[opendtv] 20041206 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Multiple Addresses Suppressed" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:34:49 -0500
- Follow-ups:
- ***The Technology Retreat*** -
<http://www.hpaonline.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=289>
- URGENT! Extended early registration ends this coming Friday
(the 10th), and the hotel is quickly running out of rooms for Tuesday night
(there IS a nearby backup hotel). Details follow, but first here's the
reason why Tuesday night has become so popular.
- It seems that, thanks to ***The Technology Retreat***, our
hotel is THE place to be the week of January 22. So, depending on your
affiliation, plan to spend even more time there.
The Technical Committee of the North American Broadcasters Association
(NABA) will be meeting at the hotel Tuesday, January 25 from 10:00 am to
3:00 pm. The AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) Association will be holding
its strategic planning sessions there Monday all day and Tuesday morning.
Their annual general meeting will be Tuesday afternoon. Grass Valley
Thomson will be holding their pre-NAB press briefing at the hotel Sunday
January 23 through Tuesday January 25. ATSC (Advanced Television Systems
Committee) specialist group T3/S8 will be meeting there Tuesday morning.
The half-day ATSC "Getting PSIP Right" seminar and newly renamed Charles
Poynton "HDTV and Digital-Cinema Camera Technology" seminar (details below)
will be conducted Tuesday afternoon. The main Technology Retreat runs
Wednesday through Friday. You can take Saturday off or use it to fly the
SMPTE Advanced Motion Imaging Conference and VidTrans (starting Sunday the
30th in Atlanta):
<http://www.smpte.org/conferences/vidsm.cfm>
- Again, the schedule (updated periodically) has been posted on
the Hollywood Post Alliance web site:
<http://www.hpaonline.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=304>
- Here are some new additions: In the ATSC "Getting PSIP Right"
half-day seminar, Jean Macher of Thales will be presenting "Automating
PSIP: A Case History."
- In the main retreat program, DirecTV senior director of new
technologies Robert Plummer, Microsoft senior director of worldwide media
standards Pat Griffis, and NBC vp of technology Glenn Reitmeier will be
joining CEDIA board member Michael Heiss on the Consumer-Marketplace panel
(and we expect more to come on that panel). With the addition of NBC, the
broadcasters panel is now complete (with Mike Strein of ABC, Bob Seidel of
CBS and UPN, Jim DeFilippis of Fox, Jerry Butler of PBS, Mark Aitken of
Sinclair, and Hal Protter of The WB). Sony vp of technology Hugo Gaggioni
and Ikegami digital-news-gathering specialist Jose Rosado are joining
Panasonic's Phil Livingston and JVC's Bob Mueller on the Tapeless Camcorder
Acquisition panel moderated by Avid's Pete Fasciano.
- The intelligence community's view of video forensics will be
presented in a Friday-morning breakfast roundtable by Ed Grogan of the
Department of Defense at Ft. Meade and Dr. Nick Beser of the Applied
Physics Laboratory of Johns-Hopkins University. Oliver Morgan of Metaglue
will present a Thursday-morning breakfast roundtable on "Applications for
AAF & MXF Working Together." Brad Gilmer of the AAF Association will
present a breakfast roundtable Friday morning on AAF and XML. Chris Lennon
of Harris will moderate breakfast roundtables on Thursday and Friday on
implementation of the new ATSC Programming Metadata Communication Protocol
(PMCP) standard. We're also expecting an OmniTek breakfast roundtable on
test, measurement, and monitoring in the digital-intermediate realm, and we
might have one on unlicensed Wi-Fi devices in the TV spectrum.
Despite all of those (and the others already listed in the schedule),
there's still plenty of room for more breakfast roundtables on any subject.
If you'd like to moderate one (or more), just let me know the day(s)
(Thursday and/or Friday), the subject(s) (be as brief as possible, please),
and the moderator(s). Disclaimer: There are two reasons why you should
think twice about agreeing to moderate a breakfast roundtable:
1. They start at 7:30 am (but are well attended even at that hour).
2. If you commit to moderate a roundtable, you can't sit in on
someone else's that day.
- SMPTE-Gold-Medal-winner Charles Poynton has reworked his
Tuesday-afternoon half-day seminar. It's now called "HDTV and
Digital-Cinema Camera Technology," and here's the latest description of
this all-new educational event (he considers it a work-in-progress for his
next book):
"The 3-CCD 'beamsplitter' camera has ruled video for about a quarter
of a century. This is set to change. Single-sensor 'mosaic' cameras have
already been announced by at least three companies, and more are surely on
the way. This half-day seminar will start by reviewing optics and lens
design for HDTV and digital cinema cameras. It will then outline the task
of color separation with both the tried-and-true prism beam-splitter and
emergent color filter array (CFA) technology that originated in the digital
still camera world. 'Demosaicking" algorithms necessary to reconstruct
color in these cameras will be described. The optics, physics, and
electronics of CCD and CMOS image sensors will be covered, with particular
attention to the sources and treatment of noise. The seminar will conclude
with the emergent technologies of wide color gamut and high dynamic range
imaging."
- The AAF Association and its members will be showing in the demo
room early implementations of AAF-X, AAF to Windows Media XTL files, and
AAF to Adobe project files, possibly with some additional surprises.
Edifis Media Technologies, EtherGuide Systems, Filmlight, and MPro/OmniTek
are also joining the others in the demo room, and Sony will be showing off
its latest projection technology in a special demo room.
