HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #486: Smell-o-Vision and Streaming Movies
Today's Show:
Smell-o-Vision
HD! 3D! Now it's smell-o-vision Smell-o-vision TV in our future
Someday in the future, your TV set will smell.
Now it turns out that day is not that far away.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with Samsung, have developed a compact device capable of generating on command thousands of aromas, according to a paper published this week in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.
The device is small enough to attach directly to the back of any TV set or to mobile phones, the article says.
Streaming Service Round-up
HD in the Clouds: A Streaming State of the Union
By Michael S. Palmer
Let it be said that, as of the summer of 2011, there is no greater home theater medium to watch high definition film and television content than Blu-ray. And yes, I'm especially serious about the television part. Anyone who has fired up ‘Lost' or ‘Breaking Bad' or ‘Sons of Anarchy' in true 1080p HD with lossless or uncompressed sound knows the limitations of broadcast/satellite/cable television make for some pretty meager “HD.” Blu-ray remains the King of Bandwidth and the holy grail of home entertainment quality.
All of that aside, Blu-ray won't be king forever. Gone are the days where the masses would migrate from one format to the next (VHS to Laserdics to DVD to Blu-ray); we live in a world where platform and format are secondary to Content. And our HD content of the future, if we trust in Steve Jobs and this guy, will likely live in “The Cloud.”
Episode Notes
For TV manufacturers, the HDTV transition was a huge success. We all went out and bought new televisions, some of us even bought more than one. So far, the push for 3D televisions hasn't been quite as successful. Most of us have decided to sit this one out. So what would it take to get us all to run out and buy a new TV? What if your TV could actually produce the smells you see on screen? That might be a more immersive experience than 3D. Of course, that's a power you don't want falling into the wrong hands...
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Smell-o-Vision
HD! 3D! Now it's smell-o-vision Smell-o-vision TV in our future
Someday in the future, your TV set will smell.
Now it turns out that day is not that far away.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with Samsung, have developed a compact device capable of generating on command thousands of aromas, according to a paper published this week in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.
The device is small enough to attach directly to the back of any TV set or to mobile phones, the article says.
Full article
Streaming Service Round-up
HD in the Clouds: A Streaming State of the Union
By Michael S. Palmer
Let it be said that, as of the summer of 2011, there is no greater home theater medium to watch high definition film and television content than Blu-ray. And yes, I'm especially serious about the television part. Anyone who has fired up 'Lost' or 'Breaking Bad' or 'Sons of Anarchy' in true 1080p HD with lossless or uncompressed sound knows the limitations of broadcast/satellite/cable television make for some pretty meager "HD." Blu-ray remains the King of Bandwidth and the holy grail of home entertainment quality.
All of that aside, Blu-ray won't be king forever. Gone are the days where the masses would migrate from one format to the next (VHS to Laserdics to DVD to Blu-ray); we live in a world where platform and format are secondary to Content. And our HD content of the future, if we trust in Steve Jobs and this guy, will likely live in "The Cloud."