Mark for Excellence in HDTV with Increased Contrast Ratio and Excellent Black Levels
(Business Wire / Yahoo News / eCoustics.com)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050810/105658.html?.v=1
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/ ... 54057.html

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