- By my count, we now have 17 SMPTE Fellows making presentations
at the retreat. I won't bother counting the Emmy awards, Oscars, gold
medals, doctorates, etc. (but any of the teams waiting for our softball
championship to end could nevertheless probably wipe us out on the playing
field).
- Again, the extended early registration deadline is THIS COMING
FRIDAY, December 10 -- no kidding! And the fire marshal rules! No matter
how much you're willing to pay, when the room capacity is hit, that's it
for admittance. So do yourself a favor and don't delay. FYI, as of today,
pre-registration is running four times faster than it did last year.
Here's the registration information, with a link to the online
registration form:
<http://www.hpaonline.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=290>
- Don't forget to reserve a room at the hotel, too. The hotel's
deadline for offering the special rate of $149 a night (and 20% off golf
and spa fees) is January 10. BUT they might run out of rooms by then.
PLEASE don't wait!
<http://www.hpaonline.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=290>
If there's no room at the inn by the time you register (the Bob Hope
Classic is happening that week, too), you can try the Country Inn & Suites,
about two blocks away, where you can get the Hollywood Post Alliance
special rate of $126.65 (+1-888-319-3999, +1-760-340-5516). For other
hotels in the area (Rancho Mirage is relatively compact), try here:
<http://www.californiadeserts.worldweb.com/RanchoMirage/WheretoStay/HotelsMo
tels/>
- Organizations committed to coming so far include the AAF
Association, ABC, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS),
Adobe, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), All-Media Marketing,
Apple Computer, Ascent Media, Avid, Azcar, BAE, Baker Capital, Belden,
Breakpoint Digital, Canon, CBS, CEA, CEDIA, Chrominance, Company 3, CPTWG,
CUNY-TV, da Vinci Systems, Del Rey, Deluxe Digital Studios, Deluxe
Laboratories, Deluxe Toronto, Department of Defense, Digital Vision,
DirecTV, Discovery, Discreet, Disney, Dolby, Dow Lohnes, Edifis Media
Technologies, Encoda (Harris), Enders & Associates, the Entertainment
Technology Center (ETC) at the University of Southern California (USC),
Entertainment Technology Consultants, EtherGuide Systems, Evertz, Exavio,
Filmlight, Flying Eye, Fox, Grass Valley, Harmonic, Harris, HDMG, Ikegami,
Imagica, Iridas, Johns-Hopkins University, JVC, Kagan Research, Karagosian
MacCalla, Kodak, Laser-Pacific, Luma, Matsushita, Merrill Weiss Group,
Metaglue, Metropolitan Opera, Microsoft, Mindego, Modern VideoFilm, MOS
Group, Motion Picture Association (MPAA), MPro, MPTV/MATC, MTI Film,
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), NBC, North American
Broadcasters Association (NABA), Omneon Video Networks, OmniTek, Pacific
Interface, Panasonic, Panavision, Paramount Pictures, PBS, Pinnacle
Systems, Plus8 Digital, Post Blur, Psychofish, Quartz Electronics, QuVIS,
Ratheon, ROAM Consulting, Scripps Networks, sgi, Sharp Laboratories,
Silicon Optix, Sinclair Broadcast Group SMPTE, Snell & Wilcox, Sohonet,
Sony, Stark Raving Solutions, Starz Encore, Tandberg, Teranex, Teresis,
Texas Instruments, Thales, Thomson, Triveni Digital, Turner Broadcasting,
Twin Cities Public Television, Universal Pictures, University of Arizona,
Via Licensing, Video Post & Transfer, Virtual Katy Development, Warner
Bros., The WB, and Xytech
- Whatever question you have about digital-cinema, television, or
video technology, someone will be there who knows the answer. So, BE
THERE, too! Don't say you haven't been warned! January 26-28 (with
separate-admission half-day seminars on the 25th and all other events noted
above) at the Rancho Las Palmas Marriott Resort in Rancho Mirage,
California:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Nomenclature - Now it's getting serious. Maryland's chief
information officer is reportedly asking state residents to buy HDTVs in
the hope that such purchases will free 700-MHz spectrum for public-safety
purposes:
< http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/28012-1.html>
A DTT set-top box will work just as well for that purpose, and an HDTV
display without DTT-reception capability won't. When nomenclature starts
causing problems for public safety, isn't it time to get things straight?
Something I wrote a while back on the subject of "tuners" has been
posted on the Digital TV web site:
<http://digitaltelevision.com/articles/article_833.shtml>
- LCDs: Feast or Famine? - Warren Communications News reported Friday
that Corning said its LCD glass shipments "weakened" in November, leading
the company to project only 3% growth "at best" in 4th-quarter revenues.
