[opendtv] Re: News: See the Big Picture? Don't Forget to Examine the Fine Print
- From: "Alan Roberts" <roberts.mugswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:32:09 +0100
Jolly, good, I'm with you on all that. Roll on convergence.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:20 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: See the Big Picture? Don't Forget to Examine
the Fine Print
> At 11:21 PM +0100 5/4/04, Alan Roberts wrote:
> >Craig, I'm only too well aware how literally people take postings here,
> >that's why I wanted it to be right. It's the level of argument over fine
> >details that stopped me contributing for the years I worked at the BBC, I
> >didn't want to get drawn in, and still don't. I'm happy to provide
accurate
> >information, but won't get drawn into arguments, life's too short.
>
> Thanks Alan
>
> First let me say that I probably share in the guilt for this problem.
> Too often I am trying to paint a big picture without spelling
> everything out in minute detail, only to have the thread drift off
> into arguments over...well, you got it right.
>
> I have even been known to throw a few bombs occasionally with
> intentional mistakes, in hopes of stimulating discussions that lead
> to accurate conclusions.
>
> And then there is the problem with closely held views of the various
> constituencies. This has caused immense debates over the years, not
> only here, but in much more public arenas.
>
> What we are staring at now is nothing less than a changing of the
> guard. Broadcasters no longer are the driving force in the evolution
> of digital media technologies. This was patently obvious at NAB.
> Convergence is finally becoming something more than just a
> fashionable term for "that which must be prevented at all costs."
>
> The video industry is finally at the edge of the digital cliff. HD is
> the new currency of electronic digital imaging systems. Video has
> finally evolved to the point where it can match the quality of other
> forms of imagery displayed on the addressable palettes of the
> displays that are replacing the venerable old CRT. The old arguments
> about filtered versus unfiltered, Nyquist or not, are no more
> meaningful today than the nit picking that takes place on this list.
>
> Content creators can choose from multiple media to tell their
> stories, without having to make excuses about the video quality;
> without having to invest in overpriced tools designed to thwart
> competition and fend off the inevitable. the CRT and videotape
> formats are being retired.
>
> The golden age of television may finally be at our doorstep.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
>
>
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