Category Archives: HD Feeds

Mr. Nelkin has been with the consumer side of Panasonic since 1985. From his New Jersey headquarters at One Panasonic Way he now oversees all of the digital developments for his company in the USA . We approached Panasonic for…

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While Reed Hundt was chairman of the Federal Communications Comission (1993-1997) he was guided by two principles: first, the FCC should make decisions based on the public interest and second, the FCC should write fair rules of competition for the…

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Interviewed by Dale Cripps in the fall of 2003. It is doubtful that HDTV could have a better friend than CEA president, Gary Shapiro. He is a believer that HDTV is both a good thing and that everyone who sees…

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HDTV Magazine: What are the most important unresolved issues with respect to the H/DTV movement today at the end of 2001?

Richard Wiley: There are some major impediments for the digital television transition. I would identify four. Some of them are on the way to being greatly improved. One (of those) is the equipment. We now have over 350 models in all sizes and shapes, all of the highest quality. The prices are falling faster than anyone expected. The chicken in the ‘chicken and egg’ dilemma is being solved as we go. Now the egg–that being the programming–is the biggest impediment left. The compelling programming is still in short supply. CBS has clearly done a great job (with their prime time). I am pleased as punch to see ABC coming along. I would like to see Monday Night Football a part of it. I don’t understand the plan for the others. When NBC went to all-color in the 60s the whole transition to color took off I would love to see that kind of leadership once more. Obviously, going to HDTV is something they must decide for themselves. I am just a K Street lawyer. I do know this: Without compelling programming we do not have a driving force.

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Nicholas Negraponte is the author of Being Digital. He is a founder and the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s uniquely innovative Media Laboratory. The Media Lab is an interdisciplinary, multi million dollar research center of unparalled intellectual and…

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Sam Runco President, Runco International With Dale E. Cripps HDTV Magazine 1998 “The approach I prefer to take is that no matter what the problems of HDTV are, I’m happy it’s here.” -Sam Runco “If we could just get the…

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People at Mike Young Productions, (MYP) say it’s hard to tell who is having the most fun: the studio’s young fans numbering in the millions around the world or the studio’s “allegedly” grown-up creators and producers which now number over…

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INTERVIEW Mark Schubin Interviewed by Dale Cripps in 2001. Mark Shubin ranks among the best of the best television engineers today. He brings more than 20 years experience to every production along with a wealth of television history and lore….

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Dale Cripps:
The original goal of HDTV was to create a worldwide electronic production standard competitive to 35mm film. The goal soon became one to create a new experience for the home–the next generation of television. Test in Japan determined that a 30 degree field of view and the 5.1 audio system made for a dramatically new experience. To do that visually, and without artifacts, you would need about 2 million pixels in a wide shape (later became 16:9).

In the beginning HD was not recordable. Neither were there displays for it. Few had hopes of ever transmitting it. Through to 1984 it was driven fundamentally by this desire to have one electronic production standard that would downconvert with equal ease to the existing transmission standards. Finally NHK developed a HD satellite broadcast system in 1985, intended to be used for the launch of HDTV satellite services in Japan. That transmission system, they once thought, would be sought after around the world and their own beginnings in Japan would mean a lower cost of introduction elsewhere. Japan would dominate the information age with the ultimate information appliance.

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From our 2003 archives INTERVIEW Gary Shapiro, CEO of Consumer Electronics Association by Dale Cripps Gary Shapiro is a disciplined man. He runs one of the largest trade associations in the world. His Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of…

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