Recent content by Mike J

Las Vegas Complete!!! Last night, VOOM added three digital channels, bringing the total to 11 in the Las Vegas Market...ALL DIGITAL CHANNELS ARE NOW WORKING, INCLUDING BOTH SUBCHANNELS (10.2 (PBS) and 13.2 (ABC) AND IN THE PROGRAM GUIDE. We are fortunate that all of the stations are...

Yes it is. I'm going (Vegas, baby!)

Just the facts, maam... It would be nice if someone was able to measure the video signal out of the box (baseband) and tell us quantitatively the metrics of each respective signal...all else is totally subjective. Broadcasters, in the studio, can measure their signal and know, for example...

Dear Dravin, Welcome, Vegas Voomer! Post your question as a new thread and see what happens...I don't know the answer, otherwise I would reply with one. I am sure that there is a way to solve your question...Be sure to tell all of the details including the type of monitor/TV that you are...

This is true today, but expect the PC makers, particularly those that offer Windows Media Center Edition, to jump on the bandwagon with products that do exactly that (not the encoded signal, but the component/DVI encoding for "in the clear" content)...HD encoding from component is no different...

Audio out of sync... Try to restart your STB...the audio and video aren't time-code locked...if the the video buffer gets delayed, then the audio keeps right on going...resetting the STB should do the trick...(unless it's a frame grabber/buffer in the uplink)

MPEG-4 vs WM9 Per the "Motorola guy" that I spoke to yesterday at NAB, they were caught off-guard by the WM9 announcement...going to be a contractual issue as the MPEG-4 upgrade is already contracted/paid for, but NOT WM9...on the other hand, Microsoft might subsidize the changeover to get...

hot off the press Just spoke to a Motorola STB guy here at NAB today...found out that the VOOM PVR/DVR box will have a 160GB disk drive which by the time that they release the product to VOOM, may be a 250GB...we did a back-of-the-napkin calculation and found out that it could have as much as...

CEA Antenna Pointing Web Site Try out this website set up by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)... http://www.antennaweb.org

Just got back from NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) annual convention here in Las Vegas and saw a KLS-TV helicopter right in the convention floor. Not sure if it was HD or not...pretty cool. btw, the Sony HDV prosumer HD camcorder was on display...

Tim, the installation was terrific...Keith at AAA Media Masters did the install...call him in advance and use my name...his office number is 360-9909...make sure that you have line of sight for the off-air channels at about 135 to 145 degrees (toward Henderson)...that's where all of the digital...

Quality vs Market Power For those of you old enougth, remember VHS vs BETA and Macintosh vs Windows 1.0. Who won? enough said...

NEWS FLASH - HDV (JVC) and Sony HD Consumer Camcorders... Here in Las Vegas, Sony just announced at the NAB show a consumer-oriented HD camcorder...no details, but will advise as I find out...JVC already announced a HDV unit that uses existing DV tapes...

That $250 tuner might be DVB (the European/Australasia standard) instead of ATSC (the United States standard) for digital OTA...

Sorry Sorry, didn't remember the earlier post on WVHS from JVC...scratch the question on WVHS...How about a "component in" on a DVD Recorder for 720 x 480p recording?