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From June 28, 2004...
Elgato Unveils First HDTV Digital Video Recorder for the Mac;
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Business Wire (press release), CA - Jun 28, 2004
... FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2004--Elgato Systems
today announced the release of EyeTV 500, the first
high-definition television (HDTV) solution for ...More
Sony shows double-HDTV resolution projection system
ARNnet, Australia
The technology was first
announced in early 2003 and a first-generation panel suitable for
HDTV is already in production. ...
Projectors Offer Cheaper HDTV
BizReport, United States
HDTV looked especially vibrant, but even such computer images as Web pages
and word-processing documents were readable. ... More
Rogers High-Definition Personal
Video Recorder Now Available!
Yahoo News
... show, while recording two other shows at the same time),
pause, rewind and instant replay live television, and record up to
20 hours of HDTV programming or 90 ... MORE
Path 1 Cx1000 Video Over IP
Gateway Named Finalist for 2004 Cable ...
... that the company's cutting-edge Cx1000(TM) Video over IP
Gateway was named one of the finalists, and was voted second place
in the 'Best HDTV technology or ...
Path 1 Cx1000 Video Over IP Gateway Named Finalist for 2004 Cable
...MORE
Trigem targets US with sleek PC
designs
IT World
... DDR (double data rate) memory, a remote control, a
120G-byte hard-disk drive, a wireless keyboard and mouse, a
CD-RW/DVD combo drive, an HDTV (high-definition ... MORE
Zoran & Oren Semiconductor
Announce Availability of Joint ...
... Nasdaq: ZRAN - News) and Oren Semiconductor announced that they
have co-developed a series of high definition digital television
(HDTV) reference designs that ...
Zoran & Oren Semiconductor Announce Availability of Joint ...MORE
Cable gears up for digital-ready
TV sets
USA Today
... Most electronics
makers will have products out soon. Sony will have 15 digital
cable-ready TVs this year, including several HDTV models. ...MORE
Hitachi Introduces Redesigned
Thin Profile CRT Rear-Projection ...
... With models in the 46-inch, 51-inch and 57-inch categories
(46F510, 51F510 and 57F510), Hitachi's F510 HDTV monitor line
features a thin, sleek cabinet design ...
Hitachi Premieres CineForm Plasma Television Models; Spectacular
..MORE.
LCOS HDTV from Brillian
guidetohometheater.com - May 30, 2004
May 31, 2004 Brillian Corporation is making waves among the
HDTV elite with its first-ever rear projection monitor, a
65"-diagonal widescreen unit with ... MORE
Via to showcase consumer electronics
PC World Magazine, Australia - May 30, 2004
... includes an integrated S3 Graphics Unichrome Pro graphics
core, hardware-based acceleration for MPEG2 and MPEG4 video, and
support for HDTV (high-definition ...
Via to showcase consumer electronics - Australian Reseller News
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and more »
TiVo's 1Q loss widens
TiVo posted a $9.07 million loss for its fiscal first quarter,
compared with $7.88 million a year earlier. The company said the
wider loss was a result of increased research and development and
sales rose 21%, the company said.
BBC News Wales to pioneer
digital switchover
Guardian, UK - 4 hours ago
All households in the area that do not already receive digital
television through Sky or Freeview will be given free digital
terrestrial boxes. ...
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Zarlink Tuner First To Meet Full Performance
Demands of Stringent ...
The ZL10038 tuner is designed for advanced
satellite STBs (set-top boxes) delivering high-speed Internet,
HDTV (high-definition TV) and other broadband ...
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Lakers Play Host to New, Hi-Def
Aerial Camera System at This ...
Yahoo News (press release) -
Viewers with HDTV will be treated to breathtaking, live images
of the Staples Center and downtown Los Angeles skyline shot with
Helinet's recently introduced ...
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Radyne ComStream HDTV Technology
Used in NBA Western Conference ...
Yahoo News (press release)
Radyne's Tiernan Video encoders will provide both the High
(HDTV) and Standard (SDTV) feeds on a combined uplink from the
games.
Brillian Debuts Its Gen II
Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon (LCoS(TM)) ...
Yahoo News (press release)
... SID) conference Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News)
unveiled its first
television product: the BR6501m/i, a 65-inch rear-projection
HDTV monitor based ...
Computers/Electronics News - PR Newswire (press release)
Brillian Announces New SVGA Microdisplay Viewer Module for Video
..MORE
RCN SIGNS NEW AFFILIATION
AGREEMENT WITH STARZ
TO FORTIFY STARZ SUPER PAK LINEUP
New Deal Delivers Starz On Demand, STARZ! HD, and STARZ! Kids
to Packages MSO-Wide
Princeton, N.J. and Englewood, Colo. May 24, 2004 RCN
Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: RCNC) and
Starz Encore Group LLC (Starz) announced a broad, new affiliation
agreement expanding the distribution of the Starz movie channels
and advanced services for RCNs approximately 390,000 subscribers
MSO-wide. The services are expected to launch in RCNs VOD-enabled
markets nationwide throughout 2004. The new deal will add Starz On
Demand, Starz subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) movie service,
along with STARZ! HD and STARZ! Kids, to RCNs complete Starz
Super Pak lineup.
Starz On Demand provides impulse viewing of Starz movies with full
"DVD-like" functionality as part of the monthly Starz Super Pak
subscription and with no fee per view. Starz On Demand features
over 100 great movies every month, selected from titles shown
across the Starz Super Pak movie channels.
