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Annual HDTV Technology Review Now Available from DisplaySearch
By Rodolfo La Maestra
Senior Technical Director
Posted on May 31, 2007
Category: General Interest
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Annual HDTV Technology Review Now Available from DisplaySearch

AUSTIN, TEXAS, May 31, 2007 - DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, is now offering the recently completed 2007 HDTV Technology Review - Industry Edition, authored by HDTV Magazine's Senior Technical Director Rodolfo La Maestra. Exclusively available from DisplaySearch, this 560-page report is the ultimate source for the latest developments in all aspects of HD technology, covering the latest developments and key trends in

  • DTV implementation
  • DTV standards
  • Broadcasting
  • Cable and satellite
  • HD tuners and DVRs
  • 1080p implementation
  • Panel and projection displays
  • Alternative display technologies
  • IPTV
  • High definition DVD players and recorders
  • HD video processors
  • HD video cameras
  • Projection screens
  • Home theater equipment
  • Networking standards and industry efforts
  • DVI and IEEE1394
  • HDMI
  • DisplayPort
  • Wired digital connectivity solutions
  • Wireless digital connectivity solutions
  • Multi-channel for audio
  • HD Content protection

According to DisplaySearch Founder and President Ross Young, "We are pleased to bring this valuable report to our customer base. The 2007 HDTV Technology Review - Industry Edition is an excellent tool for learning about each aspect of HDTV technology. As the HD industry grows in complexity, variety and number of related HD products, it can be difficult for even industry insiders to keep up. This valuable reference document is a one-stop shop for everything HD, covering not only HD technology but all product introductions as of May 2007 and HD-related government mandates. Priced at just $995, it is a tremendous value and should enable its users to save significant time and money as they look to broaden and deepen their HD knowledge and expand their companies' HD-related offerings."

La Maestra has been involved in HD since the 1980s when it was proposed as an analog system. His industry career lasted nearly 40 years in computer systems and audio and video electronics. He has been authoring the annual HDTV Technology Review since 2002.

The 2007 HDTV Technology Review - Industry Edition can be purchased by contacting DisplaySearch sales at (512) 459-3126, sales@displayserach.com or contacting one of DisplaySearch's regional offices. The table of contents can be viewed at http://www.displaysearch.com/products/samples/toc-hdtv_tech_review.pdf

For more information on the dynamic TV market and TV supply chain, attend DisplaySearch's TV Supply Chain Conference from June 14-15 in San Diego which will feature speakers from leading TV brands, TV retailers, TV panel suppliers, financial analysts and TV electronics manufacturers. More information can be found at http://www.displaysearch.com/tvsupply2007.

About DisplaySearch
DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company, has a core team of 46 employees located in Europe, North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. The company also organizes influential events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Houston, Kyoto, London, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com.

About The NPD Group Inc.
The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,600 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, visit www.npd.com.

Company Contact:
Carolyn Lowe
DisplaySearch
512-459-3126 x104 (ph)
512-459-3127 (fax)
E-mail: carolyn_lowe@displaysearch.com

Media Contact:
Patti D. Hill
BlabberMouth PR
512.218-0401
E-mail: patti@blabbermouthPR.com

Posted by Rodolfo La Maestra, May 31, 2007 07:12 PM

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About Rodolfo La Maestra

Rodolfo La Maestra is the Senior Technical Director at HDTV Magazine and participated in the HDTV vision since the late 1980's. In the late 1990's, he began tracking all HDTV consumer equipment, and since 2002 he authors the annual HDTV Technology Review report covering HDTVs, Hi-def DVD, content providers, broadcast, cable, satellite, government, standards, connectivity, content protection, H/DTV tuners and DVRs, etc. In addition Rodolfo has authored a variety tutorials, books, and educative articles for HDTV Magazine, DVDetc, and HDTVetc Magazines, Veritas et Visus Newsletter, Display Search, and served as technical consultant/editor for the "Reference Guide" and the "HDTV Glossary of Terms" for HDTVetc and HDTV Magazines. In 2004, he began recording a weekly HDTV technology program for MD Cable television, which by 2006 reached the rating of second most viewed by the public, here is the opening episode.

Rodolfo's background encompasses Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, and Audio and Video Electronics, over 4,700 hours of professional training, a BS in Computer and Information Systems, and over thirty professional and post-graduate certifications, some from American, George Washington, and MIT Universities. Rodolfo was also Computer Science professor for over 700 students in five institutions between 1966-1973 in Argentina, for IBM, Burroughs, and Honeywell mainframes. After 38 years of computer systems career, Rodolfo retired in 2003 as Chief of Systems Development from the Inter-American Development Bank where he directed 65 software-development computer professionals, supporting member countries in north/central/south America 24x7.

In parallel, from 1998 he helped the public with his other career of audio/video electronics. Rodolfo started with hi-end audio in the early 60’s and merged with Home Theater video, multichannel audio, widescreen laser disc, anamorphic DVD, 16x9 NTSC displays, HDTV, Hi-def DVD, IPTV, HDMI, and 2.35:1 Cinemascope HD Home Theater over the past 40+ years.

When HDTV started airing in November 1998, he was an early adopter of HDTV and realized that the technology as implemented would overwhelm regular consumers due to its complexity, and it certainly does even today. Rodolfo then launched his HDTV mission of educating and helping consumers understand the complexity, the challenge, and the beauty of the technology, so the public learns to appreciate HDTV not just as another television.