Headphone History

By Mark Schubin | Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 6:27 pm

Based in part on the post here <http://www.schubincafe.com/?p=3303>, The New York Times on February 27 corrected its January 9 column on headphone history <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09FOB-medium-t.html>.  The comment about their not correcting […]  More

Sunrise at Campobello

By Mark Schubin | Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:39 pm

An early version of the post “125th Anniversary of Pay Cable” said Sunrise at Campobello was written and directed by Dore Schary.  It should have said it was written and […]  More

HDMI 1.4a

By Mark Schubin | Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 9:46 am

As Blu Laser Digital commented on my recent 3DTV Today post, there are non-broadcast modes in the HDMI 1.4a specification that allow full spatial resolution for both views.  For 1920×1080, […]  More

More on 3D health issues

By Mark Schubin | Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 3:10 pm

This time from a virtual-reality developer: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2813511.htm  More

Still More on 2D Glasses

By Mark Schubin | Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 4:12 pm

Every Tuesday, the “Really?” column in the Science Times section of The New York Times explores an issue to decide whether it’s myth or fact.  Today’s topic, by Anahad O’Connor, was, […]  More

Yet Another "3D"

By Mark Schubin | Friday, February 5, 2010 - 9:32 am

“And the award goes to…” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that one of its latest Scientific and Technical Awards will go “to Dr. Klaus Anderle, Christian […]  More

Even more on 2D glasses

By Mark Schubin | Friday, January 15, 2010 - 8:58 am

Rafe Needleman writes of his stereo blindness in cnet news and of watching Avatar in a 2D auditorium: http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10435478-250.html But, at home, where some viewers might want 3D and others […]  More

More 2D Glasses

By Mark Schubin | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 8:22 am

Besides yesterday’s article in the UK Telegraph, today’s New York Daily News has a similar story: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_little_too_reelistic_mega_3d_hit_avatar_giving_some_motion_sickness.html  More

Remembering Camp Sohcahtoa

By Mark Schubin | Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 10:58 am

In the first version of my post Sines of the Times, I incorrectly stated that in a right triangle the sine was the ratio of the side opposite the angle […]  More