JamieG Analysis

Recently I wrote about “The tend towards an open STB continues.” This trend has just been turned into a reality with Sony announcing that by Christmas, 90% or all TV on sale will be Internet ready,  and to quote the Sony release.. Sony will embrace open standards “to improve interoperability among all of our customers’ [...]

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A common topic I cover on my blog is what the Set top box of the future is likely to be. Recently in my post named “Discussion with Philip Hodgetts about the digital TV future.”, Philip and I covered many aspects of this idea.  Recently a number of developments connected to this topic have surfaced.  [...]

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Philip Hodgetts is a well known Digital Media Guru.  Over the years we have formed a friendship based around our passion for digital media technolgies. Following is transcript of a recent discussion about future trends on digital TV. It has some good points so I thought I would share it with you. James On Wed, [...]

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I common theme of my blog is is the road map to the future of Video on the net.  In short, the use and implementation of proprietary processes and set top boxes is going nowhere fast. I have also referenced the BBC as an example of an organisation who actually “GETS IT”.  Their latest developments [...]

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Today I came across some documents from Panasonic that cover their implementation of AVC-Intra (An I-frame only, 4:2:2 10bit at 100mbit) implementation for their P2 system. See Panasonic Technical Overview, and AVC-Intra-FAQ Scanning the net, there is mixed reviews for this technology.  I read an interesting blog post about asking why we would bother with [...]

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