The story is no longer on the site:
<http://www.warren-news.com/>
- The latest U.S. DTT-transition plan - According to a story by Doug
Halonen in TV Week online, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2009
plan for analog cut-off "was put on indefinite hold last week." "I'm not
very married to a particular approach," said FCC head Michael Powell:
<http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=26610>
Writing in the Kansas City Star today, Aaron Barnhart said, "Don't
worry: Plain old TV isn't going anywhere soon":
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/10334046.htm>
The end of the version of the article on his TV Barn site includes my
suggestions for how to go shopping for an HDTV set. The term "failsafe" is
his, not mine:
<http://www.tvbarn.com/ticker2004/archives/028058.shtml>
Here are some other recent pronouncements in the news:
- Wilson Rothman in The New York Times on Thursday wrote, "Most
people don't realize this, but DVD's are far from high-def":
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/technology/circuits/02stat.html>
- Fred Kaplan in Slate wrote, "EDTVs (enhanced-definition
televisions) may seem like a bargain, but they're a waste":
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2110469/>
- Off-time network programming - A reader who wrote in about other
issues related to that thread ended thus:
"Interesting thing about NBC is that most of the time the first minute
and a half of "ER" comes though on the digital channel as letterboxed on a
4X3 window. Abruptly at 10:00 PM the screen goes to full 1080i HD. [The
local NBC station's] feed is controlled out of 30 Rock by NBC, [so] you'd
think they could just start the HD feed at 9:58:30 PM, right?"
- Recent HDTV consumer studies - They're summed up in this
Broadcasting & Cable story (this one is free with no subscription
necessary):
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA485285.html?display=Feature&refe
rral=SUPP>
Another study, conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates of 1251
consumers in October, found:
- 29% of consumers intending to buy a TV "will or are very likely to
buy an HDTV set" and another 17% are "somewhat likely." Eight percent
already owned an "HD set."
- But 40% could name only one HD network and only 28% could name at
least four:
<http://www.magid.com/company_info/news_article.asp?articleID=736>
- July 1 -
- My Minneapolis-St. Paul correspondent is still out of town.
- Since I've been doing this roundup of tuner-mandate ads, I've
noticed changes. There used to be many ads for 36-inch TVs; now there are
a similar number for 35-inch TVs. Another shift is starting in the next
mandate category. There used to be many ads for 25-inch TVs; now there are
a similar number for 24-inch. I wonder if we'll start seeing ads for
12-inch TVs instead of 13 around the 2007 deadline.
- This week I've listed 116 advertised TVs 36-inch or larger. Of
those, 44 (38%) have integrated DTT-reception capability.
- See also the ads section for inexpensive non-integrated sets
that are HD and/or widescreen.
- TV sets that would require DTT-reception circuitry starting 2004:
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ CEW $269
- RCA 50-inch 4:3 projection TV @ CEW $449
- RCA 61-inch widescreen projection TV @ CEW $649
- Sony 61-inch widescreen projection TV @ CEW $749
- TV sets that would require DTT-reception circuitry starting 2005:
- Daewoo DTQ27U4SC 27-inch flat-screen TV @ Best Buy $199.99 AR
- Magnavox 27MS3404 27-inch TV @ Circuit City $199.99
- Sansui TVS2746 27-inch TV @ Best Buy $149.99 AR
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ CEW $159
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Devices that would require DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- ESA E413E 13-inch TV @ Circuit City $59.99
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ CEW $49
- RCA 13V400T 13-inch TV @ Best Buy $54.99 AR
- ESA ET419E 19-inch TV @ Circuit City $89.99
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ CEW $69
- GoVideo DV2140 DVD/VCR combo @ J&R $89.99
- ESA E4000 DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $79.99 AR
- Samsung DVD-V4600A/C DVD/VCR combo @ Best Buy $99.99
- Zenith XBV442 DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $99.99
- GoVideo RV4000 VCR/DVD recorder combo @ CompUSA $249.99
- GoVideo VR3950 VCR/DVD-R/RW recorder @ J&R $249.99
- Magnavox MRV640 DVD+R/RW recorder @ Best Buy $149.99 AR
- Panasonic DMRE55S DVD-R/RAM rec. @ Circuit City w/$10 RC $224.99
- Panasonic DMRE55S DVD-R/RAM recorder @ CompUSA $249.99
- Philips DVDR615 DVD+R/RW recorder @ J&R $249.99
- Sharp DVRW340U VCR/DVD recorder @ Best Buy w/$25 GC $299.99 3D
- Sylvania DVR90DE DVD recorder @ amazon.com $179.99
3D - price includes three DVDs
AR - price after mail-in rebate
GC - price includes gift card of the amount shown
RC - price includes "reward certificate" of amount shown
- Devices that would require dual DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- Toshiba MV13P2 13-inch TV/VCR combo @ Best Buy $119.99
- Devices not covered by the mandate but using analog TV broadcasts:
- Casio EV570C 2.5-inch LCD TV @ Circuit City $99.99 AR
- 5-inch TV/AM/FM combo @ Toys"R"Us $17.99
- Audiovox 7-inch under-cabinet LCD TV/AM/FM @ Circuit City $299.99
- Sony ICFCD855VSIL AM/FM/TV/weather/CD combo @ Circuit City $79.99
- Sony ICF-S79V AM/FM/TV/weather shower radio @ J&R $49.99
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- May 1 -
- The NAB did not update its list this week.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its lists
on November 30:
- 1674 U.S. full-power TV stations (97.2% of the new total)
have received a DTT construction permit or license, and 1476 are
transmitting at least some DTT at some power level:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvsum.html>
- There has been no change in the 40 top-10-market ABC, CBS,
Fox, and NBC stations due on the air May 1, 1999. It's still 38 fully
licensed and two operating at low power on temporary authorization:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat.html>
- There has also been no change in the 79 market-11-30
stations due on the air November 1, 1999. It's still 72 fully licensed and
seven at low power on temporary authorization:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat11.html>
- Here's a chart summarizing the status:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonairsum.html>
- These are the 803 stations operating at low power on
temporary authorization:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstas.html>
- These are the 673 stations fully licensed or on
program-test authorization:
<http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonair.html>
Tomorrow, Doug Lung's RF Report will list the number of licensed U.S.
