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Tube TV’s: Never Can Say Goodbye

B.Greenway — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:39:48 +0000

Yes I was thinking of that song when I punched in the post title, anyway yeah… While doing a bit of catch-up this week I ran across a headline from Dealerscope that read “Weak Economy Leads to Tube TV Comeback”. I thought for a second, hey didn’t we get rid of tube televisions? Ok, no [...]

Tube TV’s: Never Can Say Goodbye

Mitsubishi Dates Launch for Laser TV

B.Greenway — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:50:22 +0000

This May will mark the month a new consumer display technology hits the market and along with it a slew of “frickin’ laser” jokes. Branded as LaserVue, (I can feel a laser joke bubbling up as we speak) the displays obviously have Mitsubishi’s executives very excited. Max Wasinger, senior vice president of Mitsubishi Digital Electronics [...]

Mitsubishi Dates Launch for Laser TV

Pioneer Outsourcing – Not Quitting Plasma Business Altogether

Philip Stamps — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:17:28 +0000

I read headlines all the time, I also read how others read headlines all the time. This whole Pioneer to exit the plasma business and no more Kuro plasmas business has really been a fascinating window into human psychology. This all peaked (for me at least) yesterday when a client said “Pioneer’s going to stop [...]

Pioneer Outsourcing – Not Quitting Plasma Business Altogether

Matsushita Sells JVC

B.Greenway — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:52:14 +0000

Bit of an industry-centric update today, mergers and acquisitions don’t normally take up much real-estate here but I thought this one could have important ramifications somewhere down the digital-display road. Matsushita (Panasonic) has agreed to sell its stake in Japan Victor Corporation (JVC) to Texas Pacific Group (TPG) a U.S. based investment group, for an [...]

Matsushita Sells JVC

Are you Ready for Internet TV, Again?

B.Greenway — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:54:32 +0000

Sony, Matsushita (Panasonic), Sharp, Toshiba and Hitachi are devices panned out. Maybe Sony, Panasonic et al have another angle on all of this, or maybe just integrating the ability into the television versus requiring an external box is enough to persuade the general populace. One thing is certain however, as someone who has had access [...]

Are you Ready for Internet TV, Again?

Mailbag: Hotspotting

B.Greenway — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:42:07 +0000

While catching up on some email over the weekend I ran across one from Brent in Columbia SC, Brent writes: “I’ve heard talk of hotspotting from salesmen and various reviewers when describing certain types of displays. What is this, what does it look like and how can I make sure I avoid it in a [...]

Mailbag: Hotspotting

LCD vs. Plasma revisited

B.Greenway — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:22:07 +0000

Back in 2004 I wrote a post citing the merits of plasma displays versus LCD’s. At the time I was very pro-plasma and while I still consider plasma an extremely viable display technology, it’s time to re-examine LCD’s as I feel the displays have made significant improvements since my original post. A couple of areas [...]

LCD vs. Plasma revisited

100″ liquid crystal display

B.Greenway — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:46:40 +0000

Here they grow again. LG and Philips have developed a concept cars automakers displayed in the 1950’s. Dreams today, but often reality in the not too distant future. 100″ liquid crystal display

100″ liquid crystal display

3840 by 2160

B.Greenway — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:27:00 +0000

Ok, I guess 1920×1080 just isn’t enough for some folks; who specifically I can’t tell you as the average American household still doesn’t own a 720p capable display, but that isn’t going to stop Chi Mei Optoelectronics from doubling the current peak HD resolution of 1080p. CMO recently debuted their 56” 3840 by 2160 pixel, [...]

3840 by 2160

Future cinema on display in Japan

B.Greenway — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:26:31 +0000

In what could be a precursor to the cinema of the future, Sony, NEC and Canon (among others) have teamed up to create some remarkable sights and sounds for the Expo 2005 show in Aichi Japan. Among the various attractions and exhibits is The show which runs through June 19th is described as a tribute [...]

Future cinema on display in Japan

Future television exhibit suggests HD resolutions, with smaller displays

B.Greenway — Tue, 31 May 2005 14:35:50 +0000

HDTV and big screens are almost synonymous and with good reason, those wanting to spend the extra dollars for a HD capable set, often want the virtual real-estate to go with it. But as advances in HD move forward the trickle-down effect works its way into smaller less prominent displays, aka those under 32”. NHK [...]

Future television exhibit suggests HD resolutions, with smaller displays

FLCoS technology aims for 42”, $999 Micro-Displays

B.Greenway — Mon, 30 May 2005 14:11:29 +0000

May has been a stellar month for new display technology announcements, and this one, interjects something new into the mix. Based in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, CRLO Displays Ltd has been working away on their proprietary version of LCoS called FLCoS (Ferroelectric Liquid-crystal-on-Silicon) which touts significant cost savings compared to other high definition displays. This technology [...]

FLCoS technology aims for 42”, $999 Micro-Displays

Technology watch, SED – Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display

B.Greenway — Thu, 19 May 2005 19:33:00 +0000

Technology watch, SED – Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display

For Fujitsu LCD is out Opto-Silicon’s in

B.Greenway — Tue, 03 May 2005 22:15:33 +0000

Given the fact that LCD’s are enjoying a boom period with consumers, I was a little confused by Fujitsu EETimes article states, “The transparent material is designed to allow light transmission with minimal loss and can change its refraction in an electric field.” I read this part to mean a more active, panel display that [...]

For Fujitsu LCD is out Opto-Silicon’s in

What is Pulldown, and if it’s so great, why would you want to remove it?

Dithermaster — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:20:07 +0000

Modern film is projected at 24 frames per second. Video, in the U.S. and many other countries, is displayed at 60 pictures per second. So, when we want to convert film content to video, as long as we can come up with a way to repeat each film frame an average of 2.5 video pictures, our job is done. One way to do this is to repeat the first film picture 2 times, the second film picture 3 times, and so on: 2, 3, 2, 3. You might have heard of 2:3 or 3:2 pulldown — this is where those numbers come from. 2:3 and 3:2 pulldown are the same thing — they are not ratios, like they first appear to be.

What is Pulldown, and if it’s so great, why would you want to remove it?