Category Archives: HDTV

Lileks on HDTV

Posted on May 4, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Last Friday’s Bleat by James Lileks records his observations on receiving high definition TV. Nice piece, as usual, but some technical corrections are in order. He says: Normal TV has something like 440 lines on the screen. (Or 380. Or … Continue reading →

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HD dilemmas

Posted on March 23, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

For the last entry I was using a VisionPlus DTV card to check out the new WIN high definition TV transmission. As of today I’m using a high definition (1080i) CRT-based RPTV and a HD set top box, and this … Continue reading →

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WIN TV goes HD in Canberra

Posted on March 19, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Last night I went to the official opening of the new Bing Lee store in Fyshwick, Canberra. Nice store. I’ll be writing about that for Appliance Retailer sometime today (if you’re reading, James :-). There, one of the speech-makers disclosed … Continue reading →

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Tuggeranong finally fully digital

Posted on January 8, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

As of yesterday, the rather tardy Southern Cross Capital 10 TV station finally got its digital retransmission station for Tuggeranong running. Hurrah! That means that all five stations are now available (Prime 7 went on just before Christmas). It is … Continue reading →

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ABC and SBS do HD

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

In the midst of doing all those display reviews, I borrowed a DGTEC DG-5000i set top box. As I suspected, both ABC and SBS are now broadcasting their 20 hours per week of high definition digital. According to the Digital … Continue reading →

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Guilt and kilohertz and high definition

Posted on October 24, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

I am very, very sorry to those who have been visiting here the last ten days to find, well, nothing new. There is a reason for it. For the past few weeks I’ve been executing subroutine [bulk_reviews]. This time around … Continue reading →

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High Definition programs

Posted on August 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Digital Broadcasting Australia has up a list of widescreen and high definition TV programs. Since 1 July 2003 the commercial stations have been required to broadcase 1,040 hours of HD per year (20 hours per week). So it’s interesting to see … Continue reading →

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Panasonic goes digital

Posted on July 17, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Meanwhile, Panasonic has gone digital. It’s introducing two digital set top boxes and a 76cm widescreen TV with integrated Standard Definition digital tuner (the TX-76DT30A). This $4,399 TV is available now. The cheaper of the two set top boxes supports SD only … Continue reading →

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Southern Cross Capital behind the times in the South

Posted on July 3, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Of Canberra, that is. Sure, it’s not the only one that has yet to provide Standard Definition Digital TV from its Tuggeranong retransmission tower (Prime and SBS are equally guilty), but as of last night SCCap had a promise for … Continue reading →

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