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Archive for the 'High Definition' Category

Specialist’s analysis of the IFA situation

Posted by Charbax on 5th September 2006

Ran Levy, is a journalist from Israel writing for AV Magasine. He explains what the Color gamut means, which Samsung claims provides the best of, and he tells us some top secret information that has for next weeks Cedia show in Denver USA. Supposedly all the manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Epson will all show their new cheaper 1080p projectors. For the home cinema in full HD ready format, for the HD content that is going to come from the introduction of Blueray and HDDVD.

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Daewoo

Posted by Charbax on 5th September 2006

Daewoo is also getting ready for IPTV. This is an IPTV set-top-box based on the latest Sigma Designs chip that playsback full 1080p Mpeg4, Mpeg2 and H264. Here is a demonstration and talk abolut the IPTV and VOD features of this 100€ box.

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M3

Posted by Charbax on 5th September 2006

The first hardware h264 recorder according to the representative. It encodes to 10 or 12mbit/s h264 from a component HD source. In Q1 2007 they expect also to support HDMI input for a digital encoding. They also show their comcept for a surround sound simulation.

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Mitsubishi Electric

Posted by Charbax on 5th September 2006

Showing the cheapest 1080p projector that I have seen yet. Some very interesting talk about the 1080p projector technology in general, with a Mitsubishi marketing spokesperson and a Mitubishi engineer from Japan.

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Linksys and Ziova IPTV VOD HD players

Posted by Charbax on 4th September 2006

Hi-Jack from http://mpcclub.com is talking about the new KiSS 1600 and the new players from Ziova.

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Toshiba HDDVD

Posted by Charbax on 4th September 2006

Showing the HDDVD external drive for the XboX 360, and some other HDDVD players that Toshiba is launching. The Toshiba 1.8″ and 2.5″ hard disk drives are also shown.

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Samsung Optical HDMI extender

Posted by Charbax on 4th September 2006

Using up to 400 meter optical cable to extend your HDMI signal within your home. Since HDMI cables have a limited length and cannot be bent, optical cable with those adaptors are usefull if you need a long HDMI connection.

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Samsung IPTV set top box

Posted by Charbax on 4th September 2006

Samsung is also getting ready for IPTV.

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Texas Instruments DLP

Posted by Charbax on 3rd September 2006

A very interesting interview with Frank J. Moizio Worldwide Strategic Marketing Manager for Texas Instruments, about the DLP technology, the new 1080p projectors announced at the IFA, the cheaper 720p projectors, the technology that makes 1080p more expensive for now. And also the rear-projection DLP HDTVs in a new smaller form factor, and also the more vivid LED backlighting technology with DLP.

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Hitachi Blueray Burner

Posted by Charbax on 3rd September 2006

Showing a living room Blueray disc burner prototype, as well as a Blueray burner drive for the computer.

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