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HDTV Listings for September 25, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Sep 26th 2008 1:39AM I wish I was able to watch Survivor, or CBS for that matter in HD, but while CBS2 Chicago's new studio looks really nice, until they move frequencies, I'm stuck watching them on my pixelated analog tuner.
-Brian
Slingbox PRO-HD unboxing and hands-on {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2008 3:32AM Are you guys in Chicago, or are those screenshots from SlingMedia? I was gonna mention how you local ABC's HD graphics look like mine here in Chicago, then I saw the FOX Chicago bug. Is there a place locally to go and play with a SlingBox? Abt maybe?
-Brian
Blu-ray support destined for Mac OS X 10.5.6? {Engadget HD}
Sep 23rd 2008 12:47AM First let me say BD support is NOT in Final Cut, I have 6.0.5 and know it's not there. DVD Studio Pro can author HD on regular DVDs, so obviosuly you're limited to a small file. Secondly, I read a report where someone Boot Camped into Vista and plugged in an external drive and used the appropriate Windows software to watch a BD movie on the MacBook Pro's built-in display. Back in OS X, DVD Player launched, but then quit with an error, so some suggest that all it would be is a software update for the DVD Player app. Apple will start with BD drives in the Mac Pros ONLY. There aren't >1" thick slot-load drives to put in their laptops, the technology simply isn't there, hence why the laptops won't get them for a while. Their external displays haven't been upgraded in 3+ years, so an update with HDCP would be nice. Lastly, for the most part, BD burning is a professional feature, which has nothing to do with iTunes. They're separate divisions of Apple. I don't think it will come now or with 10.5.6, but IF it did, it would coincide with a Mac Pro revision. When it doesn't come this year, look towards NAB '09 along side Final Cut Studio 3 and DVD Studio Pro 5.
-Brian
RCN gifts Chicago with a whole slew of new HD channels {Engadget HD}
Sep 23rd 2008 12:26AM I recently saw RCN utility trucks running cable ALL over the south loop, seriously, like I saw multiple trucks on 4 streets standing in the same spot. I figured it had to be expansion of some-sort, and maybe this is part of it.
-Brian
Chicago's CBS 2 going HD on September 22nd {Engadget HD}
Sep 12th 2008 3:53PM I live in the south loop and I can't even get channel 2. With CSI and now Survivor in HD, I BADLY want Feb, 17th to come. I don't know why CBS got such a terrible frequency to begin with, but I obviously won't be able to see it until February.
-Brian
ABC's World News Tonight and Nightline enter high definition tonight {Engadget HD}
Aug 25th 2008 6:14PM Amen to both of you. Nightly News has even done some high-profile location HD when it's Brian Williams who's on location. I would like to see them go exclusively HD with EVERYTHING no matter how remote be HD, especially now that CBS and ABC are catching up to NBC.
-Brian
RCN signs on to provide Chicago's TheWit Hotel with HDTV {Engadget HD}
Aug 3rd 2008 2:47AM Funny thing is that this hotel is literally within sight of ABC7 Chicago's HD studio, and they were the first Chicago station to go HD. I'm curious to tune in to the news and look down the street 1/2 a block to see what kind of delay has been occurred through the wires and switching.
-Brian
Chinese Blu-ray players revealed at SinoCES {Engadget HD}
Jul 16th 2008 6:08PM If they have Ethernet connections, what else would the corporations need to add to make them 2.0 compliant, internal storage? Anything else? Lower prices will make everyone happy though.
-Brian
Sharp launches XG-P560W .65-inch 3-chip DLP professional projector {Engadget HD}
May 29th 2008 3:02PM yah, I wouldn't cal this "professional" as much as I would just plain expensive. A real professional projector would be at least HD, feature BNX connectors, and besides RS242 control, would also have some sort of timecode in. A totally professional projector would be at least 2K. Professional this is not.
-Brian
Barco's DML-1200 DLP projector doubles as concert lighting device {Engadget HD}
May 1st 2008 8:02PM The DL.3 though also has integrated operating (windows unfortunately) but the biggest unmentioned feature would be it's camera. I went to once rave/"mega jam" where they had this multi-thousand dollar moving head projector JUST as a camera. Can your precious barco do that?
-Brian
