DirecTV's Fuzzy Picture
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Disastrous service can turn off customers and investors.
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Digital, high-definition television can be a complex enough business in its own right. But the shift from analog to digital now also means a shift from fat to flat. -The Washington Post
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NEW YORK -- TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it's pretty clear which business interests stand...
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The energy-hog televisions are losing ground to their cheaper counterparts. But developers hope that will change with improved technologies.
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DirecTV reported a net loss of just over $1 billion in the quarter ended September 30th, compared to a loss of $23 million in the same period last year.
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Video cameras with three charge-coupled devices, or C.C.D.'s, can produce broadcast-quality images unattainable with a single-C.C.D. model. A look at four cameras.
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I have good news, bad news, and worse news.  The good news is that I managed to get MythTV working well enough that it now plays standard definition channels better than the cable box alone, even though it's getting its signal from the cable output of the cable box.  I get this benefit because MythTV allows me to tweak various parameters that you can't change on the cable box.   The bad news is that high definition channels still look worse through MythTV than they do if I watch then directly from the cable box.  I don't expect to solve this problem. The cable box may be able to handle HDTV itself, but it outputs a digital signal in 480p, which is basically standard definition. The fact that I have two HDTV-capable tuner cards does me little good.  Here's the worse news. I had to learn way too much to get this far.
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Watching video online in small, fuzzy boxes is heading the way of rabbit ears.
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Consumers are racing to replace their aging televisions with high-definition TVs. Trouble is, many are still using devices and services that can't fill those HDTVs with enough visual information to make them look their best.
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But Sony's LocationFree TV and other devices show there can still be stumbling blocks to a total HD experience.
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Blog: High def radio. Few are buying. But you can tell a lot from the price.
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Sony Corp.'s Creation Box makes images from any TV clearer, flicker-free and more vivid. Users can zoom in on high-definition video without distortion. But at &#36;4,800, it's not for everyone.
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Plus: Cell phones get silly and DirectX 10 gets affordable.
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Using a new algorithm, researchers are trying to enhance picture quality so that those with macular degeneration can enjoy television.
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TiVo beats the Street, but it's not all good news for the DVR specialist.
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Plus: Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss...Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon.
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Dubbed Digital NeGative (DNG) format, Adobe&#39;s proposal would not supersede the JPEG format used by almost all digicams these days, but the native formats such cameras offer users who want maximum, image fidelity.