127th AES Convention Posts Awards Presentations Aug 14, 2009
Ray Rayburn: For contributions to the art and science of sound system design, digital signal processing, routing and electromagnetic compatibility. Daniel Weiss: For valuable contributions to the advancement in engineering practice and applications in the fields of digital audio mastering and signal processing. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Flip a flop compared to Kodak’s new Zi8 Aug 13, 2009
Kodak made it easy by giving the Zi8 an HDMI jack, which delivers a true digital signal to the set. Spread across 46 inches of Samsung, the Kodak s images aren t quite as good as you d expect from a full-fledged camcorder, but they were still crisp and sharp. (Boston Globe)
A laptop computer for under $100? Aug 7, 2009
Even if you are only a casual viewer, remember that without the ability to receive a digital signal, you will no longer be able to turn on the television to watch the news, see a movie, or share in a special event like the Super Bowl. Digital converter boxes are available for $50 and up; the government is offering up to two $40 coupons that can be used to offset the purchase price. (FOX 11, AZ)
DTV Coupon Box Program Concludes With Bang Aug 6, 2009
The $40 coupons, up to two per household, can be applied to converter boxes that allow analog TV sets to receive an over-the-air digital signal. According to Nielsen, about a milion households still are analog-only homes without converter boxes or digital TVs. (Multichannel News)
Older and wiser hackers Aug 5, 2009
Also arousing suspicion were the Defcon badges, which featured a built-in microphone, LED, digital signal processor, and custom circuit boards designed to be hacked as part of a contest. I prudently popped the battery out of my badge after discussing the microphone capability with another journalist. (CNN)
HD TV Information Jul 29, 2009
KRNV News 4 will switch to an exclusively digital signal on June 12. In February 2009 television stations across the country will turn off their Analog signal and broadcast exclusively in digital. (KRNV.com, NV)
South Africans go digital Jul 25, 2009
Digital Dzonga, the council overseeing the process, says people not already on the digital signal need to purchase a decoder first before being able to switch over ... "All televisions will need to get a setup box in order to convert the digital signal. For example, if you have an HD TV, you will still need to buy a setup box," says Willenberg. (iAfrica.com)
Sullied Vista Spoils Hopes for Windows 7 Jul 22, 2009
In your column of July 7, you say "At least we don't live in England. They're about to replace the FM radio signal with a digital signal that will make every car radio in the country obsolete.". You've jumped the gun on this, to be honest. (Fox News)
i want to say that the business is the best opportunity in the earning... Jul 20, 2009
The FCC also ook the opportunity to remind stations that if they run into an emergency situation that would prevent them from broadcasting a digital signal, they cannot continue in analog, except as a nightlight station. Cable operators are not required to carry the nightlight signals, and stations, whose spectrum is being reclaimed for public safety or advanced wireless services that have won it at auction, cannot be nightlights. (Multichannel News)
Korean Government and Georgia Tech Form Partnership Jul 18, 2009
Helping Kim and AlRegib -- both faculty members at the Georgia Tech Savannah campus -- tackle these technical challenges are ECE faculty members specializing in digital signal processing, telecommunications, computer architecture, and human-computer interaction: Monson H. Hayes, III, professor and associate director at Georgia Tech Savannah; Biing-Hwang "Fred" Juang, Motorola Foundation Chair Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; and Associate Professor Sung Kyu Lim. Kim and... (PR Newswire)
Sirius XM Premium, portable Insignia HD Radio hit flat notes Jul 16, 2009
There are more than 2,000 AM and FM stations around the USA broadcasting in HD. Broadcasters can "multicast" or compress a digital signal so that FM stations can offer one or more subchannels at the same frequency. For example, you can tune into 95. (USA Today -- Tech)
Analog Nightlights Go Out Jul 15, 2009
7 million viewers still couldn't receive a digital signal as of July 1 according to Nielsen, former FCC acting Chairman Michael Copps told Multichannel News last week that there had not been any consideration of asking Congress to give broadcasters more analog nightlight time. More Content. (Multichannel News)
iPhone Radio Cutoff Jul 8, 2009
1," etc. The VCR doesn't have the capability to put that dot in there. Are there VCRs out there that would record these stations? Or is my mother forever going to miss her programs that air while she's at work? A: The only channel that works on analog VCRs is channel 3. Assuming you have a converter box in front of the VCR, the converter handles all the channel selection duties and passes them to the VCR on channel 3. There are a few digital VCRs out there. You're looking for a unit with an ATSC... (Fox News)
Home Theater For The Rest of Us: HD... Jul 4, 2009
Some cable networks claim to be high definition, but some broadcast a very poor and compressed digital signal. Some stations might not look any better than standard television, and might even look worse. (Suite101.com)
Electronic Help For Caregivers Monitoring Patients' Health And Whereabouts Jun 28, 2009
"Besides vital sign biosensors, the system has three main components: wireless sensor interface, networking, and digital signal processing," explained assistant professor Xiaojing Yuan. "The wireless sensor interface connects different sensors to the wireless communication module. The communication protocols securely transmit the data to the right person at the right time through the network. And the digital signal processing ensures the timeliness of the communication and determines the impact... (Science Daily)
Sharc DSP helps pack audio recording studio into a laptop Jun 27, 2009
An audio recording studio has been packed into a laptop card by harnessing Analog Devices' Sharc floating-point digital signal (DSP). Universal Audio's Solo ExpressCard for Mac or PC laptops, released today (June 26), is intended to unshackle professional recording engineers and producers from the studio, enabling them to mix audio tracks anywhere. (EETimes)