DTT stations in the FCC database. The two numbers are getting close.
- The front-page headline in the November issue of the ATSC publication The
Standard is "FCC Mandates PSIP":
<http://www.atsc.org/news_information/newsletter/ATSC_Newsletter_17.pdf>
Indeed, they have! The best way to learn about what you have to do is
probably to attend the ATSC half-day seminar "Getting PSIP Right" at ***The
Technology Retreat***, Tuesday January 25, at the Rancho Las Palmas
Marriott Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. Then, for follow-up,
you can attend Chris Lennon of Harris's breakfast roundtables on the new
ATSC PMCP standard. BE THERE! Register today! The ATSC seminar (and
Charles Poynton's half-day camera-technology seminar) requires separate
registration:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Charlie Rhodes's report on the recent IEEE Broadcast Symposium is well
worth reading -- especially his comments on low-VHF impulse noise and basic
tuner performance. Now that multipath seems to be licked (in prototypes,
anyway) it's time to move on to other reception issues:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/digital_tv/Features_Rhodes.shtml>
- According to a report in Broadcasting & Cable online, George W. Bush has
ordered the Commerce Department to create a non-government advisory
committee to help with the DTT transition as part of its Spectrum Policy
Initiative on Tuesday. The desired cut-off date is said to still be the
end of 2006:
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA484757.html?display=Breaking+New
s&referral=SUPP>
Media Post says the same:
<http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?SubMatter=Traditional&newsID=281
293>
Broadcast Engineering's Beyond the Headlines, however, says, "the new
initiative did not specifically address the transition to digital
television":
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20041206/
- The New York City DTT stations that were knocked off the air on 9/11
should soon be back on, sharing a CBS-developed joint DTT transmission
facility on the Empire State Building. They are WABC, WNBC, WNET (PBS),
WPIX (WB), and WWOR (UPN). The work has required shutting down WCBS-DT,
carried by DirecTV nationwide, at midnight daily. The full story requires
a paid subscription:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA485301.html?display=Technology
- The ATSC has released A/97, a standard for software data download service
(capable of upgrading receivers in the field). The first URL is for the
press release; the second is for the standard itself:
<http://www.atsc.org/news_information/press/2004/PR_SDDS_11_04.htm>
<http://www.atsc.org/standards/a_97.pdf>
Slightly earlier, ATSC released its standard on the Programming
Metadata Communication Protocol. You can learn about it from NAB's Art
Allison at the ATSC half-day seminar before ***The Technology Retreat***
and follow up with Harris's Chris Lennon's breakfast roundtables. Yes,
it's JUST that simple!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>.
- Panasonic joins Sony and Thomson in taking a 24p license from Filmlook:
<http://www.filmlook.com/>
What's involved in making a digital-cinematography camera? Come to
Charles Poynton's half-day seminar before ***The Technology Retreat*** and
find out. When you've finished that one, listen to John Galt of Panavision
explain their Genesis camera and Larry Thorpe of Canon explain what's
necessary is lenses.
Yes, ***The Technology Retreat***:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Screen Digest's E-Cinema Report #143 this week was the last. According
to Patrick von Sychowski, "I will be leaving my position at Screen Digest
next week to join Unique Digital. I will be based in London and head up
Unique's effort to consolidate their position as the world's leading
provider of digital advertising solutions for cinemas -- their system is
already used in Norway, UK, Belgium, Spain and Portugal -- and their
transition to full blown, high-end digital cinema. There is a press
release about it on the site, for those who want more details":
<http://www.uniquedigitalcinema.com/>
His closing thought about digital cinema? "It's Not A Technology
Business." Amen.
Those wanting to reach him can use this e-mail address:
<pvs@xxxxxxxxxxx>.
- Ingmar Bergman's latest movie, "Saraband," will reportedly be released
digital-only:
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/brief_display.jsp?vnu_co
ntent_id=1000727930>
- International H/DTV news:
- DTT in Japan is expected to cover 80% of households by the end of
2006, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications:
<http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=320682>
- One site lists 128 widescreen TVs from 15 brands in Australia,
starting at A$699 ($542). Eleven of those (from four brands) are said to
be integrated with DTT reception circuitry, starting at A$2248 ($1743).
