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Editor's HDTV Pick

HP 47 inch MediaSmart 1080p LCD HDTV "Out of the box" digital media platform. Enjoy videos, pictures and music from home network + digital media delivered over your broadband Internet connection + 3 x HDMI

New content providers will bring Internet video to Sony’s BRAVIA Internet Video Link service for download by users with BRAVIA HDTVs equipped with the optional BRAVIA Internet Video Link. New content providers to join Yahoo!, AOL and Crackle include:

• CondéNet - four new Internet channels later this month, offering award-winning fashion content from Style.com, lifestyle content from Men.Style.com, food/dining content from Epicurious.com, and travel content from Concierge.com
• Sports Illustrated - opening with the magazine’s annual swimsuit issue including behind the scenes videos and interviews and other sports content at a later date
• blip.tv - the recently launched social media Internet channel will bring content from Rocketboom, Unleashed, Break a Leg, Alive in Baghdad, Goodnight Burbank and Geek Entertainment TV
• Sony Pictures - two new Sony Pictures Internet channels add televisions programs and promotional trailers with a focus on shorter programs

The good news for potential purchasers is that the Sony provided videos are free if you have a BRAVIA HDTV and the optional BRAVIA Internet Video Link module.

Sony’s BRAVIA Internet Video Link is a small, attachable module which will fit to the back of a majority of the company’s 2007 BRAVIA television models, including all of the post June shipment BRAVIA LCD flat-panel TVs. The module provides convergence between your HDTV and the Internet plugging directly into an Ethernet connection.

It will be interesting to see what market leverage content provision will provide Sony with sale of their HDTVs. The concept of Internet delivered video content is sure to gain a boost from a new light detector developed by Intel as reported by Technology Review. It will enable three core components of telecom networks to be manufactured from silicon using standard processing techniques, cutting costs compared to existing technology by hundreds of times. Resulting significantly cheaper Internet bandwidth will fuel Internet-HDTV convergent technologies such as Sony’s BRAVIA Internet Video Link and HP’s MediaSmart 1080p LCDs.

Technorati Tags: BRAVIA Internet Video Link, BRAVIA HDTV

The release of 3-D movies such as Meet the Robinsons and Harry Potter have introduced movie goers to the modern cinema 3-D experience. Other big budget 3-D movie projects in development such as Beowulf and the long awaited Avatar by James Cameron should ignite a wider spread consumer desire for a 3-D home entertainment solution.

TriDef’s 3D DLP (Digital Light Processors) HDTV accessory packs are one solution for watching the latest high definition 3-D movies and PC games on 3-D enabled DLP HDTVs. TriDef’s 3-D, technically termed “stereoscopic” vision, is based on each eye being exposed to slightly different perspectives (left and right eye perspectives). Our brain works the magic of fusing the images together into a single image (just as they do with our normal vision) with perceived depth.
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Technorati Tags: 3-D, stereoscopic

The Plextor PX-HDTV500U USB HDTV Receiver weighs less than 20 grams and allows users to watch, pause, and record live Standard Definition and High-Definition TV on most Windows-based laptop computers.

Set up is plug-and-play simple – just load the driver software and plug the PX-HDTV500U into your computer’s USB 2.0 port. The receiver software automatically scans for free air-to-air digital and HD signals in the surrounding area. A digital flat antenna is required to acquire signals.

There is an integrated Electronic Programming Guide to schedule shows for recording. Recorded TV is converted to MPEG-2 files in real-time and stored on the computer’s hard disk drive. (read more..)

With wide format PC’s and Laptops beginning to dominate the PC market and projector manufacturers introducing 1280×800 resolution models, Da-Lite have introduced a new Wide Format to their projection screen.

For compatability, the new Wide Format maintains the previous 4:3 format height while providing a much wider screen size for image display. The new Wide Format will be available on Da-Lite’s Cosmopolitan®, Tensioned Cosmopolitan®, Advantage, Tensioned Advantage, Advantage Deluxe, Tensioned Advantage Deluxe, Cinema Contour, Da-Snap, Advantage Manual with Controlled Screen Return and Model C with Controlled Screen Return in sizes from 94” to 164” diagonal.

DNP has added New Transducers Limited’s (NXT) SoundVu flat panel speaker technology to it’s Crystal Illusion Screen lineup. The SoundVu technology speaker emits sound by sending vibrations throughout the entire display panel.

Crystal Illusion Transparent Projection Screen Technology

At the 2005 Society for Information Display (SID)/ Information Display Magazine Display of the Year Awards at the SID 2006 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP) received a Gold Award for it’s Crystal Illusion Screen. The Society for Information Display (SID) is a well recognized international professional society devoted advancing electronic-display technology, manufacturing, and applications.

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The dnp Supernova Optical Front Projection Screen was designed for use in high ambient light environments. It is advertised as delivering up to ten times higher contrast and two times brighter images than conventional front projection screens.

Based on some groundbreaking technology, the dnp Supernova projection screen has won technology awards and favourable mention at both InfoComm 2005 and CES 2006. DNP (Dai Nippon Printing) developed Supernova in Japan and the screens are manufactured at DNP facilities in Denmark.

An optical front projection screen, the dnp Supernova incorporates advanced brightness and contrast enhancing technology.

Optical System

The optical system functions two ways:

• Projected images pass through an optical lens system, which focuses and concentrates the light before it is reflected back towards the viewers perpendicular to the screen surface.
• A patented contrast enhancement filter, covering some 60% of the screen, absorbs diffuse light from sources such as windows and lighting.

The DNP Supernova screen is not a traditional projection screen rather an advanced optical lens system. Instead of reflecting light in all directions the DNP Supernova enhance the image for optimum viewing by combining the focusing abilities of a Fresnel lens with the distributive properties of lenticular lenses (diffuse the illumination in a single direction).

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Connectors for audio visual equipment can be classified into three categories; audio, video and composite. Composite connectors can carry both audio and video.

Composite Connectors

HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface)

HDMI is a relatively new industry-supported connection. it is the only consumer electronics interface that can carry both uncompressed high-definition (HD) video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats. HDMI is used for devices such as STB’s (Set Top Boxes), Receivers and Display devices such as HDTV’s, LCD’s, Projectors and Plasmas. HDMI has two types; the standard Type A connector with 19 pins, and Type B with 29 pins - allowing it to carry an expanded video channel for use with high definition displays. Lack of a locking capability is a disadvantage. HDMI is a better choice than DVI for longer cable length applications.

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You’ve done your research and chosen a projector, DVD player, speakers, amplifier, subwoofers, and cables. The budget is just about blown, but what about the screen? It’s tempting to just project directly onto a wall but, it’s a choice that will waste your investment.

Following are five key points to help you choose a suitable front projection screen.

1. Type

There are two basic types of screens, fixed or framed, and pull-down or roller screens.

A roller or pull down screen

A roller or pull down screen is a good general use screen and has the advantage that it can be stored away when not in use. Roller screens can be operated manually (pulled down), or motorised (remote control). They are suitable for wall or ceiling mounted options, or above the ceiling with additional components added in. The disadvantage of roller screens is that the material may become stretched with use over time. Moving parts and continual use can result in a piece of equipment that experiences wear and tear and may need parts replaced.

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