Samsung has achieved a royal coup of sorts by landing an order of 100 LCD and plasma screens to Buckingham Palace. The South Korean giant is only too pleased to heed the royal request and if the company is engaged in dealing with the British royalty for more than five years it wins the […]

China seems to be making a habit of wanting their own specification for all kinds of technology instead of partcipating in standards that are already available. They had intentions to do this with RFID, then rescinded. Now they are trying to push their own mobile TV standard, possibly with the intent of having it in […]

According to Pacific Media Associates, it’s expected that more than 3M flat-panel HDTV’s will be sold in Q4 2006. Prices have already dropped, making the units more attractive to consumers. The increase in demand is also coinciding with increased HDTV programming by broadcasters. However, over 50% of purchasers do not not seem to know that […]

Loads of HDTV Channels From AT&T
AT&T is offering 27 new HDTV channels in the Houston, Texas area, making it the second city in that state to get HDTV channels from AT&T. [source: TV Predictions]
Creative Labs Spins Off HDTV Chip Division
Creative Labs has spun off 3Dlabs, its UK chip designer division, which they acquired in 2002. […]

Sounds crazy but two Canadian professors, Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan, claim that HDTV is a threat to Canadian culture. My first reaction: are you kidding me? What Canadian culture? I’ve lived here a very very long time and am proud to call myself a Canadian. But my observation is that Canadians are mostly confused […]