DTV News for 2-13-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 2-13-2006
1100 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

The Digital Protestants
Religious Voices in Broadcasting, a sort of splinter group of the National Religious Broadcasters, has sent a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee demanding that digital multicast must-carry be part of any upcoming digital TV legislation.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ial+Report

Speakout: TV tower group's ads misleading [Charles J. Baroch, Mayor of Golden, CO]
(Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/s ... 44,00.html

Nets Grapple With Hi-Def Formats
The HD revolution is a rush of the sort not seen since the advent of color television. Though the current HD universe contains only 6 million viewers, that number is expected to grow rapidly and networks cannot afford to be left behind.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9384

TV stations deal with the costly conversion to digital
(Albany, NY Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stori ... from_rss=1

2009 Becomes Law for Analog TV Shutoff
(Radio World)
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=8521

Bush Signs DTV Transition Act; Vendors Say They're Ready
(InternetWeek)
http://internetweek.cmp.com/showArticle ... =179103516


Comcast offers HDTV for Olympics
(Oroville, CA Mercury-Register)
http://www.orovillemr.com/sports/ci_3498490

News, Weather, and Sports
Last week the local ABC affiliate in Los Angeles, KABC, became the first station in California (or so they said) to broadcast their local news programs in high definition.
(Ultimate AV)
http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/thomasnorton/

HD-ready or not?
Local broadcasters still offer few high-definition options
(Charlottesville, VA Daily Progress)
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Sa ... =!business

High-definition television is here to stay
(Carson City, NV Appeal)
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/200 ... /102110071

KMTV now in HD on cable
(Omaha, NE Reader)
http://www.thereader.com/news.php?subac ... om=&ucat=6&

IPTV bringing digital service to Mason City
(Mason City, IA Globe Gazette)
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/20 ... 165850.txt

The only game in town
With sharp images, vivid colors and an in-your-face picture, our critic says high-definition TV is the ultimate slam dunk
(New York, NY Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv ... ?track=rss

HDTV: TV Goes Back to the Future [Phillip Swann]
Some viewers are irate over NBC losing its high-def picture during Saturday night's Olympic broadcast. But haven't we seen this before?
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/nbcolympics021206.htm


Test Drive | Got a high-definition television? It's time to calibrate it
(Philadelphia, PA Inquirer)
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/in ... r_business

Dell W4201C
While the Dell W4201C is suitable for brightly lit environments, its image quality for home theater falls short of that of the best plasmas we've seen.
(CNET)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_W4201C/450 ... ml?tag=nav

Dell W5001C
Although promising on paper, in the real world the Dell W5001C's problems handling darker material prevent it from outperforming most other 50-inch plasmas.
(CNET)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_W5001C/450 ... ml?tag=nav

DPI Launches New 1080p, XGA, And SXGA+ Projectors
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=10828

Hitachi HDPJ52
Very attractive design combined with decent performance and an affordable price make the Hitachi HDPJ52 an excellent value in LCD front projection.
(CNET)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Hitachi_HDPJ52/ ... ml?tag=nav

Mitsubishi WD-52628 DLP RPTV
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/rearp ... s/206mits/

Panasonic TH-42PHD8UK 42" Plasma Display [Joel Brinkley]
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/flatp ... panasonic/

Vidikron Delivers A New View On Flat Panel LCDs
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=10825

FMJ AV9 THX Ultra2 - HDTV AV Pre-amp Processor With 1080p HDMI Switching
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=10827


Olympic Trial For HD Compression
In a test of what could eventually become the next compression standard for digital TV, Italian broadcaster RAI will work with Swiss set-top supplier Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games to demonstrate the delivery of HDTV pictures using MPEG-4 compression technology.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News


Mobile TV Ready For Prime Time?
(InternetWeek via Yahoo News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060211/tc_cmp/179103520

Sony Ericsson and Nokia to Co-operate on DVB-H Interoperability
(PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 234&EDATE=

BT poised to announce mobile DTV launch [UK]
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=1471

Mobile Digital TV Solution to go Live on DVB-H Network in Barcelona [Spain]
(WirelessIQ)
http://www.wirelessiq.com/content/newsfeed/6285.html


Broadcasters Favor Japanese Format for Digital TV in Brazil [Brazil]
(Brazzil Magazine)
http://www.brazzilmag.com/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=53

Delay digital, says report [Australia]
Australia's analogue television system should be switched over to digital two years later than planned, in 2010, a new report has recommended.
(Australian IT)
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... l?from=rss

Report calls for 2010 digital TV switch [Australia]
(AAP via Sydney Morning Herald / Melbourne Age)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Rep ... 20382.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/ ... 20382.html

Call For Australia's Analogue TV System To Go Digital Early [Australia]
(Asia Pulse via Yahoo News)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060213/3/xvu1.html