DTV News for 12-8-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 12-8-2005
388 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

...While Markey Suggests DTV Date Shift
(TelecomWeb)
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1133898074.htm

9/11 Report Underscores Need For Hard Date To End Analog Broadcasts, Says CEA
(Consumer Electronics Association)
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/pre ... p?id=10888


TBN's Smile of a Child Television Network Debuts Dec. 24
Brings Innovative Christian Children's Programming to Digital Cable
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / Religion News Service)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051208/20051208005115.html?.v=1
http://www.religionnews.com/press02/PR120705.html


Ten HDTV myths
High-definition TV is just around the corner, so we dispel some of the HD myths proliferating around the US television industry.
(Digit Magazine)
http://www.digitmag.co.uk/features/inde ... ureID=1378

World's largest LCD TV unveiled
(Platinum today)
http://www.platinum.matthey.com/media_r ... 71202.html

Astar Electronics Launches Line of Widescreen LCD HDTVs
New 32'' LCD HD Ready Television/Monitor Is Latest in the Aluminum Series
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051207/20051207005297.html?.v=1

Astar Ships 32" LCD HDTV Display
The new LTV 3201, priced at $1,299.99, offers a number of features including an aspect ratio of 16:9 and a viewing angle of 170" x 170".
(DesignTechnica)
http://news.designtechnica.com/article8999.html

Hitachi 42HDT52 42-inch Plasma HDTV
(Sound And Vision Magazine)
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/articl ... le_id=1080

LG unveils 42" HDTV with 160GB hard drive
(MobileMag)
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/313/C5526/

Samsung LN-R408D 40-inch LCD HDTV
(Sound And Vision Magazine)
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/articl ... le_id=1082

Toshiba 56HM195 56-inch 1080p DLP HDTV
(Sound And Vision Magazine)
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/articl ... le_id=1081


Hitachi sees earlier start to plasma display plant
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/business/NewsA ... TSU-DC.XML

Hitachi develops 42-inch HD plasma display
Hitachi Ltd. and its subsidiary Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd. (FHP) have developed a 42-inch plasma display panel with full high-definition resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels.
(EE Times)
http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArti ... =174906465

Samsung, LG to buy LCDs from Taiwan
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsA ... =nTP276747

Taiwan LCD Manufacturers To See Large Growth In 2006
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... ecid=10867


MBC Korea Takes Control of HD Transition With Snell & Wilcox IQ Modular Installations in 10 More Cities
MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), Korea