Four of those are said to be SDTV, but only one, at A$8999 ($6976), has a
screen with HD resolution:
<http://www.widescreentv.info/products.html>
Another site lists 17 integrated sets from six brands (again starting
at A$2248). The discrepancy may be based on availability. Some of these
sets are not yet available. This list has six models said to be HD (from
two brands), starting at A$5999 ($4651):
<http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=78>
There are 63 set-top DTT receivers from 27 brands, starting at A$169
($131). Fourteen of those are HD (from 12 brands), starting at A$599
($465):
<http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=18>
- Got a plan for a new service on Australian DTT? You have until
December 23 to let the government know what it is. The same story says
it's unlikely that analog TV will be switched off by the planned 2008 date:
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11558797%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5
e,00.html>
- A headline in Canada's National Post said, "HDTV lacks programs:
CRTC head worried broadcasters aren't keeping up." CRTC is roughly
equivalent to the U.S. FCC:
<http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=3bf
ba7e9-8316-4f0a-b7f7-1b87194c6804>
- Canada's Globe and Mail reports on a Convergence Consulting Group
study that found about 1.2 million "HD-compatible TVs" already in Canadian
homes but only about 180,000 used to get HD programming:
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041206/RHD
TVMARKET06/Business/Idx>
- Euro180 plans to launch a second HD satellite channel in June
concentrating on pay-per-view programming. They will plan to use MPEG-4
and have made distribution deals on multiple satellites and cable systems:
<http://www.advanced-television.com/2004/news_archive_2004/Dec6_Dec10.htm#eu
ro1080>
- The two tiny Welsh villages that were to be converted to DTT with
free receivers have been. Depending on which report you read, it was
either 350 or 450 homes:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4058069.stm>
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/media/story/0,12123,1366311,00.html>
- Unfortunately, a YouGov poll commissioned by the UK government
Digital Awareness Campaign "has found that, with digital television
providing more programme choices than ever, almost one in six families
predict they will have some form of disagreement over TV watching this
Christmas. However, help is at hand from leading psychologist Donna
Dawson, who has devised a three-step survival plan to ensure that families
make the most of the benefits offered by digital TV." Whew!
<http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/press/2004/multichannel_christmas.html>
- According to the Financial Times, the BBC plans to do all of its
production in HD within six years:
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8abd8e7c-44a1-11d9-9f6a-00000e2511c8.html>
- DTT in France will be "pre-launched" from the Eiffel Tower on
January 15 to help antenna installers get ready:
<http://www.advanced-television.com/2004/news_archive_2004/Nov29_Dec3.htm#dt
tprelaunch>
- Taiwan's government plans to revoke all analog-TV licenses by 2010
and require DTT reception in all new TVs 29-inch or larger as of 2006 and
all TVs "manufactured after 2008." But cable operators are unhappy:
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20041205/va_tv_ne/digital_
plan_irks_cablers_1>
- The Fraunhofer Institute (a ***Technology Retreat*** attendee in the
past), inventor of MP3, has come up with a surround-sound version. Thomson
will license it.
<http://eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml;j?articleID=54201827>
Free evaluation software may be downloaded. The encoder expires
December 31:
<http://www.mp3surround-format.com>
Interested in sound? Come to ***The Technology Retreat*** and hear
about John McKay's work on the sound editing of the "Lord of the Rings"
trilogy. BE THERE!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Nikkei Electronics Asia online offers a report on the CEATEC
consumer-electronics exhibition. Highlights included:
- a Sharp 65-inch LCD TV,
- LED backlights for LCDs from Everlight, Rohm, and Sony yielding
greater-than-NTSC color range, and
- a 36-inch SED prototype from Canon and Toshiba with a claimed 8600:1
contrast ratio:
<http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/nea/200412/techana_346605.html>
Want to know what displays are introduced at January's Consumer
Electronics Show? Listen to Peter Putman at ***The Technology Retreat***:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- NPD reports that "While 18 percent of respondents [in their consumer
panel] said they purchased electronics equipment for holiday gifts last
year, just twelve percent" planned to do so this year, at an average of
$231 ($317 for those 55-64 and $299 for those 18-24):
<http://www.npdtechworld.com/techServlet?nextpage=viewpoint_body.html&conten
t_id=2035>
- Another NPD report indicates that the average retail price of plasma TVs
dropped $250 from August to $2467 in September. In the same month, 20-inch
LCD TVs were $857 and 17-inch $445:
<http://www.npdtechworld.com/techServlet?nextpage=pr_body_it.html&content_id
=2045>
- What are the latest household-penetration and factory-sales figures for
H/DTV products? Come to ***The Technology Retreat*** and find out!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Based on figures from CEA, sales to U.S. dealers of non-H/DTV television
sets for the first 45 weeks of 2004 were down 5.7% from the same period in
2003. My ten-week running average was down 4.8%.
Sales of so-called "Digital Televisions" for the 45th week were
109,092 units and for the first 45 weeks 3,659,383.
"Digital Televisions" (most of which are HDTV displays without
DTT-reception capability) accounted for about 15.6% of the TVs (not
counting plasma or direct-view LCD) sold to U.S. dealers through the 45th
week this year, a slight DROP from the previous two weeks. It may be worth
noting here what that means. About 84% of the non-plasma,
non-direct-view-LCD TVs sold through the 45th week this year were still
plain non-H/DTV direct-view TVs with picture tubes.
To qualify to CEA as a "Digital Television," a display need only be
capable of dealing with at least 480p; it need not be capable of either
receiving digital signals or displaying them. Devices actually capable of
receiving DTT signals are still a small fraction of those numbers.
- Ads for set-top DTT receivers: I am aware of only the LG at Circuit City
and the Hughes at Good Guys.
- Ad confusions - This is just a sampling of the ads I saw personally:
- CompUSA (one of the only reliable sources of disclaimers these days)
said the Pioneer PDP4340HD was "HD-Ready" but also had a built-in ATSC
tuner.
- Harvey called the integrated Sony KDE42XBR950 and Pioneer PRO1120HD
"HD-Ready" but the SharpVision LC45GX6U an "HDTV."
