HP is planning to bring a line of Internet-ready HDTVs to market: HDTV 2.0 is described as adding support for place shifting, enabling content derived from Internet-connected PCs or media servers to be displayed on them, achieved through the use of Ethernet and wireless networking connections on HDTV sets. HPâs 2.0 sets, due out later … Read more
Comcast published the results of a study earlier this month claiming that viewers preferred Comcast HD signals to HD transmissions from Dish Network and DirecTV. The study was conducted by Frank M. Magid Associates with oversight by Accenture and the law firm Loeb & Loeb. Now DirecTV is suing Comcast for claiming better quality HDTV … Read more
Philips user-friendly TV adjustment.
While news was coming out of Streaming Media East in New York, on the other side of the world the IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe tradeshow in Prague was also bustling with the people and products of IPTV. At the event Celrun, an IPTV set-top box manufacturer, along with Metalink Ltd, a leading provider of … Read more
Anyone else worried about what online HD streaming from ABC is going to do to Internet connection speeds? Multichannel News reports that ABC is claiming to be the first major TV programmer to stream HDTV online. The network will start its HD test in July with content (full episodes?) from Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, … Read more
Oh how I love college football. Growing up in Florida, football is a way a life and choosing an affiliation comes early (Go ‘Canes). Prior to cohabitation, I actually only subscribed to cable during football season to maximize coverage. Yes, I’ll even watch those random teams like New Mexico State or Boise on ESPN2 Thursday … Read more
Head on over to Gizmodo to read an excellent “contrast ratio” write-up: What is contrast ratio? Simply put, it’s the difference between the darkest and brightest spot on a display. This is expressed as a ratio measuring luminosity. A good way to think of contrast is like the volume on a stereo. You might have … Read more
Comcast recently commissioned a study that concluded their HD picture quality is superior to DirecTV and Dish, following it up with full page ads in 15 newspapers and radio spots planned. The study was conducted in March, with 309 subjects showed side-by-side images from DirecTV, Dish and Comcast on identical TV sets. To eliminate set … Read more