DTV News for 6-7-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-7-2006
986 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

NAB Testing New Multicast Legal Theory
A federal mandate requiring digital-only broadcasting in 2009 justifies the need to broaden the digital-TV-carriage obligations of cable operators, the NAB argued in a legal analysis recently submitted to the FCC.
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

Why Doesn't Cable Offer More HDTV? [Phillip Swann]
Cable operators struggle to find room for new high-def networks.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/cablehdtv060606.htm


New LCDTV.com Website Offers Resources to Consumers Surrounding LCD Technology Purchases
LCDTV.com Launches as an Educational Resource for Consumers Evaluating the Benefits of LCD Technology
(Business Wire / Yahoo News)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060607/20060607005247.html?.v=1

LCD TVs To Rule The Roost By 2009
In a few years time, kids will be clutching their sides and laughing at the thought that their parents used to watch TV on massive great boxes that filled up half the living room.
(Digital-Lifestyles)
http://www.digital-lifestyles.info/disp ... ms&id=3343

LCDs to evolve to higher forms, says LG exec
(EE times)
http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArti ... =188702022

TI DLP(R) Products and Its Customers Reach Major Milestone of 10 Million Units Shipped
At InfoComm, TI Honors Customers and Celebrates 10 Years of Product and Market Success
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 878&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060607/nyw005.html?.v=84

TI Continues to Build Momentum with BrilliantColor(TM) Technology
Volume shipments of BrilliantColor and technology demonstration of DynamicBlack(TM) advancements allow for dramatic picture enhancement
(PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 880&EDATE=

Syscan Imaging licenses proprietary LCoS optical engine
(Electronic Engineering Times Asia)
http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800420602_4 ... M?from=RSS

Monitor or HDTV? Pick Your Perfect Plasma
Itching for a 50-inch plasma for playing high-def content? One HDTV and two HD monitors offer different ways to get it.
(PC World Canada)
http://www.pcworld.ca/news/article/aaaa ... 1e/pg1.htm

Mitsubishi Touts Laser TV
New 1080p DLP aims for late 2007 debut
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/ne ... outs.shtml

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