Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stoctrash who wrote (31874)	4/6/1998 12:09:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

McCain discusses future of digital television By Angie Wagner ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS - The future of digital television will soon make the tube just like a computer, technology so superior it could even create a better society, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee predicted Sunday. "We are experiencing the greatest change that the world has seen since the Industrial Revolution," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told delegates of the National Association of Broadcasters, meeting here for their annual convention. McCain said the future of digital television, an improvement over existing analog television, can't be certain, but will bring people up to speed with technology. He said the information viewers can soon get on their television sets will narrow the gap between rich and poor, leaving no one behind. "Americans are very excited about the prospect of getting this kind of entertainment in their homes," he said. McCain also criticized the Federal Communications Commission for its overpolicing of broadcasters. "We are seeing almost unprecedented criticism of the FCC," McCain said, adding that their may soon be an effort to "rein in" the commission.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (31874)	4/6/1998 12:24:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

HP/Snell & Wilcox................................. newsalert.com LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998 -- Highlighting its leadership in MPEG compression technology, Hewlett-Packard Company today announces it will team with Snell & Wilcox, one of the industry's premier suppliers of video processing equipment, to demonstrate high-definition television (HDTV) upconversion here at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference and exposition. Upconversion is a key technique broadcasters will use to move to digital television (DTV), converting standard-definition video to high-definition video. It allows broadcasters to use their existing standard-definition video infrastructure as an integral part of their HDTV migration. The demonstration will take place at HP's booth, No. S5426, in the Sands Convention Center. HP will use the HP MediaStream Broadcast Server with 4:2.2 capability to source standard-definition material upconverted to 1080I line HDTV format. DTV upconversion performs best when the source of content is 4:2:2 encoded, 16X9 aspect ratio video. The extra chroma resolution provided by 4:2:2 encoding offers the upconverter more data to work with as it converts the video format. "A long-time leader in the industry, Snell & Wilcox delivers the leading upconversion technology," said Al Kovalick, principal architect for HP's Video Communications Division. "They understand what it takes to succeed in this business."