Author Archives: Stephen Dawson

JVC’s D-ILA goes true high definition

Posted on October 11, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Okay, okay. My favourite product of the show isn’t available just yet. It is a new projector — the DLA-HD2K — from JVC using its in-house developed D-ILA projection panel (this is a form of Liquid Crystal on Silicon — … Continue reading →

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Back in Australia

Posted on October 11, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Gee I love overnight flights, followed by a local flight that finally gets me home just a bit before lunch. Plane out of Tokyo was chockablock, so not much room for stretching there. Our first day in Tokyo was largely … Continue reading →

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Panasonic’s ancient history

Posted on October 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Right now I’m sitting on the Bullet Train shooting from Osaka to Tokyo. This morning was spent doing Panasonic stuff. This afternoon was spent doing Panasonic stuff. Oh, and so will tomorrow morning. But tomorrow arvo we get released for … Continue reading →

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Reporting from Osaka …

Posted on October 6, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Well, here in Osaka, Japan, the Royal Pines Hotel has free high speed Internet if you have a network connection. At least, it’s reasonably high speed if it works at all, as it did last night and does now, but … Continue reading →

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On the road

Posted on October 4, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Or, rather, in the air. I’ll be off to Japan for a few days from tomorrow, thanks to Panasonic, where I’ll have an opportunity to go to the CEATEC show (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) in Tokyo. Back Friday. I … Continue reading →

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Filming in the right video standards

Posted on October 4, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Thomas writes: I am writing you because of an article you wrote and I feel you have the knowledge that I am seeking.I am wonder if there is a was to have lossless or near lossless conversion from a PAL … Continue reading →

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Clean calls

Posted on October 3, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

What happens when you put a Nokia 6610 mobile phone through a washing machine cycle? Um, it stops working, as I found out yesterday. Pulled it apart and left it in front of an electric heater for a few hours, … Continue reading →

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Hey, I’m famous!

Posted on October 1, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

The editor of Appliance Retailer, to which I contribute, sent me down a tape of a show called ‘Wired’ on an Australian pay TV channel, TVSN (Television Sales Network) in which the wired-expert, Carla, was talking about MP3. She quoted … Continue reading →

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Harman Kardon comes up with a winner

Posted on September 30, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Harman Kardon claims that its new DVD-30 actually does DVD Audio properly. Well, I’ve just completed a review of it and, I have to agree, it does. And does it well. Yep, finally Denon has some competition. The DVD-30 offers … Continue reading →

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Now that’s sad

Posted on September 30, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

There are three pieces of software I use so often that they almost define my work. One is TextPad), upon which I am writing this. Another is the best damned calculator on the planet: Kalkulator. And the third is CoolEdit … Continue reading →

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