Tag archive: high definition television

Sceptre isn't one of the most recognizable names in TVs but, then again, neither was Vizio during its formative years — and now look where that company is. It may not be long until Sceptre grabs enough mind-share to resonate well with the public, though. Its latest TV offering brings the performance and slim cabinetry of LED backlighting to consumers at an incredibly low price and, the company claims, without sacrificing quality. The… Read More

Just as the technology for televisions has changed, the rules for watching one have shifted also. The rule with standard-definition televisions used to be that viewers should sit at a distance of 3-6 times the screen size from the TV. Now, with the glorious innovation of HDTVs you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixilation on the screen—slighting the original rule and allowing viewers to sit only 1.5-3 times the screen size… Read More

Market analysis firm iSuppli has released its forecasts for the growth of the high-definition television market through 2012, and the report contains one interesting tidbit: in 2008, shipments of high-definition televisions have already overtaken shipments of standard-definition televisions. “The technology is everywhere these days—on broadcast television, on cable, on satellite, and on the Internet,” said iSuppli senior… Read More

Apple has announced that Fox and CBS are now offering high-definition television shows for sale via the iTunes store, joining ABC and NBC. High-definition shows joining the iTunes lineup include installments of CBS's CSI franchise along with Numb3rs and NCIS; Fox shows available in HD on iTunes will includqe Bones, House, and Prison Break. Tallied up, iTunes now carries more than 70 primetime shows from major broadcast networks,… Read More

A new report from market research firm Informa Telecoms & Media predicts that the number of HDTV households worldwide will total 151 million by the year 2011, more than triple from the number at the end of 2006. The report predicts the top HDTV market in 2011 will be the United States, followed by Japan, China, the U.K., and Germany; the U.S. will have nearly 63 million HDTV households, while number two Japan will be approaching 30… Read More

Quote from the story: “On March 8th, Sony invited the press to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to preview their 2005 line of Audio, Video, and High Definition Television products.  In previous years, Sony had held 3 individual Zone Shows for dealers and the press in East Rutherford (NJ), Chicago, and Los Angeles from late February to April.  However, since the company moved its headquarters last year from Park Ridge, NJ to San… Read More

As Americans prepare for the nation's unofficial holiday — Super Bowl XXXIX – consumer electronics retailers are ringing up huge sales of digital television (DTV) products. According to figuresreleased today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), December 2004 factory-to-dealer sales of DTV products hit 927,000 units, marking a 45 percent increase over December 2003. Total DTVsales for 2004 reached 7.2 million units, an… Read More

“The recorder, dubbed the BD-HD100, will be positioned at the high end of Sharp's Blu-ray Disc recorder line and is expected to sell for 320,000 yen (about $3,000) in Japan. In contrast to competing recorders from Sony and Matsushita, Sharp's recorder has a separate BD drive and DVD/CD drive together with a 160 Gbyte hard disk drive. It is designed to record and play back high-definition pictures to and from the built-in… Read More

The launch of Microsoft TV Foundation Edition in Washington will support the advanced digital cable services that Comcast offers to more than 1 million cable customers. Today marks the first majorU.S. deployment of Foundation Edition and Comcast's launch of dual-tuner digital video recording (DVR) services in Washington. With the launch of dual-tuner DVRs supported by Foundation Edition, Comcast customers can enjoy the ultimate control… Read More

Quote from the review: “High Definition Television (HDTV) continues to gain in popularity and market share. ATI is bringing this technology to the desktop with the introduction of the HDTV Wonder. At the heart of the HDTV Wonder Remote Control Edition is a PCI tuner card that allows receiving both traditional analog TV signals and the newer over-the-air (OTA) high definition digital television signals. The received video signals are… Read More

Niveus Media is a manufacturer of media entertainment systems for the high-end audio/video market. Digital Life is a first of its kind consumer technology and entertainment event produced by ZiffDavis, and the editors of PC Magazine. "We're thrilled to receive the home entertainment Best of Show award for our high-end Summit Series media centers," said Tim Cutting, President & CEO of Niveus Media. "The editors of PC Magazine… Read More

In its recently released study, “Global Assessment of Satellite Demand: A Demand-Driven, Region-Specific Analysis of the Commercial Geostationary Satellite Transponder Market for 2003-2009″, Northern Sky Research (NSR) has outlined in depth its view of how growth in HDTV (High Definition Television) will impact the commercial satellite transponder market and describes the potential for HD transmissions to increase revenues for… Read More

“HDTV stands for High Definition Television. It is a digital format that provides an extremely high-resolution picture (2.1 million pixels), accompanied by digitally enhanced sound (Dolby Digital surround sound) all presented in widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio). HDTV refers to the TV itself and the broadcast method (over a digital network), and the way a particular show or movie is produced. The ultimate viewing experience is… Read More

In the latest of a series of product delays, Intel Corp. has postponed the launch of a video display chip it had previously planned to introduce by year end, putting off a showdown with TexasInstruments Inc. in the fast-growing market for high-definition television displays. Intel spokeswoman Laura Anderson said on Monday that the world's largest chip maker had decided to improve picture quality before introducing the product, called… Read More

A Survey of HDTV Users, a new report in Lyra Research's DTV View report series, finds that when existing HDTV users were asked to rate the importance of seeing various types of TV content in highdefinition, both males and females chose movies as the most important. Men rated sporting events a close second, while women rated drama TV series marginally higher than sports (see figure). Amongthe types of TV series respondents were asked to… Read More