| Parks Associates: Households on the Move More Likely to Buy ...
DALLAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- New homes inspire a desire for new televisions, according to Households on the Move, which found that recently moved households lead sedentary households in all categories of recent TV purchases, from traditional tube TVs to flat-panel plasmas. This new study from Parks Associates reports an estimated 23 million U.S. households move every 18 months. In that same timeframe, 20% of these households have purchased a traditional tube TV, 16% have purchased a flat-panel Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankLCD TV');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>LCD TV, 7% have purchased an HD traditional tube TV, and 8% have purchased a flat-panel Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankplasma');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>plasma. Among households that have not moved in the past 18 months, only 14% have recently purchased a traditional tube TV, 13% have purchased a flat-panel Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankLCD TV');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>LCD TV, 5% have purchased an HD traditional tube TV, and 5% have purchased a flat-panel Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankplasma');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>plasma.
Watch the Super Bowl on a 55-inch at Your Own Risk
Be careful when shopping for that dream HDTV for the big Super Bowl game. Why? Because the NFL may tackle you for a 5-yard loss if you watch the game on a screen larger than 55 inches. Sports leagues are typically very protective of their real and supposed properties, but a recent crackdown on a church that was planning to host a Super Bowl party has brought to light a somewhat poorly written copyright law. The NFL initially complained that the church was charging people to watch the game, and that they called it "Super Bowl". But even after the church agreed to let people in for free, the NFL continued to press the issue and said that by showing the Super Bowl on a screen that is larger than 55 inches is copyright infringement, which may be a public performance. The stance of the NFL is that they have a long-standing policy to ban mass-out-of-home viewing, with the exception of places that show it as part of their everyday business like sports bars.
Mikrokamera til HDTV
It is fascinating for a television audience to be able to watch a car race live from the driver's perspective and see the surroundings rushing past. Until recently, this could only be done in standard TV resolution. Now these images have made the leap to ‘high-definition TV' (HDTV), thanks to a mini-camera developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen. Several companies will on license-basis soon be putting the camera into series production.
Measuring 4 by 4 by 8 centimeters, the camera is smaller than a bar of soap and can even be accommodated in a cramped racing-car cockpit or a ski jumper's helmet.
- The MicroHDTV model is one of the smallest HDTV cameras currently available, says Stephan Gick, group leader at the IIS.
Hitachi Gigabit Passive Optical Network Solution Merges Broadband ...
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. exhibited the company's Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solutions at the International CES 2007 show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2007. The exhibit was in concert with Hitachi's end-to-end "Broadband Infrastructure, Broadband Home" theme at the Network Solutions area of the booth. The Hitachi exhibit was located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall, Booth 11906. Hitachi's AMN1220 GPON system delivers high-bandwidth communication and entertainment services to users through a direct fiber optic connection to individual residences and businesses. Bandwidth available per user can range from 78 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second, depending on the service level agreements established by the service provider.
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