DTV News for 11-1-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-1-2005
425 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Max Media's Chairman Attacks Legislation to Accelerate the Digital Television Transition: 'Haste Makes Waste'
(PR Newswire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051031/dcm043.html?.v=60

House Squanders Chance To Save Energy In Digital TV Transition
With Congress considering legislation to set a final date for the transition, the committee rejected an energy efficiency standard for the digital TV adapters that many consumers will have to buy to continue using their broadcast TV sets after the 2008 transition date.
(Pollution Online)
http://www.pollutiononline.com/content/ ... TCOOKIE=NO

Absence of Multi-Channel Must Carry in Proposed DTV Legislation Detriment to Families
'The omission of Multi-Channel Must Carry from this important legislation is not some minor technical problem but one that will have a vast and deleterious effect on America's families.' - FRC President Tony Perkins
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 184&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051031/dcm025.html?.v=28

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins Reports "Absence Of Multi-Channel Must Carry In Proposed DTV Legislation Detriment To Families"
(Family Research Council via Religion News Service)
http://www.religionnews.com/press02/PR103107A.html


Digital TV Mandatory by 2009
(WMOA-AM Marietta, OH via Marietta Online)
http://www.mariettaonline.com/news/news ... hp?ID=4766

Digital age under way in ECI
Transmission from WIPB-TV's newly installed 800-foot digital tower began Monday, heralding in the digital age in East Central Indiana.
(Muncie, IN Star Press)
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/4/ ... 4-002.html

WIPB's Digital Signal
(Muncie, IN Star Press)
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/3/ ... 3-004.html


Consumers Get The Picture On HDTV
(InternetWeek via Yahoo News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20051029/tc_cmp/172901487

What you need for HDTV
Television programming available in high definition has seemingly become a more common occurrence.
(Knight Ridder via Charlotte, NC Observer)
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/ ... 048632.htm

What Comes After High-Def? 4K!
Warner Bros., Sony and JVC are testing digital cinema projectors with twice the resolution of the current 1920x1080 HD standard.
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/ ... talcinema/

Daytek Adds Three Models to LCD TV Line
(Marketnews)
http://marketnews.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=1193

Hitachi PJ-TX100 LCD Projector
My, what a big eye you have.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/frontproj ... 05hitachi/

JVC LT-32X776 LCD HDTV
Embrace the digital age.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/lcds/1005jvc/

Optoma H27 DLP Projector
Value, and then some.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/frontproj ... 005optoma/

Philips 32PF9996 LCD HD Monitor
It dares to be different.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/lcds/1005philips/

Samsung