Monday, 12 June, 2006
HDTV coming to UK terrestrial TV soon
The major TV broadcasters, including the BBC, will soon be testing if high definition services can be sent to aerials.
Sunday, 11 June, 2006
Ascot Racecourse goes high defintion
Ascot Racecourse has gone high definition crazy by installing 1,000 Sony HDTV screens around the modernised venue.
As part of a £200m revamp, the HD screens will show betting information, promotional material and HD content, as well as being used for digital signage.
Paul Hennessy, director of Sony Professional Solutions UK, said: “High definition digital signage is growing in importance for world-class venues and Ascot is the first in its field to adopt high definition screen solutions,”
“Digital signage is an elegant and impactful way to put across information. It’s a perfect solution for the new and improved Ascot facilities.”
Saturday, 10 June, 2006
£250m spent on flat panel TVs in May
Retailers have benefited from £250m of sales from flat panel TV’s in May, according to figures revealed by GfK Nop.
In the same period sales of all TVs (including the older style CRT TVs) were up by 80% over 2005, with sales of LCD TVs up by 233%. Over the last 4 weeks 364,000 flat panel TVs have been sold, at a value of £250m. This is £153m more than the same period last year.
NVIDIA PureVideo brings high definition to PCs
NVIDIA has developed PureVideo, technology that provides hardware acceleration, content security and integration with movie players, to deliver high definition video to PCs.
Friday, 09 June, 2006
LCDs to out-sell CRTs by 2009, says research firm
LCD televisions will outsell the traditional CRTs by 2009, according to new market analysis.
iSuppli, the electronics market intelligence firm, says huge price falls and an increasing willingness to adopt the technology from consumers will drive the demand for LCDs.
Thursday, 08 June, 2006
Sky Sports to broadcast Ryder Cup in high definition
Sky Sports has announced it will broadcast coverage of the 2006 Ryder Cup matches in high definition.
Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
HD channels stretch cable’s bandwidth
Despite their huge bandwidth, cable television lines are running out of room due to the transmission of extensive high defintion content.
Cable operators’ wires are so packed with TV channels and new services, including video on demand, broadband Internet and phone, that many are strugling to find bandwidth for the new wave of high defintion channels.