- On streetprices.com, eight retailers were listed as carrying Sharp's
LC-45GD4U. Two called it a monitor, four called it a television or TV, and
only one called it an HDTV:
<http://www.streetprices.com/Electronics/Consumer/TV/LCD/SP2462275.html>
- The ads - My Minneapolis-St. Paul-area correspondent is still out of
town. Gracious Home offered an "Instant Fireplace" DVD to go with its LCD
TVs for $14.99. Bloomingdale's advertised a Sharp Aquos 15-inch LCD TV,
the first even vaguely H/DTV ad I've seen from them. As there was no model
number or indication that it could handle a progressive-scan input,
however, I have not listed it.
- amazon.com (no disclaimer):
- Olevia LT20HVK 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.99 AR
- Philips 42PF9936D 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2999.99 BS
- Toshiba 30HF84 30-inch 16:9 direct-view flat CRT TV $899.99 BS
AR - price after mail-in rebate
BS - price "before on-site savings"
- Best Buy (HD disclaimers only):
- LG DU-42PY10X 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4499.99
- LG RU-52SZ51D 52-inch 16:9 DLP proj. TV w/$300 GC & $175 RC $2999.99
- Maxent MX-42VM10 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1999.99
- Mitsubishi WD-62525 62-inch 16:9 integr. proj. DTV w/$400 GC $4299.99
- Mitsubishi WS-65315 65-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$200 GC $1999.99
- Philips 17PF8946 17-inch widescreen LCD TV $699.99
- Philips 30PW8402 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $749.99
- Philips 34PW8502 34-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $999.99
- Pioneer PDP5041HD 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $7499.99
- Samsung HLP5085W 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV w/$400 GC $3999.99
- Samsung LT-P1545 15-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $599.99
- Samsung TX-P2764X 27-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $499.99
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$200 GC $2499.99
- Sony KDF50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$300 GC $2999.99
- Toshiba 23HLV84 23-inch LCD/DVD combo $1799.99
- Toshiba 42HP84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4499.99
- Toshiba 46H84 46-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$100 GC $1399.99
- Toshiba 51H84 51-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$100 GC $1699.99
- Westinghouse W32701 27-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $1299.99
- Zenith E44W46LCD 44-inch wide LCD proj. TV w/$200 GC $1999.99
GC - price includes gift card of the amount shown
RC - price includes "reward certificates" of the amount shown
- Circuit City (HD disclaimers only):
- ESA PDP4294LV 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1999.99
- Hitachi 50V500 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV w/$200 GC $2799.99
- Hitachi 50VS810 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV w/$300 GC $3699.99
- Hitachi 57F510 57-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV w/$100 GC $1899.99
- LG LST-3510A ATSC receiver/DVD player $399.99
- LG RU23LZ21 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV w/$100 GC $1499.99
- LG RU42PZ61 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$300 GC $3799.99
- LG RU42PZ71 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$200 GC $2799.99
- LG RU44SZ63D 44-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$200 GC $2499.99
- Magnavox 17MF200V 20-inch widescreen LCD TV $599.99
- Magnavox 27MS5402 27-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $479.99
- Norcent LT2720 27-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$100 GC $1199.99
- Panasonic PT43LC14 43-inch LCD projection TV w/$200 GC $2299.99
- Panasonic PT47X54 47-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$100 GC $1399.99
- Panasonic PT50LC14 50-inch LCD projection TV w/$200 GC $2799.99
- Panasonic TC20LA2 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV w/$50 GC $899.99
- Panasonic TC32LX20 32-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$300 GC $3299.99
- Panasonic TH42PD25U 42-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV w/$300 GC $2999.99
- Panasonic TH42PX25U 42-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV w/$500 GC $5499.99
- Panasonic TH50PX25U 50-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV w/$500 GC $6999.99
- Samsung HLP4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV w/$300 GC $2999.99
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$200 GC $2699.99
- Samsung TXP3064W 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV w/$50 GC $799.99
- Sharp LC26GA4U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$200 GC $2199.99
- Sony KD34XS955 34-inch 16:9 integr. DTV w/$200 GC $1999.99
- Sony KDE42XBR950 42-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV $7999.99
- Sony KDE50XS955 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV w/$500 GC $6999.99
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$200 GC $2499.99
- Sony KDF55WF655 55-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$300 GC $3299.99
- Sony KDF60XS955 60-inch 16:9 integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$400 GC $4099.99
- Sony KDP57WS655 57-inch 16:9 integr. proj. DTV w/$200 GC $2499.99
- Sony KE42M1 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$300 GC $3499.99
- Sony KLV21SG2 21-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$100 GC $1499.99
- Sony KLV23M1 23-inch direct-view LCD TV w/$100 GC $1799.99
- Sony KLV26HG2 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$200 GC $2499.99
- Sony KV27HS420 27-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV w/$50 GC $749.99
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV w/$100 GC $999.99
- Sony KV32HS420 32-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV w/$100 GC $999.99
GC - price includes gift card of the amount shown
- Computers & Electronics Warehouse (am New York & Metro, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic 37-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1899
- CompUSA (appropriate disclaimers):
- HP F2304 23-inch LCD monitor $1999.99 AR
- Panasonic PT-50LC14 50-inch LCD projection TV $2799.99
- Panasonic TC-17LA2 17-inch 4:3 LCD TV $799.99
- Panasonic TH-42PD25U/P 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2999.99
- Philips 55PL9524 55-inch 16:9 LCoS projection TV $1999.99
- Pioneer PDP4340HD 43-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999.99
- Samsung HLP5063WX/XAA 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $3299.99
- Sharp LC15B6US 15-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $599.99
- Sharp LC26GA4U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $2199.99
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $2499.99
- Sony KE42M1 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3499.99
- Sony KLV23M1 23-inch direct-view LCD TV $1799.99
- Sony KLV32M1 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $3499.99
- ViewSonic N2700W-B1 27-inch widescreen LCD direct-view TV $1799.99
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Dell (New York Times and Metro NY, no disclaimer):
- Dell 4200HD 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2999
- Dell W1700 17-inch widescreen LCD TV $599
- Dell W1900 19-inch widescreen LCD TV $649
- Dell W2300 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $999
- Dell W2600 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1599
- Dell W3000 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $1999
- Dell (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Dell 19-inch widescreen LCD TV $799
- Dell 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1499
- Dell 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $1999
