LOS ANGELES -- “The TV opportunity” facing the LCD industry in terms of market potential “is substantially larger than the notebook and desktop PC markets combined” for LCD applications, Joe Virginia, vp of Samsung’s LCD business, told the HDTV Forum here Wed. “That’s why everyone’s got their sights set on it and that’s why we're making all these big investments” in plant capacities, highlighted by Samsung’s $20 billion joint venture with Sony, Virginia said.
LOS ANGELES -- HDNet’s strategy in HDTV content delivery is to “break the mold, not stick to it” by proving that being consumer-driven and profit-driven aren’t “mutually exclusive,” its chmn., Mark Cuban, told the HDTV Forum here Wed. In a provocative keynote, he sought to rally TV display makers to support him in resisting those who would put “quantity over quality” in the delivery of HDTV programming. He also called on the CE industry to “ignore Hollywood” in building alliances he said have the effect of stifling innovation and working against what’s best for the consumer.
LOS ANGELES -- The success of ESPN-HD has exceeded all expectations, but the biggest challenge remains “getting the consumer comfortable with HDTV,” Bryan Burns, ESPN vp- strategic planning & business development, told the HDTV Forum here Tues. in a keynote. With “Joe and Martha Consumer” seeking an HD-ready DTV set, Burns said, “you see them walk in the store, you see them pull their credit card out and you see them put it back in their pocket because they're scared.”
LOS ANGELES -- The success of ESPN-HD has exceeded all expectations, but the biggest challenge remains “getting the consumer comfortable with HDTV,” Bryan Burns, ESPN vp- strategic planning & business development, told the HDTV Forum here Tues. in a keynote. With “Joe and Martha Consumer” seeking an HD-ready DTV set, Burns said, “you see them walk in the store, you see them pull their credit card out and you see them put it back in their pocket because they're scared.”
The CEA has joined the chorus urging the FCC to grant an IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group request to extend the comments deadline for a proceeding on using the white spaces between TV channels for unlicensed devices (CED Aug 18 p4).
The CEA has joined the chorus urging the FCC to grant an IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group request to extend the comments deadline for a proceeding on using the white spaces between TV channels for unlicensed devices (CED Aug 18 p4).
Repackaging used goods and passing them off as new is but one of a passel of charges levied in the suit against Best Buy brought by Ohio’s attorney gen. (CED Aug 20 p6), the 12-page complaint disclosed.
Daewoo’s U.S. subsidiary broke its customary silence Tues. to react to our report it had parted ways with Best Buy (CED Aug 17 p1), defending its relations with the national chain as “a great partnership.” It’s true that Daewoo’s 42W enhanced-definition (ED) plasma monitor has been discontinued from Best Buy’s merchandise mix, Stan Kowal, mktg. mgr., told Consumer Electronics Daily. However, other Daewoo products that have been available for sale at Best Buy will remain so, and “are on order,” Kowal said.
The U.S. Appeals Court, San Francisco ordered Apex Digital to pay its Chinese exporter more than $10.7 million in an almost 4 year old arbitration dispute over defective DVD player shipments.
Software recently introduced that allows consumers to automatically search the Internet for radio stations and to record songs as MP3 files is proof of the “real and imminent” threat of in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcasting (DAB) without content protection, the RIAA told the FCC in a letter Mon.