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DTV News for 7-5-2007
593 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Why Your TV Will Die On February 17, 2009 (And What You Should Do About It!)
This timely report shouts an urgent warning to all TV lovers! Your life is going to change on Feb. 17, 2009! Did you know your television is about to stop working? (No joke, no lie!) We tell how the coming Digital TV Revolution will affect you!
(Buzzle.com)
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-your ... ut-it.html



Cable Companies to Up Set-Top Box Rates
Cable companies are planning to charge more for set-top boxes to help pay for new, more expensive versions mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
(Associated Press / Chicago, IL Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... -headlines
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/ ... TE=DEFAULT

FCC bringing more choice to cable-TV users
A recent federal mandate is changing the internal security requirements for cable company set-top boxes, moving consumers closer to choosing their own set-top box, independent of their television cable provider.
(Denver, CO Post)
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6300144?source=rss

Cable Set-Top Prices to Rise [Phillip Swann]
The cable operators respond to the FCC's order for more expensive boxes.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/cablehike070507.htm

New CableCards not quite sweeping the nation
Set-Top cable boxes became so-five-minutes ago on Sunday. Or did they?
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/04/business/engle.html

Upgrade will eradicate cable boxes
Charter making changes to equipment
(Collinsville, IL Herald)
http://collinsvilleherald.stltoday.com/ ... le.ii1.txt



DIRECTV's HDTV Satellite Launches Friday [Phillip Swann]
The bird will transmit 100 HD channels.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dlaunch070207.htm



U.S. households with HDTVs to reach 36 percent this year, CEA study says
Fifty-six percent of HD owners do not receive HDTV programming because of the expense.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/us ... cent-0703/

HDTV market to exceed 50 million units by 2008, Global Industry Analysts says
A market analysis from the firm also finds that together, Europe and North America account for 75 percent of sales of HD-capable sets.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/hd ... lion-2008/

New flat-panel TVs can perplex shoppers
Buying a flat-panel television used to be an easy decision: The sets were straightforward devices that simply showed TV programs.
(Wall Street Journal via Columbia, SC State)
http://www.thestate.com/business/story/109416.html

New generation of lighter displays to take on LCDs
A new generation of super-thin, power-sipping displays is making its way to the market, stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs.
(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... 0120070705

Rising Demand for LCD TV Promises Aggressive Growth in the Flat Panel Display Market
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: Asia Pacific Flat Panel Display Markets to their offering.
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070704/20070703005318.html?.v=1

Size matters: Samsung slims down rear-projection HDTV line
The Samsung HL- T50875 slim rear projection DLP HDTV.
(Canada.com)
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology ... 42&k=90442

JVC's 110-inch TV 'world's largest'
Victor Co. of Japan (JVC) is taking orders for its 110-inch rear-projection TV, which it calls the world's largest television.
(Asahi Shimbun)
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asa ... 40079.html

JVC 47in. LCD TV Packs in Full 1080p
The 47in. JVC LT-47X788 LCD TV is part of the new high-performance 688 series of 1080p TVs from JVC.
(Sound & Video Contractor)
http://svconline.com/flatscreens/jvc_lt47x788_07022007/

Panasonic TH-42PX60U
The Panasonic TH-42PX60U sets the standard for value among full-featured 42-inch plasmas.
(CNET Editors' Review)
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-and- ... =cnetfd.mw

Samsung LN-T4665F
Despite a shiny, reflective screen, the picture quality of the Samsung LN-T4665F exceeds that of any LCD we've tested so far.
(CNET Editors' Review)
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-and- ... =cnetfd.mw

TI's BrillantColor proliferates DLP Projectors with more colors than LCD
New chip set developments and wide resolution projectors
(Digital TV Designline)
http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/2009 ... e_dtvdlRSS

LG Electronics upgrades plasma display production
LG Electronics has begun a new processing process on its A3 plasma display panel (PDP) line in Gumi, South Korea.
(Digital TV Designline via EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/show ... =200900186



Microsoft and Amazon Bring Indies to HD DVD
Microsoft announced that they had joined with Amazon to bring up to 1000 independent titles to HD DVD.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_15242.shtml

HD DVD Walking Tightrope But Still Moving Forward
While it seems that the HD DVD gang has been on a wobbly tightrope for years, surrounded by jeering Blu-ray supporters like Sony, Samsung and Panasonic, it sometimes feels like HD DVD could stay on that tightrope for a very long time.
(Gizmodo.com)
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/blues-for-hi ... 274895.php

Panasonic speeds up writing to Blu-ray discs
Panasonic on Tuesday introduced a write-once Blu-ray disc with a writing speed that's faster than other discs available today in the high-definition format.
(InformationWeek via Digital TV Designline)
http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/2009 ... e_dtvdlRSS

EU expands informal DVD antitrust investigation
The European Commission has expanded an informal probe into whether the licensing strategies of two rival groups of DVD developers are anti-competitive by seeking information from film studios, the EU executive said.
(Reuters via EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/show ... =200900090

Europe Probes Blu-ray For Anti-Trust [Phillip Swann]
Officials ask for info from Hollywood studios.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/europeblu070307.htm



Broadcasters push tech companies to adopt single mobile TV standard
The Open Mobile Video Coalition is seeking to avoid a mobile TV technology format war in U.S.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/br ... dard-0703/



DTT could carry four HD channels: Ofcom [UK]
Latest technical research by Ofcom suggests at least four high-definition television (HDTV) channels could be provided on the UK's digital terrestrial platform.
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=2539

Terrestrial HDTV takes a step closer [UK]
Our hopes of free-to-air HDTV were given a shot in the arm yesterday when the latest research conducted by Ofcom suggested that at least four HDTV channels could be supported by the Freeview digital terrestrial platform.
(HDTV UK)
http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2007/07/terrestrial_hdt.html

HD-ready is 'conning consumers' [UK]
Dixons Store Group's Director of Technical Development Danny Churchill lambasted the government and consumer electronics manufacturers for conning consumers over the prospects for high definition at the recent HD Masters conference in London
(TVBEurope)
http://www.tvbeurope.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=46

Costly help to go digital [UK]
Digital boxes are available from as little as