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Welcome. to the 11 th annual Technology Retreat (which is the 10 th anniversary, of course)!. Introduction. No mobile-phone conversations My watch rules, so come early Sign up to play or cheer Thursday night Quiz entries: write name and quiz # Door prize Friday, presence required
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Welcome to the 11th annual Technology Retreat (which is the 10th anniversary, of course)!
Introduction • No mobile-phone conversations • My watch rules, so come early • Sign up to play or cheer Thursday night • Quiz entries: write name and quiz # • Door prize Friday, presence required • Wander in and out as you please • You are here
Acquisition Digital Cinematography: Kinetta – hand crank Panavision Genesis – tomorrow HD: Tiny - Luma High-speed: 120 fps – GV Thomson, Ikegami 1000 fps – Cine SpeedCam, Photron, Vision Research Lenses: Panavision 300x7 Fujinon CCD focus assist
Storage • One new videotape format: • HDV 1080i • Next-generation optical: • Both Blu-ray and HD DVD hybrids with DVD • Flash: • Thomson Venom uncompressed
Processing • What’s MPEG-4 Part 2? • AVC taking off, VC-1 getting ready • DCI JPEG2000
Distribution • Satellite: • Ka & advanced compression; Voom bust • CableCARD: • Millions of slots, thousands deployed • Telco: • Popular in Europe; SBC & Verizon here • DTT: • LG 5th-generation works; no STB
Presentation • Displays: • PDP 2003 70% HD, 2004 40% HD • DLP RP approaching $2000; LCoS? • 125-degree deflection CRTs • All 36-inch (& most 32 & 27) 4:3 • OLED? SED? • HD in U.S.: • Display: 9.5%; Source: 3.4%
Numbers • NAB: ~25% (73M) of TVs are unconnected • NCTA: 141M of subscriber TVs have no box • CEA penetrations: 2002 2003 2004 2005 TV, Color TV, Radio 98% 98% 98% 98% VCR 94% 92% 91% 88% DVD 25% 35% 60% 75% Monochrome TV 40% 39% 37% 33% Home Theater Sound System 25% 28% 32% 33% TV/VCR combos 22% 23% 27% 30% Projection TV 15% 18% 19% 20% LCD 12% 13% 14% 17%