DTV News for 9-21-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 9-21-2005
466 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Destination Digital TV - September 2005 [Adobe PDF File]
(National Association of Broadcasters)
http://www.nab.org/newsroom/issues/digi ... V/0905.pdf

McCain Wants Jan. 1, 2007 Analog TV Shutdown
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1004

NAB urges passage of pro-consumer multicast DTV mandate
The NAB has urged Congress to enact legislation ensuring viewer access to a variety of new local television programming options in the digital TV era.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 9/#mandate

CEA Responds To FCC's Annual Request for Information on the Status of Competition in the Market for Delivery of Video Programming
American Consumers Now Have More Ways to Receive Video Programming Than Ever Before
(Consumer Electronics Association / Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/pre ... p?id=10832
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050920/205821.html?.v=1


HDTV: Coming Soon To Your Living Room
(AskMen)
http://www.askmen.com/toys/mrtech_60/80 ... dgets.html

Epson Unveils 1,080p 3LCD Rear-Projection Displays
Epson America unveiled at CEDIA Expo, here, its new generation of 3LCD rear-projection HDTV monitors, consisting of the company's first two 1,080p models, and introduced two new high-end 720p front projectors for home theater applications.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258015. ... 09/19/2005

Fujitsu Adds Integrated PDPs
Fujitsu unveiled at CEDIA Expo, here, its first high-definition Plasmavision models that incorporate digital-cable-ready capability and ATSC tuning.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258016. ... 09/19/2005

Hitachi Postpones LCoS RPTV Entry
Hitachi told dealers at CEDIA Expo, here, that it has postponed plans to deliver this year a previously announced line of LCoS-based rear-projection HDTV sets, citing changing marketplace conditions that have, among other things, significantly reduced the price gap between plasma displays and microdisplay rear-projection products.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258021. ... 09/19/2005

HP Pavilion 65-inch DLP HDTV
(Sound And Vision Magazine)
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/articl ... cle_id=876

Matsushita, Sharp duking it out in sales of flat-panel TVs
(Kyodo News via Yahoo News)
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050920/kyodo/d8co0j706.html

Special Report: Mitsubishi WD-52627 HDTV
1080p comes to DLP
(Sound And Vision Magazine)
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/articl ... cle_id=861

Sharp Takes on Plasma With 57-Inch LCD TV
(Reuters / Yahoo News / ABC News)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... ived=False
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... sharp_dc_1
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZD ... id=1143542

Sharp Expands Full-Spec High-Definition AQUOS Lineup to 5 Models with the Introduction of 57V*1 and 37V-Inch TVs
(AVinfo)
http://www.avinfo.co.uk/index.php?main= ... d=15048328

SIM2 Demos 3-Chip DLP Projector
SIM2 USA presented CEDIA show goers, here, with the latest mini projector in its popular Domino Series, a pair of 40W-inch LCD TV monitors, and the recently introduced C3X 3-chip DLP projector.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258038. ... 09/19/2005

Sony Bows BRAVIA LCDs, SXRD 1,080p At CEDIA
Sony took advantage of the CEDIA Expo venue, here, providing further details on its new BRAVIA brand XBR flat-panel LCD TVs, and introducing an SXRD 1,080p home theater front projector and more LocationFree portables.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258039. ... 09/19/2005


Why the Rush to Blue?
You've heard the hype surrounding forthcoming high-capacity formats Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD. What challenges lie ahead?
(PC World)
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article ... RSS,00.asp

Samsung Plans Dual-Format HD Disc Player
Samsung is working on a dual-format, next-generation optical disc player that will support both the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) disc formats, the Financial Times Deutschland reported.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258012. ... 09/19/2005

Toshiba Reports HD DVD Demos Set For Autumn
Toshiba will begin the prelaunch of its HD DVD optical disc format this fall by providing retailers with a player they can use to showcase HDTVs during the holiday selling season, but the company has refrained from issuing a definitive date for the sale of such decks to U.S. consumers.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6258019. ... 09/19/2005


Canon Intros HD Camcorder, Previews New Technologies
NEW YORK