- Dell 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299
- Dell 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2999
- Epson (no disclaimer necessary):
- Epson 47-inch widescreen integrated proj. DTV/printer $2699 AR
- Epson 57-inch widescreen integrated proj. DTV/printer $3199 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Fry's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Sony KP-57WS520 57-inch 16:9 projection TV $1999 BS
- Toshiba 46HM83 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2699 BS
- Good Guys (Los Angeles Times, appropriate disclaimer):
- Hughes DirecTV/ATSC/TiVo set-top receiver/PVR $999
- JVC HD61Z575 61-inch widescreen D-ILA projection TV $4499
- LG RU44SZ61D 44-inch 16:9 projection TV $2799
- Mitsubishi LT3040 30-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $2999
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3499
- Pioneer PRO1120HD 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $8999
- Samsung HLP4663WX 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999
- Samsung HLP-5685WX 56-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $4599
- Samsung TXP3075WHFX 30-inch 16:9 integr. CRT DTV $999
- Sharp LC13B6US 13-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $499
- Sharp LC15B6US 15-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $599
- Sharp LC20B6US 20-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $1099
- Sharp LC26GD6U 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2699
- Sharp LC37G4U 37-inch widescreen LCD direct-view TV $4999
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2499
- Sony KE42TS2 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999
- Zenith C27V36 27-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $449
- Zenith P42W46X 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299
- Gracious Home (New York Times, no disclaimer necessary):
- Sharp [LC]26GD4U 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2699.99
- Sharp [LC]32GD4U 32-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $3799.99
- Sharp [LC]37GD4U 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $5499.99
- Sharp [LC]45GD4U 45-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $7999.99
- Great Indoors (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Sharp LC26GA4U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $2199 VD
- Sharp LC37GD6U 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $5499 VD
- Sony KDF-42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2499
- Sony KDF-50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/stand $2999
VD - price includes DVD/VHS combo
- Harvey (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Fujitsu P50XHA40US 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $8999
- Fujitsu P55XHA30US 55-inch 16:9 plasma TV $10,499 AR
- LG RU23LZ21 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1499
- Pioneer PRO1120HD 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $8999
- Samsung LTP326W 32-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $2999
- SharpVision LC45GX6U 45-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $7999
- Sony KDE42XBR950 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $7999
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Howard's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic PT43LC14 43-inch LCD projection TV $2299
- Panasonic PT-47X34 47-inch 16:9 projection TV $1199
- Panasonic PT-53X54 53-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV $1599
- Panasonic TC-26LX20 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1999
- Panasonic TH37PD25UP 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2499
- Philips 42PF9936 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2399
- Philips 42PF9966 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4299
- Sony KDF-42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2499
- Sony KDF-50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2999
- Sony KE-32TS2 32-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2499
- Sony KP-46WT520 46-inch 16:9 projection TV $1499
- Sony KP-51WS520 51-inch 16:9 projection TV $1699
- Toshiba 42HP84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4299
- Toshiba 46H84 46-inch 16:9 projection TV $1399
- Toshiba 46HM84 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2699
- Toshiba 65H84 65-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV $2199
- HP (no disclaimer):
- HP pl4245n 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999.99
- J&R (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Akai LCT2660 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1099.99
- Akai PDV42S10 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799.99
- JVC PD-42WX84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV
- Panasonic TC-17LA2 17-inch 4:3 LCD TV $699.99
- Philips 42PF9966 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999.99
- Philips 55PL9524 55-inch 16:9 LCoS projection TV $2299.99
- Samsung HLP5063W 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV
- Samsung LT-P266W 26-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV
- Westinghouse LTV-17v1 17-inch 5:4 LCD TV $449.99
- Westinghouse W33001 30-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $1599.99
- Ken Crane's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- LG RU-44SZ61D 44-inch 16:9 projection TV $2498
- Panasonic TH-37PD25UP 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2498
- Panasonic TH-42PD25UP 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2998
- Pioneer PRO-810HD 43-inch 16:9 plasma TV $5998
- Sony KDF-50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2998
- Magnolia (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Fujitsu P42VHA30WS 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3499
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3499
- Philips 26PF-9966 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1699
- Sony KDF-42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2499
- Sony KE32TS2 32-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2999
- Paul's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic TH-42PD25U/P 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2995 ELN
ELN - price "even less now"
- Video & Audio Center (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- LG DU42PY10X 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4497 BS
- LG RM26LZ30 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1997 BS
- LG RU23LZ21 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1497 BS
- LG RU42PX11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2497 BS
- LG RU52SZ61D 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2997 BS
- Mitsubishi WD52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3497 BS
- Mitsubishi WS65413 65-inch 16:9 projection TV $2297
- Samsung HLP5685W 56-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $4597 BS
- Samsung HLP6163W 61-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $3997 BS
- Sharp LC30HV6U 30-inch 16:9 LCD direct-view TV $2597 ST
- Sony KDE-50XS955 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $6997 BS
- Sony KDF-50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD projection DTV $2997 ST
- Sony KDF-70XBR950 70-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $6997 BS
- Sony KF42WE610 42-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2297 BS
- Sony KP51WS510 51-inch 16:9 projection TV $1497
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $997 BS
BS - price "before savings"
ST - price "includes sales tax"
- DVD news:
- According to CEA, sales of DVD players to U.S. dealers for the first
45 weeks of 2004 were down 2.2% from the same period in 2003. My ten-week
running average was down 3%. VCR sales were down 64.4% for the first 45
weeks.
