ZiXi, the leading provider of solutions and services that enable flawless broadcast-quality HDTV via the Internet, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist for the inaugural ConnectedWorld.TV awards, to be presented at the International Broadcast Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam on September 12th, 2011. ZiXi is shortlisted in the Content Delivery Technology category for its patented video transport platform and superior broadcast-quality HD video delivery services via the Internet for a variety of applications, including video distribution, field and mobile reporting, collaboration, playout and TV everywhere services.
Thomson gave us indication that $3,000 is likely price for direct-view set using its HD 34W and 38W tubes. Robert-Lorch, vp-N. American Tube Div., said company is targeting under-$1,000 cost for tubes with late 1999 delivery. Tubes, he told us, could be used for either HD or SD resolution - HD when fitted with fine - pitch Invar shadow mask and dynamic - focus electron gun. In that case, tube has 1,280x720 pixel resolution that qualifies for HD format.Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to NewsvineDespite strong DTV emphasis at CES, organizer CEMA said total "verified" attendance declined 4.3% from year earlier to 91,614. CEMA blamed "shortfall" on large attendance declines in 3 "non-germane" attendee categories - manufacturer reps, non-exhibiting manufacturers, guests. It said declines were attributable to "industry conditions" and Asian financial crisis. However, CEMA sought to emphasize positive attendance results, including: (1) Final tally exceeded preshow estimates of 90,000. (2) "Modest" increases in buyer and exhibitor attendance. (3) Engineers increased 18%, presumably because more than usual number of broadcasters attended show and Digital AV Conference immediately followed CES. CEMA didn't have immediate breakout of number of broadcasters present.PR Contacts: SVM Public Relations Laura Nelson or Jordan Bouclin Email Contact Email Contact 401.490.9700 OR ZiXi Stacey Hurwitz Email Contact 408-573-3630Unresolved issues for DTV include SD multicasting and data transmissions. Onscreen user interface enabling viewers to select program if station sends multiple shows still needs to be worked out among broadcasters and TV makers. Also pertaining to SD multicasts, no standard yet exists for conditional - access system needed in case stations institute pay-per-view. And although video and audio formats for DTV are settled, work still is needed for data transmissions and interactive functions that have been posited as value-added features for DTV.Also emblematic of diversity at CES was variety of ways manufacturers will handle conversion of NTSC and SD broadcasts, and troublesome 720p HD format. For example, Hitachi and Thomson digitally convert NTSC to 540p display and HD-720p to HD-1080i, while Panasonic opted to line-double NTSC and downshift 720p to 480p. Samsung's set digitizes NTSC, then bumps it up to 1080i - also resolution where SD signals and 720p are displayed. Sony uses its Digital Reality Creation system to display NTSC and SD as 960i. Company told us it will scan convert 720p to either 480p or 1080i.Observers noted variations in quality among brands, much of it probably attributable to prototype status. DTV sets displayed at CES didn't show "full quality" of HDTV, said Jack Fuhrer, senior dir.-Hitachi Digital Media Lab. He and other speakers at DTV seminar concurred that sets on exhibit didn't even clearly show differences between HD-1080i and SD-480p formats. Fuhrer said "dazzling" 480p demonstrations can look as good as "mediocre" HD, at least to public. He added, though, that lower resolution displays won't get better but HDTV will. ATSC Chmn. Robert Graves contended that there has been little incentive to improve TV receivers for last decade or so because they already were using full NTSC capability. "There's a tremendous amount of headroom in HDTV," he said, so set-makers will compete to improve picture quality, at least in first few years after rollout: "The HDTV you see today is the worst you will ever see."
PR Contacts: SVM Public Relations Laura Nelson or Jordan Bouclin Email Contact Email Contact 401.490.9700 OR ZiXi Stacey Hurwitz Email Contact 408-573-3630
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