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To: Peter V who wrote (48995)	4/10/2000 8:35:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

So you have to wait .5 sec then the whole page comes screaming down at 35Mbps? I can handle that. The problem is in interactive games. FredE would have a hell of a time Jeff Gordon at NASCAR online, when Freds steering takes .5 secs to respond...

To: Peter V who wrote (48995)	4/10/2000 9:31:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

I wonder if Neil Brydon was funny. He's talking to Broadcasters about video manipulation:-)................ Digital Video Handling Comes Into Focus By Joe Fedele, TV TECHNOLOGY From cable to fiber to storage systems, "The Foundations of DTV - The Physical Plant" took an in-depth look at how digital video is routed and managed throughout broadcast facilities. Moderated by Jerry Whitaker of Technical Press, the afternoon of tutorials answered many questions about how best to handle digital signals. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS The program began with Stephen Lampen of Belden Electronics talking about "Transporting Video Signals on UTP Category 5" and how Cat-5 cabling can be used in lieu of the standard coaxial cable traditionally used in broadcasting and production environments. Lampen's review and analysis of the technical characteristics of each type of cable provided insight into some alternative methods of wiring a technical facility. Neil Brydon of DiviCom was the next speaker with "How Many Bits Can You Afford to Waste?" His discussion focused on compression, noise and bit rate reduction. Brydon's review of the fundamentals of noise reduction, preprocessing and quantization set the stage for a discussion about removing unwanted noise through the use of temporal filters. "Temporal filtering is effective against random noise," he said. "The key is to eliminate the temporal mechanism that causes the motion blurring effect." He then went on to show how this might be accomplished. Peter Symes of the Grass Valley Group addressed several Master Control-related issues that broadcasters face with multichannel DTV operations. Symes also identified the need for flexibility in Master Control operations and talked about switching problems in an MPEG encoded environment. In his tutorial "Designing and Building the Digital Studio," Daniel Taylor of DTA Carlson, revisited several projects discussed at last year's conference and reviewed the progress made since then. more......................... nab.org

To: Peter V who wrote (48995)	4/11/2000 7:14:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

US DVD player sales up 159.3% in the latest week.......... dvdinsider.com Vital Statistics - 4/11/00 Last week, DVD title sales made an unprecedented jump this year, surpassing the million mark. According the VideoScan?s First Alert Reporting Retailers, for the week ending April 4, 2000, DVD title sales were 1,045,000, nearly doubling sales from the previous week. This increase is undoubtedly due to the release of hit titles on DVD like ?The Sixth Sense? and ?Pokemon: The First Movie.? The year-to-date total is 9,746,000. According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), for the week ending March 31, 2000 DVD Player unit sales to dealers were slightly higher than last week at 136,263, a 159.3 percent increase over this week in 1999. Month-to-date, DVD player sales are 412,559, a 134.4 percent increase over March 1999 and year-to-date sales are 1,183,625. VCR deck sales are down for the week at 777,510, a 29.1 percent increase over this week last year. Month-to-date, VCR sales are at 2,082,644, a 23.3 percent increase over March 1999 and year-to-date, VCR sales are 4,597,302, a mere 14.2 percent increase over 1999. In retrospect, projection television sales are soaring with last week?s sales at 39,092, a 69.9 percent increase. Month-to-date sales are 128,543, a 58.1 percent increase and year-to-date sales are 325,476, a 37.6 percent increase over 1999.