TV buffs are all agog about the much publicized revolutionary TV viewing experience. The simple box with black and white moving pictures and tin-like audio has evolved into colored pictures and clearer stereophonic sounds. Innovations in TV production have not stopped there. Big names in TV production technology continued with the development of more innovative products that will provide consumers with more viewing satisfaction. TV viewing was transformed with the introduction of HDTV.

What exactly is HDTV?

This new technology that is associated with TV viewing refers to high definition television. If …

The popularity of 3D movies is on the rise. With the uproar caused by James Cameron’s Avatar and Pixar’s Up, it would be quite hard to believe that as early as 1856, still cameras were used to make stereoscopic images. To get two views of a particular scene, it will be photographed at a slightly different angle. The viewer will be made to wear glasses with red and green lenses while the stereoscopic images are projected in fast succession. Two slightly different images will be seen by the viewer when …

The home entertainment industry is advancing in a very rapid rate. Year after year, new technologies are continuously being introduced. While some would generate mediocre acceptance, others would be dropped like a hot potato after several months use. The acceptance for HD technology is different. In fact, high definition has emerged as the format of choice for sports and news programming, for soaps, for documentaries, reality shows and theatrical releases. The roar created by media relating to this emerging technology has resulted to the skyrocketing demand for HD technology products. …

3D is obviously making a tremendous roar not just in movie theatres but in the very comforts of people’s homes. It wasn’t too long ago when people were so excited to don the silly and dorky goggles to be able to experience the much hyped about 3 dimensional viewing. Watching a 3D movie for the very first time would be an exhilarating experience. With heart pounding, I practically jumped off my seat as the characters practically pop off the screen. Special effects using three dimensional techniques certainly required film …

In 1996, legislation was passed by Congress mandating the change of TV broadcasts from analog to digital. What does the shift mean to analog TV users? If the user has a satellite TV service provided by DirectTV or Dish Network, the big switch would really have no effect as the user is already receiving digital signal. However, if the TV user is a DBS customer (direct broadcast satellite) and a separate antenna is needed to be able to watch programs from local station, the user in all probability may have …

Seriously, it blew my mind. I went into a 3D movie, and they gave me these funky glasses, and I just tossed them away. I did not know what to expect. But, when I walked in and everyone was wearing them. They just kept jumping in their seats and screaming and laughing. It was just an ordinary movie to me. Is someone pulling my leg here? What is 3d?

Well, for optimal viewing experience, you need to put in your superman contacts on for now. They make the real world 3-D. …

If you look back at some of the press releases and statements from DIRECTV over the last two years, you would think the satcaster would be offering 200 HD channels by now. For instance, listen to this quote from a DIRECTV press release on July 28, 2008: “With the launch of the DIRECTV 12 satellite next year, DIRECTV will have the capacity to deliver 200 national HD channels.”

Or listen to this comment from DIRECTV executive vice president Derek Chang in a December 2009 Multichannel News article: “That (DIRECTV 12 satellite) …

Apple has recently announced a new deal with Rovi providing evidence of an upcoming Apple HDTV? Apple’s new confidential licensing deal with Rovi today has at least one analyst claiming Apple that will release a Web-connected HDTV with live TV and DVR in the near future.

Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray calls the deal strong evidence of an upcoming HDTV. Rovi is the company behind the interactive program guide used by many cable/satellite operators and set-top box makers.

Says Munster (via AI): “We believe this announcement is further evidence that Apple is …

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If you have not entered into the HD television market yet, the major question has to be why? Do you know that TV ratings are soaring because of the significantly improved quality that “High Definition” TV’s supply their owners.

These recent developments in TV ratings are especially prevalent for sporting events, where fans of this action have been so delighted with the vastly superior quality of the picture they are able to receive it has made them want to watch their …

Ratings for the major broadcast networks (CBS, ABC, Fox, and NBC) increased last season for the first time in a decade. There are several reasons for the increase, from the launch of popular new network shows such as Fox’s Glee, to the rising home density of HD TV sets.

The new data from Nielsen reveals that ratings for big network events such as the Super Bowl, the Oscars and this year’s Winter Olympics were up because more people wanted to watch them on their HD televisions. In comparison, the so-called basic …