bmwracer wrote:^ Why even bother with the rear projector?
With the correct room lighting, the plasma should be good for day and night. :victory:
i know.. that why i had it replaced...and the fact that they arent digital capable... called salvation army and they picked it up... very convenient...
the front projector is a different story though...
Its quite different watching those 720p animes and jdoramas on a 100" screen...
but the filesizes for those 720p versions are big! it really gobbles up diskspace... :sweat:
littlemissfab wrote:
Money that could have been used for waaaaaay better things... To be honest, why are they even pushing for this when there's more stuff to worry about? Is there any economic benefit for this transition?
They have plans for the frequencies used by the analog signal. I believe parts of them could be used by emergency response, another piece for mobile phone technologies, etc.
By using digital, stations are able to transmit multiple channels within the same frequency band. Take, for example, the subchannel in the LA area that will broadcast Japanese programming all week. It would difficult to do using analog signals since the station would have to acquire a separate frequency for that (not easy to do within the FCC guidelines).
The numbers for 2008 are in and they don't look good: DVD sales are now showing the first signs that they're about to go into free-fall, just like sales of CDs did a few years ago.
For the second year running, DVD sales have slipped. After hitting a high of $24.1 billion in 2006, the total sales volume his $21.6 billion in 2008, a total decline of about 10 percent off the 2006 high.
DVD's purported savior -- Blu-ray -- has been unable to rise to the rescue so far. Blu-ray (and leftover HD DVD) disc sales hit just $750 million last year, which doesn't nearly make up for the loss in sales of DVD media. Since Blu-ray discs are more expensive than DVDs, the overall unit sales decline is even more worrisome for Hollywood -- and some studios are seeing income plummet accordingly. For example, Fox operating income dropped 72 percent last year after seeing DVD sales fall just 15 percent.
Hits aren't going to save the day, either: Warner Bros. had the #1 selling DVD of 2008, The Dark Knight, but saw overall DVD sales drop 24 percent nonetheless. Disney -- running out of "classics from the vault" to reissue -- had a whopping 33 percent drop in DVD sales last year.
Naturally, the recession is being targeted as the culprit for all the bad news, but pundits say other factors are at play. One big issue? Former Fox and Disney executive Bill Mechanic says that the introduction of Blu-ray media has led studios to radically cut prices on their older DVDs as they attempt to position Blu-ray as a superior good. That plan may have backfired, instead driving consumers to snap up cheap DVDs instead. Says Mechanic, "Itfs devalued the libraries. If you can buy Titanic for $4.99 versus $19.99 for a new, but lesser, movie on Blu-ray, consumers will say, 'Well, wait a minutec'"
To be sure, Blu-ray is growing -- up 250 percent since 2007 -- but it still represents less than 3.5 percent of the overall market. Analysts now wonder whether Blu-ray will be able to pick up steam fast enough -- or if the future has already been handed over to online downloading and streaming alternatives. With companies like Netflix rushing into streaming as quickly as possible, that certainly seems like a strong possibility.
Money that could have been used for waaaaaay better things... To be honest, why are they even pushing for this when there's more stuff to worry about? Is there any economic benefit for this transition?
Since I bought a DTV I really like getting digital brightness and sharpness.
However, I heard a policeman on talk radio explain that there is a dire need for the frequencies that are being monopolized by analogue signals.
He explained right now, in an emergency if there are multiple jurisdictions involved in a rescue mission, they can only talk to each other thru multiple dispatchers. After the digital conversion they will be able to communicate directly to all the units in the rescue effort providing much quicker coordination for the needs of the rescue etc.
WASHINGTON - Hitachi Displays Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on the sale of LCD panels.
The Japan-based electronics firm agreed to pay a $31 million fine as part of its deal with the U.S. Justice Department.
Three other major producers of liquid crystal display panels have already admitted their involvement in price-fixing.
Hitachi admitted to fixing prices of the screens sold to Dell, Inc. for use in desktop monitors and notebook computers from 2001 to 2004.
LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp., and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. struck similar plea agreements last year relating to their sales of glass display screens.
A one-count felony charge was filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco.
With the Hitachi plea, the U.S. government will have garnered more than $600 million in criminal fines stemming from LCD price-fixing.
"This case should send a strong message to multinational companies operating in the United States that when it comes to enforcing the U.S. antitrust laws we mean business," Acting Assistant Attorney General Scott Hammond said in a statement.
The court papers charge Hitachi participated in meetings and communications in Japan, Korea, and the United States to discuss the prices of screens sold to Dell, at which they agreed to set certain prices.
There is a $70 billion worldwide market for LCD screens. Regulators in Asia and the European Union also have opened investigations into LCD pricing.
Last year, LG Display, a South Korean company, and its LG Display America Inc. unit agreed to pay a $400 million fine for its part in fixing prices of certain LCD panels from 2001 to 2006.
Chunghwa, a Taiwanese company, agreed to pay $65 million for its role in the scheme.
And Sharp, a Japanese company, agreed to pay $120 million for participating in separate conspiracies to fix the price of certain LCD panels sold to Dell, Motorola and Apple. Those panels were used in computer monitors, laptops, Motorola Razr mobile phones and Apple's iPod portable music players.
Samsung introduces (sort of) their 23-inch OLED display: http://www.oled-display.net/samsung-show-23-inch-oled-tv-monitor-prototype-which-comes-2010
Samsung is showing a 23 inch OLED-TV or Computer Monitor prototype. This is the first video of this OLED Monitor from Samsung which is only 1.6 cm thin. The contrast should be about 2,000,000:1
The Display have HDMI and DVI Input and need 40 percent less energy as a standard LCD Monitor. No word about the resolution and price.
Vizio 2009 HDTV Lineup Consists of 31 Models VF551XVT offers TruLED and Smart Dimming backlighting, 240Hz Smooth Motion technology and five HDMI inputs.
06.08.2009 \ Vizio has launched its 2009 TV lineup, which consists of 31 models in the XVT Series, M Series and E Series.
Vizio, which just filed a patent infringement lawsuit against LG, will also announce wireless connected HDTVs at a press event in New York on June 23-24.
The No. 1 HDTV brand in the United States added six models to its XVT Series, ranging from 32 inches to 55 inches.
Each new model is a 1080p set that has 120Hz with Thin Line designs or 240Hz SPS models with Smooth Motion technology. The VF551XVT, the most advanced model in the line, includes TruLED and Smart Dimming backlight technology.
More info here: http://www.cepro.com/article/vizio_2009_hdtv_lineup_consists_of_31_models/
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