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Veritas et Visus Display Standard February 2009 Mirics FlexiTV receiver achieves NorDig 2.0 compliance Mirics FlexiTV has become the world’s first broadcast TV receiver utilizing software demodulation to comply with the latest NorDig 2.0 specifications for digital terrestrial TV reception. Typically applied to consumer television and set-top box products, the NorDig test specifications ensure that compliant, quality products are developed for robust DVB-T signal reception. Launched in 2008, FlexiTV targets host processor-based platforms such as notebook PCs, and was the world’s first global standards broadcast receiver to leverage the flexibility and cost benefits of software-based demodulation. Mirics FlexiTV is the only commercially available software demodulatorbased receiver conforming to applicable broadcast TV and radio specifications. FlexiTV exceeds NorDig 2.0 performance requirements on a standard consumer notebook with very modest system resource requirements. For example, a FlexiTV-enabled notebook is capable of receiving live Standard-Definition DVB-T signals with just 30% CPU load. However, it is the move towards reception of HD signals that is really driving CPU resource requirements, where H.264 decoding presents a significantly greater burden than the requirements for software demodulation. Mirics FlexiTV can comfortably accommodate even the most demanding case of High Definition H.264 DVB-T reception within the resources of an entry-level dual-core x86-based PC. http://www.mirics.com Obama signs bill delaying switch to digital TV President Obama made the digital TV delay official earlier February, signing legislation to put off the switch until June 12. He and Congress hope to give millions of unprepared viewers four more months to upgrade their equipment so they don’t lose over-the-air programming. Although the major TV stations in Los Angeles won’t turn off their analog signals until the new deadline, the law allows stations to apply to switch on the original date (February 19) or any time before June 12. More than a quarter of the nation's 1,749 full-power stations have applied for permission to turn off their analog signals on the original date. They include Fox, CBS and ABC affiliates in San Diego; NBC, ABC, CBS and Telemundo affiliates in Santa Barbara; and KJLA and KHIZ, independent stations in Los Angeles. But there is a requirement that at least one station in the market continue analog broadcasts of local news and public affairs programming, as well as emergency and digital TV transition information for at least 60 days. New Year lawsuit targets Apple over lines on iMac displays Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple (it was filed on New Year's Eve) over unwanted vertical lines on iMac screens. The lawsuit was brought by Florida resident Aram Hovsepian after his iMac, purchased in October of 2006, began showing vertical lines on the display in March of 2008. In his complaint, Hovsepian alleges that Apple failed to disclose material facts about the displays in its iMac line, and that there were “common manufacturing defects” that would cause the vertical line phenomenon to happen. “Instead, Apple remained silent knowing its iMac display screens would malfunction while consumers purchased iMacs, made warranty claims arising from the vertical lines on display screens, and made out of warranty repairs related to the vertical line problem,” reads the complaint. Because of this, the lawsuit says Apple is in violation of the California Unfair Business Practices Act, as well as the California Consumers Legal Remedy Act. The company has also supposedly breached its implied warranty by not disclosing these flaws, and has received unjust enrichment as a result. CPT, Sharp, and LG Display executives jailed in LCD price fixing case Executives from CPT, Sharp, and LG Display pled guilty to conspiring to fix prices. The price fixing led to inflated costs for displays used by firms like Dell in its notebook computers. In November of 2008, executives from Sharp, LG, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes all pled guilty to price fixing. The largest fine imposed was placed on LG and totaled $400 million with Sharp said to be paying $85 million in fines. DigitalTrends reports that the former chairman and CEO of Chunghwa, Chieng-Hon Lin was hit with an individual fine of $50,000 and a sentence of 9months in an American prison. The other executives involved in the scandal received prison terms ranging from six to nine months each. Deborah A. Garza, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, said in a statement, “The Department of Justice is committed to holding accountable all conspirators who harm American consumers, no matter where they live or where they commit the crime.” 28
Veritas et Visus Display Standard February 2009 Plasma TVs face being banned in Europe The EU is contemplating a plan to kill off plasma televisions across Europe because they burn too much power. According to reports in the Italian press, the EU might make a ruling on the technology in the spring. Commissioners are about to release new guidelines on the consumption of television screens. While LCD screens scrape through the new requirements, the plasma screens use too much energy. A 42-inch plasma TV consumes 822 watts of electricity in comparison with 350 watts of a flat screen LCD and 322 watts of a cathode ray tube. Among the plans is to put a system of labels on televisions so that punters will know how much they are going to consume. This has been done for some time with fridges and other appliances, but not for TVs. Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM and sell pirated HD discs Movie pirates have moved on to selling high-definition discs. The HD discs are not genuine Blu-ray discs and don’t have as high resolution as Blu-ray does, but can fool. Law enforcement in Shenzhen, China, raided a warehouse that contained HD copies of a number of popular movies. There were over 800 discs that were packaged in false Blu-ray boxes, complete with holograms to make them appear legitimate. According to the Motion Picture Association International, this is the first ever seizure of these types of discs in China. The pirates are apparently ripping high-def movies (cracking Blu-ray's AACS and BD+ encryption in the process) and re-encoding them using AVCHD, which offers a 720p picture. Because of the reduction in resolution, file sizes are smaller and can be burned to regular DVDs instead of the more costly Blu-ray discs. Pony/Canyon releases Blu-ray/DVD hybrid Software maker Pony/Canyon will release the first Blu-ray/DVD movie hybrid in Japan in February 2009, in an attempt to accelerate consumer transition from the DVD format to Blu-ray. The disc uses an efficient encoding algorithm (based on the MPEG-4 AVC H.264), because the available Blu-ray capacity (25GB) on it was not enough. Full HD of 1920x1080 pixel resolution is compressed, as well as 24p/60i down to 12-24Mbps. That is the opposite of what Blu-ray is supposed to do, which is expand the viewing capacity to such a degree that it doesn’t need compression. The concept (originally created by JVC) is as an optical sandwich: there’s a single blue laser layer (at 25GB capacity), lying on top of two more layers of DVD (at 8.5 GB). In between, there is a thin film that reflects the blue light needed for the Blu-ray playback, while also allowing the DVDs red light to filter through (see illustration). Pony/Canyon claims the hybrid disk is compatible with 99% of all current DVD and Blu-ray players, including some of the early Blu players like the PS3. So far, it hasn't released a comprehensive list of all of the players the disk will work on, or the few it will not. http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp SNL Kagan study says Blu-ray sets will drive home video growth Blu-ray will drive the growth of the home video market during the next decade, despite its relatively minor impact at the moment, according to a new study. “The State of Home Video” from SNL Kagan says that Blu-ray will reach 59.7% market share and $13.1 billion in revenue in 2014, hitting 73.8% and $15.6 billion by 2017. But Blu-ray’s reign may be short lived, according to the study, which expects video-on-demand to increasingly impact highdefinition DVD. The study expects the number of high-definition DVD homes to be at 115.2 million by 2017, with 98.8 million homes capable of video-on-demand via high-speed Internet. 29
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