1998 (42)
This editorial argues that standard television has filtered out visual subtlety and degraded cultural values by forcing artists to work within its technical lim…
This editorial argues that HDTV represents far more than an entertainment upgrade — it is a transformative medium delivering five times the visual information o…
Dale Cripps argues that falling HD equipment costs have made HDTV investment viable for mid-market TV stations, dismissing fears of financial ruin. He contends …
The Government of India officially adopted DVB-T as its digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard following a unanimous recommendation by a core grou…
CEMA president Gary Shapiro and ATSC chairman Robert Graves issued a joint statement in October 1999 defending the 8-VSB transmission system against Sinclair Br…
CBS DTV/HDTV Rollout: How, Why, and When — Dr. Flaherty's 1998 Affiliate Engineers Breakfast Address
CBS Senior Vice President of Technology Dr. J.A. Flaherty outlined the network's commitment to launching a primetime 1080i HDTV schedule in Fall 1998, arguing t…
As HDTV broadcasting approached its anticipated 1998 launch, front projection systems emerged as the ideal display technology for high-definition content, offer…
The ATSC and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association issued a joint statement in October 1999 defending the FCC-approved 8-VSB transmission standard agai…
KTLA channels 5 and 31 in Los Angeles will broadcast the Rose Parade on January 1, 2000 in 1080i HDTV with 5.1 surround sound, marking the station's second cons…
Sinclair Broadcast Group's VP Mark Hyman issued an urgent call in December 2000 for broadcasters to attend the All Industry DTV Summit in Washington, DC on Janu…
Mitsubishi Electric and Lucent Technologies announced a joint development agreement to create a five-chip ASIC set capable of handling all HDTV receiver functio…
Dale Cripps argues that launching HDTV through terrestrial broadcasting and mass-market retail is fundamentally flawed, given the technology's high cost and lim…
CBS Senior Vice President Joseph Flaherty traces the history of high-definition television from RCA's 343-line experiments in 1935 through the ITU's formal HDTV…
Sinclair Broadcast Group's Baltimore tests revealed that the US 8VSB digital terrestrial transmission system consistently failed to produce pictures on indoor s…
As DVB-S, DVB-C, and DVB-T services expand across Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and Asia, the U.S. ATSC standard increasingly resembles an isolated enclav…
Engineer Mark Schubin visited NxtWave's lab and reviewed their 8-VSB equalization technology, finding it effective at resolving multipath distortion but not wit…
CBS Senior Vice President of Technology Dr. J.A. Flaherty delivered this paper to the HAT Symposium in Moscow in November 1998, arguing that digital HDTV repres…
Unity Motion began 24-hour HDTV satellite broadcasting on September 26, 1998, marking the first around-the-clock high-definition programming available across th…
Dale Cripps argues that cost-focused compromises in the DTV transition risk alienating consumers by sacrificing picture quality. He proposes a shared-risk satel…
CBS Senior VP of Technology Dr. Joseph Flaherty traces the history of high-definition television from RCA's 343-line experiments in 1935 through the FCC's Advis…
Dr. Joseph Flaherty, Senior VP of Technology at CBS, traces the nine-year development of the Grand Alliance HDTV system and its eventual compromise by FCC Chair…
Dale Cripps traces how a pivotal 1990 FCC meeting under Chairman Al Sikes set HDTV on a simulcast, all-digital path, only for the standard to be eclipsed by com…
ATSC Chairman Robert Graves wrote to House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin in March 1998 to defend the FCC-adopted ATSC Digital Television…
ATSC Chairman Robert Graves refutes claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that the 1080-line interlaced format is incompatible with computers, arguing the ATSC DTV S…
CEMA President Gary Shapiro argues that HDTV's consumer rollout is virtually assured of success, predicting early sets will sell out immediately and prices will…
Former FCC Advisory Committee Chairman Richard E. Wiley surveys the state of DTV deployment in early 1998, outlining FCC build-out deadlines, the analog spectru…
Former FCC Chairman Richard E. Wiley examines the interlaced vs. progressive scanning debate, arguing it is less about technology and more about control of the …
CEMA distributed this official consumer electronics dealer briefing explaining the difference between DTV and HDTV, FCC rollout timelines, and expected pricing …
TCI president Leo Hindery expressed preference for 720p HDTV over 1080i on bandwidth efficiency grounds, while cable industry leaders wrestled with a $300 set-t…
Sony Corporation's Peter Dare outlines the technical challenges broadcasters face in transitioning to DTV, including Dolby AC3 multichannel audio handling, lip …
Sony's Peter Dare argues that DTV is a configurable digital pipeline capable of delivering HDTV, multiple SDTV channels, and data broadcasting simultaneously, n…
An anonymous expert makes the technical case for 1080i over 720p and 480p formats, comparing pixel counts, pixels-per-second rates, and motion rendition across …
MIT Professor Emeritus William F. Schreiber argues that 1080I does not achieve higher resolution than 720P in practice, citing ATTC and ATEL test data showing 7…
MIT Professor Emeritus William Schreiber systematically dismantles the technical arguments advanced by Sony, ATSC, and the Grand Alliance in favor of 1080i inte…
Dale Cripps argues that television markets will inevitably stratify by quality and price point, just as the hotel and audio industries have, making a one-size-f…
Bruce Jacobs of KTCA attended the first public HDTV demonstration in Minneapolis at an Audio King store in Edina, where a Panasonic PT-56WXF90 rear-projection s…
Bruce Jacobs reviews an early Panasonic consumer HDTV display at Audio King, finding it significantly over-enhanced and lacking true HD resolution compared to P…
Dale Cripps responds to a News & Observer business editor's questions about whether HDTV is a lasting technology or a passing standard, explaining that ATSC's l…
The UK's National Consumer Council warns that digital television could deliver hundreds of channels of repeats and old films rather than original programming, w…
Bill Napier reports from Charlotte on the Discovery Channel HDTV launch feed, describing a flawless 45MB CBS satellite feed decoded to 1080i over-the-air broadc…
Warren Cordell traces the 4:3 aspect ratio from early printing and engraving conventions through photography and television, arguing that economic forces — not …