Category Archives: Video

The New York Times gets it wrong

Posted on December 4, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Bloggers have great fun fisking articles from the regular media. Since my stuff is published in the regular media, I ought to be cautious, but this piece from The New York Times has a few mistakes in it. And those … Continue reading →

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Resolution Misconceptions

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

I keep on finding the claim that progressive scan video necessarily gives a high resolution than interlaced video. For example, take this from AudioVideo101.com: HDTV signals broadcast at 60 Hz, the standard for broadcast television, vary in what scanning format … Continue reading →

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THX Optimizer makes onto good Region 4 DVDs

Posted on November 12, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

The THX Optimizer is on the newly released Region 4 DVDs of the Indiana Jones trilogy. At last, movies worth owning, which also allow you to adjust your video display device for optimal picture, and your home theatre audio system … Continue reading →

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True HD panels coming at last!

Posted on November 8, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Taiwanese computer peripheral maker BenQ (formerly Acer Multimedia) has been seeking to get more into home entertainment equipment. Now it says that it will be offering a true high definition (1,920 by 1,080 pixel) LCD panel in 2004, priced at … 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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What is High Definition?

Posted on October 12, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

A web page for a major Australian electronics retailer says that the Fujitsu 106cm plasma display, P42VHA20 has the following features: High Definition 42-inch (16:9) 852 x 480 pixel panel Wrong! No doubt they’ve been confused by the fact that … Continue reading →

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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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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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The CRT projector lives

Posted on September 21, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday I finished a review of the Barco Cine 7 LT projector, which should appear in a couple of weeks in the ‘Livewire’ section of The Age newspaper. I had thought that CRT projectors were big, heavy and expensive. The … Continue reading →

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Room deadening and CRT projectors

Posted on September 2, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Gary from Spectra Engineering in Western Australia writes: An idea for your reader Dave would be to add some acoustic deading material to his sound room. This would cut the reflections and make the Bass sound field more even throughout. … Continue reading →

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