Last week Harris released the results of its survey of broadcasters making the switch to DTV. U.S. broadcasters said they expect to meet the FCC-mandated Feb. 17, 2009 deadline. That frees up a whole lot of spectrum — 60 MHz in the 700 MHz band — with companies like Apple and Google, gobs of cash […]
Day: February 25, 2008
No – the Format War is Just Beginning
Let’s face it, we all saw the Blu-Ray battle won some time ago. Perhaps a far more interesting battle is heating up between rivals Microsoft and Adobe on delivering content via a graphical open run-time platform or via a web browser. Adobe has tremendous distribution in Flash technology as it’s nearly everywhere. Microsoft’s Silverlight leverages […]
Half-color Fashion: Why Project: Runway looks “thin”
Today I had an interesting conversation about bit depth with my toaster. “So, tell me,” said Harold the Civil Toaster (not civil as in kind, but because he spent some time in civil service), “why the color palette of Project Runway looks familiar without my being able to place where I’ve seen it before.” Naturally, […]
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Blu-ray Won – What’s Next For…
As I guessed (once it was getting pretty obvious), Blu-ray has won the high definition optical disc format war. After Warners announced they were going exclusively Blu-ray, then Netflix, Best Buy, Blockbuster and Walmart said they were too, and Toshiba finally acquiesced and took HD DVD out in the back yard and shot it. Poor […]
Traveling with batteries, Pro Apps Updaters, etc.
• FAA rules on lithium battery transport• Apple Pro Apps – save those updaters!• PMW-EX1: XDCAM Transfer 2.5.1 for Mac Released; fixes CLOCK-mode timecode import bug. […]
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HPA Tech Retreat – Day 3, etc.
Fox Network’s Yves Montane showing one of many display performance plots. Day 2 Revisited Larry Thorpe and John Galt argued for a more nuanced view of camera resolution, such as MTF (contrast) readings at 200, 400, 600, and 800 TVl/ph, as well as a subjective description, in addition to the standard measurement of the limiting […]
Adobe Air: Browser vs. desktop
The browser has become the preferred way for delivering many applications because it allows easy deployment across operating systems and simplified application maintenance. Plus, the modern programming languages used in the browser enable rapid application design and development. The Adobe® AIR runtime complements the browser by providing the same application development and deployment benefits while […]
EverNote searchable and accessible at anytime, from anywhere
EverNote Corporation’s mission is to give users the ability to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform they find most convenient, and to make this information searchable and accessible at anytime, from anywhere. Built on a unique metaphor for information management and powerful image recognition engines, our flagship EverNote product allows […]
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