Starz On Demand will be added to RCNs multi-service,
multi-feature Power bundles with the Starz Super Pak at no extra
charge. Starz On Demand will also be offered to RCNs other
customers with the Starz Super Pak service as an optional
enhancement for only $4.95 monthly.
STARZ! HD and STARZ! Kids will be added at no extra charge.
The HD format will be available in RCNs Boston, Manhattan,
Queens, Philadelphia, Washington DC, San Francisco and Lehigh
Valley, Pennsylvania markets.
The Starz services offer the best in movie choice and convenience
and we are pleased to bring these valuable additions to our
subscribers, said Bobbie Herbs, RCNs Vice President of Video
Product Management. Each additional service brings something new
to our customers who love movies more family-friendly movie fare
with STARZ! Kids, more programming on RCN HDTV with STARZ! HD, and
a terrific SVOD addition with Starz On Demand.
With a blockbuster slate of films arriving now and throughout
2004 on the Starz channels and Starz On Demand, including Finding
Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and
later this year, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,
RCNs Starz Super Pak subscribers are the big winners with this
new agreement, said Tom Gove, vice president, national division
for Starz.
Starz On Demand offers a steady supply of blockbuster titles
including, Finding Nemo, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,
Hulk, Gangs of New York, Chicago, Anger Management, and Bringing
Down the House, as well as upcoming hits such as, Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Lost in Translation, Spy
Kids 3: Game Over, and Freaky Friday. Hollywood studios supplying
films to Starz On Demand include Disney, Universal, Sony, MGM,
Paramount, New Line, Revolution Studios, and Miramax.
Since its launch in the spring of 2003, RCN HDTV offers all of the
high-definition programming broadcast by the local affiliates of
ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS. Each network is offering more of its
programming schedule in high-definition format, including most
prime time shows and many major sports events. In addition to
STARZ! HD, RCN offers HBO HDTV and Showtime HDTV, offering the
latest movies, sports and original series STARZ! HD, HBO HDTV, and
Showtime HDTV are available to subscribers of those premium
networks.
RCNs robust HD lineup includes ESPNs new HDTV channel, two
channels of HDNet, HDNet Movies and Discovery HD Theater. HDNet
and HDNet Movies are new national networks broadcasting
exclusively in HD format, including movies, live sports and
concerts, documentaries, news and entertainment. Discovery HD
Theater offers high-definition nature, wildlife, science and
technology programs.
Prime time is here for HDTV
Sales soar as prices slide
Saturday, May 22, 2004
By DOUG BEDELL / The
Dallas Morning News
After years of stratospheric prices and empty hype, the
high-definition television market appears to be taking off.
Prime time is here for HDTV
Some high-def sets built with traditional cathode-ray tubes have sunk
below $1,000, and most of the stylish thin-screen, wide-format
models no longer command eye-popping, five-figure prices.
In fact, HDTV prices have dropped steadily each month by an
average of 2 percent, said Richard Doherty, research director at
the Envisioneering Group of Seaford, N.Y.
For the moment, there is no end in sight.
"Barring some unforeseen event like a Taiwanese earthquake that
takes out factories it looks like this trend will hold up
through this holiday season," Mr. Doherty said. "That means,
essentially, that a set someone was drooling over last Christmas
will be about 30 percent cheaper this season."
But the market's future isn't crystal clear.
Widespread consumer confusion over digital television
persists. Manufacturers and set owners are still concerned about
the dearth of true HD programming. Unresolved regulatory issues,
including Hollywood's requested restrictions on recording
programming, foster uncertainty.
Retailers say shoppers are confused by the complexity of
television technologies. At the least, buyers must comprehend the
differences among the three digital television classes standard
definition (SDTV), enhanced definition (EDTV) and high-definition
(HDTV).
All three are digital televisions that will display broadcast
images after the nation undergoes its conversion from analog to
digital over-the-air broadcast signals. Only the most expensive
HDTV units, however, make full use of the more dense high-def
signals with the crispest images.
Sales for all types of digital televisions have been stronger than
expected. A surge began late last year, surprising market
watchers.
Strong end-of-year sales forced the Consumer Electronics
Association to increase its DTV sales projection from 4 million to
4.3 million units. It now projects 5.7 million digital television
units will be sold this year, increasing to almost 23 million by
2007.
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Masses tune in to superhero
abilities of HDTV
By Edward C. Baig, USA
TODAY
Jeff Leon was never one to
watch nature documentaries. Until, that is, the Chicago attorney
bought a 50-inch Fujitsu plasma HDTV. "In high definition, it's
just mesmerizing," Leon says.
TV junkies are answering the call of nature with greater frequency
and are gaining appreciation for ballgames, concerts, movies and
other programming that comes alive in high definition.
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FCC WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL DTV DISENFRANCHISED. When TV turns in its analog
frequencies to move to all digital sometime after 2006, how many
people who dont subscribe to cable or satellite will be left
without TV service? Are they the elderly? The poor? Do they even
watch TV or care that they will no longer have an over-the-air
signal to watch? FCC Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree told the New
America Foundation last week that those are questions to which the
FCC needs to find answers. Most lawmakers are cautious about
disenfranchising a large number of voters, leaving them with no TV
service, especially if they are too poor to buy new digital
equipment or if they are disproportionately elderly. Ferree has
suggested people who can't afford DTV equipment on their own be
provided free or subsidized digital-to-analog converters that will
keep their old sets working. There would be no point in
subsidizing all, however, if many in the 15% category are
financially secure or simply don't care about TV.
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