Posts tagged high definition

Links for 2008-08-03

3 August 2008 at 0741

Inflection Point: What’s the practical life span of DTV? [Robert X. Cringely] Broadband and Moore’s Law - the implications for television delivery, HD and programme scheduling.
Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry [Technology Guardian] What’s wrong with the UK ISP and record companies deal and why Napster was offering a solution years ago.
Filesharing: Television needs to wake up and smell the coffee [Technology Guardian] Why television is in an even worse situation than the record companies.
Horribly good internet plot to kill off TV [Observer] Joss Whedon’s online show is fun and has implications for broadcast television.

12 March 2008 at 1126

The system claims a resolution of 7680×4320 pixels, compared to the HDTV maximum of 1920×1080.

The Guardian encapsulates the one big problem “of how to transmit huge amounts of data remains”.

11 March 2008 at 0831

At the weekend the BBC carried out trial live coverage of the Six Nations rugby match between England and Scotland in 3D high-definition.

This is the first time such an outside broadcast has been carried out in the UK.

Pictures were captured by three sets of dual high definition cameras bolted together for each 3D picture channel.

The clever stuff was carried out by The3DFirm technology, with the result viewed through polarising glasses.

The trial involved BBC Resources London Outside Broadcasts - ironic given the announcement last week of the plan to sell the department despite no agreement from BECTU.