- At Best Buy AFTER Black Friday, a 25-pack of Fuji DVD-R disks was
$8.99.
- Satellite news:
- Warren Communications News reported Wednesday that EchoStar can't
provide local emergency alerts due to insurmountable costs. The story is
no longer on the site:
<http://www.warren-news.com/>
- Intelsat reported permanent loss of the Americas-7 satellite last
week
<http://www.intelsat.com/aboutus/press/release_details.aspx?year=2004&art=20
041129_01_EN.xml&lang=en&footer=80>
On Friday, they regained control:
<http://www.intelsat.com/aboutus/press/release_details.aspx?year=2004&art=20
041203_01_EN.xml&lang=en&footer=82>
- In an unusual show of unity, broadcasters (NAB, the Association for
Maximum Service Television, Pappas Telecasting, and the Association of
Public Television Stations) AND the National Cable & Telecommunications
Association (NCTA) all opposed FCC plans to allow unlicensed Wi-Fi on
vacant TV channels:
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA484384.html?display=Breaking+New
s&referral=SUPP>
Yes, there IS a proposed breakfast on unlicensed Wi-Fi on vacant TV
channels at ***The Technology Retreat*** (pending some scheduling issues).
We're always ahead of the news. BE THERE!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Upcoming Dates (DTV and non-DTV):
- December 7, Radisson Barcello Hotel, Washington, D.C., ATSC ACAP
seminar <http://www.atsc.org/seminars/2004_ACAP/acap_04.htm>.
- January 3-6, Las Vegas, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking
Conference <http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/>.
- January 6-9, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show
<http://www.cesweb.org/>.
- January 8-12, Las Vegas Convention Center, International Conference
on Consumer Electronics <http://www.icce.org/>.
- January 11-13, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, California,
SCTE Emerging Technologies Conference <http://et.scte.org/>.
- *January 15, KABC, Los Angeles, STE VSB seminar
<http://www.ste-ca.org/>.
- *January 25, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, Rancho Mirage, California,
NABA Technical Committee meeting
<http://www.nabanet.com/calendar/default.asp?action=view&EventId=379>.
- ***January 26-28, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, California, ***The
Technology Retreat*** <http://www.hpaonline.com>.
- January 28, Wokefield Park, England, International Association of
Broadcasting Manufacturers conference
<http://www.theiabm.org/index.cfm?RecordID=80>.
- January 30-February 2, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, SMPTE Advanced
Motion Imaging Conference and VidTrans
<http://www.smpte.org/conferences/vidsm.cfm>.
- *February 17-19, Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, California, CEA
Summit <http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=WS05>.
- *February 21-22, New York and London, Collaborative Conferencing
Summit <http://sites.securemc.com/folder4073/>.
- *February 25, 1750 K Street NW, Washington, D.C., ATSC Forum
<http://www.atsc.org/technicalmeetings.html>.
- *March 7-11, Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Texas, CEA Winter Technology
& Standards Forum
<http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=WTS05>.
- March 23, KQED, San Francisco, VSB seminar
<http://www.lns.com/sbe/archive/sbenov04.html>.
- March 28-31, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, SURA/VIDe
2005 <http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2005/>.
- April 3-5, Moscone Center, San Francisco, NCTA: The National Show
<http://www.thenationalshow.com/ncta2005/ncta2005/public/enter.aspx>.
- April 16-21, Las Vegas Convention Center, NAB 2005
<http://www.nabshow.com/default.asp>.
- May 22-27, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, SID International
Symposium 2005 <http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html>.
- *May 28-31, CCIB, Barcelona, 118th AES Convention
<http://www.aes.org/events/118/>.
- *May 30-June 3, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary,
SAIT/WABE Broadcast Training Seminar <wayne.watson@xxxxxxx>
<http://www.wabe.ca/>.
- June 4-10, Las Vegas Convention Center, Infocomm 2005
<http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html>.
- June 28-30, Javits Convention Center, New York, Entertainment
Technology Alliance Summit <http://www.etaexpo.com/register.html>.
* - new or revised listing
TTFN,
Mark
PS Permission is granted to forward this or any other Monday Memo. Next
week's memo might be late.
Confused about something in the memo? Please first check out the second
post-script to the January 5 memo here:
<http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02052.html>
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