By keith, on February 25th, 2011
Samsung reportedly told Pocket-lint that owners of its latest Smart TVs will be able to stream live TV shows to a compatible tablet or mobile phone. Both the newly announced Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy S II will be able to make use of the televisions’ second tuner, effectively turning them into second sets to watch around the home
By keith, on February 25th, 2011
Google’s YouTube is eager to launch an unlimited subscription service for movies similar to Netflix and Amazon and is considering starting it in the Europe to cut down on the competition, the NewYork Post reported.
By keith, on December 6th, 2010
A broadcast and technology consortium in Italy is demonstrating an over-the-air digital 3DTV system that is backward-compatible with 2D TV sets. It allows those with HD TV sets to watch 2D HDTV, even when the transmissions use 3D techniques. Backward-compatibility is possible due to an innovative technique for formatting stereoscopic images, known as 3D Tile Format, which makes it possible to integrate two 720p frames within a single 1080p frame. The reconstructed right and left images maintain their original resolution, preventing an unbalancing of the vertical or horizontal resolution. The 3D Tile Format is said to improve the quality of the transmission of 3D hi-def content, compared to current solutions, i.e., side-by-side or top-and-bottom. The compatibility for regular 2D sets allows broadcasters to transmit to both 2D and 3D users without having to double the amount of bandwidth required for transmissions.
By keith, on November 23rd, 2010
By keith, on November 11th, 2010
I’ll be presenting “Future of TV-based Entertainment” at the SmartTV Global Summit 2010 next week.
For many years, the broadcasters determined what content was available and when on the TV. The last few years has seen an explosion of alternate sources of entertainment — IPTV that enables virtually an unlimited number of “channels” and whole-home DVR, personal content, on-line content, social networking, video calls, etc. The downside was that accessing all these capabilities required moving between the TV (with multiple set-top boxes) and the computer. Today, the industry is rapidly enabling the easy access of all the different kinds of content and features through the TV, along with new, innovative ways to find what you are looking for.
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