Monthly Archives: December 2009

Consulting the HD Crystal Ball about TV in 2010

Written on December 28, 2009 at 1:09 pm, by

Technology writer Bill Husted at the Ventura County Star takes a look at what’s in store for HDTV’s come 2010: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/26/consulting-the-hd-crystal-ball-about-tv-in-2010/  More

Rumor: Apple 5 Megapixel Phone to Support 720p & 1080p

Written on December 25, 2009 at 12:31 pm, by

Will 720p and 1080p HD be coming to an iPhone near you this summer? That’s the rumor. Here’s the story: http://www.intomobile.com/2009/12/23/brief-rumour-apple-to-ship-5-megapixel-iphone-and-move-40-to-45-million-iphones-total-during-2010.html  More

Video-based Transparent Truck System Could Save Lives

Written on December 23, 2009 at 7:53 pm, by

CNET reports that Russian design studio Art Lebedev calls this simple invention–a camera that takes images from the front of a truck to show it on screens in the back–Transparentius. […]  More

Report: D.C. Wasted $4 Million on TV Studio

Written on December 23, 2009 at 7:50 pm, by

The Washington Post is reporting that the D.C. agency that regulates cable television in the city “wasted over $4 million” on a high-definition television studio that was never built, according to […]  More

Sines of the Times

Written on December 23, 2009 at 6:58 pm, by

What I’d like to say is that edges don’t really exist.  And the point I’m trying to make affects everything from camera resolution to audio distortion to data transmission.  But […]  More

Highs and Lows of a Decade in AV

Written on December 22, 2009 at 3:58 pm, by

TechRadar.com has an interesting piece on the home entertainment winners and losers of the noughties: “John Logie Baird may have unveiled the first basic design of a TV in the […]  More

How To Provide Internet Video Quality of Experience

Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm, by

Internet video quality of experience (QoE) is an all-encompassing term. This article on Embedded.com by Jeff Connell of LSI, addresses the issues involved, and shows how Internet video quality monitoring can […]  More

LG Unveils World's Thinnest LCD TV Panel

Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm, by

Digital Spy reports that LG has unveiled the world’s thinnest liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel at just 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches) thick. The South Korean firm said in a statement […]  More

Swindler Duped CIA Over Al-Qaeda Barcode Decoding Scam on Al-Jazeera TV

Written on December 21, 2009 at 4:18 pm, by

AFP reports that a con artist convinced the CIA and other US agencies in 2003 that he could decode secret messages sent by Al-Qaeda through Al-Jazeera broadcasts, Playboy magazine reported. Duped […]  More

MPEGIF Launches “3D over MPEG” Campaign

Written on December 21, 2009 at 1:00 pm, by

The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) issued the following press release today: Fremont, California, December 21, 2009 – The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), the world’s largest advocacy group for standard’s based […]  More

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