Gear Deals » Jun 26, 2009
The included features run the usual gambit, including the Bravia's standard 3D graphic user interface, Engine 2 digital signal processing, and a quartet of HDMI inputs. You'll need to put in a little finger work though for the discount by entering coupon code Q4W4Q0S6BQ140C during checkout, which will net you the $500 savings. (IGN Gear)
KGW will air Blazers Jun 25, 2009
KGW will broadcast up to 20 regular season games in High Definition and digital signal through the 2012-13 season. Newschannel 8 has aired the team's games continuously since the 1992-93 season. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Sports)
Digital TV Static Shock Jun 24, 2009
Since hooking up a converter box, I am unable to receive digital signals for any of these stations. The digital signal is too weak to reach my area in central Tuscarawas County ... Bloomberg News quotes D. Donovan, the president of MSTV as having said You should be able to receive the same number of digital signals that you receive in analog. (Fox News)
Advice to set up digital converter Jun 23, 2009
A sales rep advises that if you re using rabbit ears, you really need to have line of sight to Dean Stone Mountain and Point 6 to get a reliable digital signal. KSKC public TV at Salish-Kootenai College is still in the process of converting their low-power towers to digital due to the high demand on technicians to get transmitters up and running. (Missoulian, MT)
DTV Conversion Jun 21, 2009
He also says some people may need to adjust their antennas, so the digital signal hits it at full strength. Denison cautions that some people who live in areas where there are obstructions between their residence and the TV transmitter location may not receive an over-the-air signal. (FOX 11, AZ)
To address problems, KWWL to increase digital TV transmitter power (22) Jun 20, 2009
Many people said they received the NBC-affiliate s digital signal fine before the change over but couldn t get a signal afterwards ... The current digital signal is on the UHF band and will move to VHF. Other stations in the market will remain on UHF.. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Can't See 23? Here Are Some Helpful Tips Jun 20, 2009
-- Here are some tips to improve the reception of the KERO-TV digital signal with an indoor antenna. 1 - The KERO-TV digital signal is on channel 10, a VHF signal. (KERO 23, CA)
Digital switch angers some viewers Are you still having trouble making the adjustment to digital television? Jun 20, 2009
But the Federal Communications Commission says a special antenna is not necessary to get a digital signal; an old VHF-UHF rooftop antenna should work with some tweaking. The antennas are available at most stores that carry electronics, like Radio Shack and Sears, and at many online electronics stores. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
'All of a sudden ... a void' Jun 19, 2009
First, WRGB's signal strength dropped from 100,000 watts for the old analog signal to 10,000 watts for the digital signal, on Federal Communications Commission orders. Then, there's the unpleasant fact that some converter-box and antenna manufacturers assumed no station would broadcast digitally on Ch. (Albany Times Union)
Weigel's Analog Nightlight Could Help Chicago Stations With Reception Issues Jun 18, 2009
When it is not airing the news, the low-power simulcasts WCIU's digital signal, and plans to do so "for the foreseeable future.". More Content. (Multichannel News)
Multichannel Newswire Jun 18, 2009
5 million households could still not receive a digital signal over-the-air. HBO has implemented Oracle's financial and operations support system, which will be used by 1,000 employees across the company. (Multichannel News)
Signal glitch weakens WHDH-TV's digital strength Jun 17, 2009
The digital signal from local NBC affiliate WHDH, which broadcasts on Channel 7, isn t strong enough to reach many homes in Greater Boston ... Like most major TV stations in the United States, WHDH has been broadcasting a digital signal for months ... But it had been using Channel 42 for its digital signal and Channel 7 for the traditional analog signal. (Boston Globe)
Digital TV transition causes headaches Jun 17, 2009
But it turns out their old antennas can t reliably pick up digital signals, which carry just as far as the old analog signals but have different characteristics ... The main one was not having either a digital-ready TV or a converter box that enables old-fashioned analog TVs to pick up a digital signal ... The FCC says WSB s digital signal travels just as far as its analog signal did. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tech.view: The long goodbye Jun 16, 2009
Pixelation occurs when the digital signal bounces off buildings, hillsides, trees or even passing aircraft ... Unlike analogue signals, which tend to degrade gradually when digital signals drop data, the picture can freeze abruptly ... Also, in the days following the switchover, the digital signals being broadcast are unlikely to be up to snuff. (The Economist)
Goodbye, Rabbit Ears? Not So Fast Jun 16, 2009
With the right converter they can pick up digital signals and they look mad retro ... "Even some of these antiques here will actually pick up a digital signal." ... In fact, unlike an analog signal with its fuzzy picture, a weak digital signal can leave you seeing. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
A last-minute TV scramble Jun 16, 2009
With the digital signal, pictures on non-HD TVs or non-HD programs will still look better than with the analog signals but will still not be as sharp, Griffith said. Griffith agreed that prices on HD TVs have come down and are a lot lower than a year ago, but said that prices are stabilizing as manufacturers add more features. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
TV Conversion Countdown: Are You Ready? Jun 16, 2009
I live in the high desert above Los Angeles and two stations have plainly said we may not be able to receive a digital signal. I'm betting we may not be alone in the US.. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Tech Chronicles A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology... Jun 16, 2009
I could get a fuzzy analog signal - and no digital signal - and now I'll get nothing but a running announcement about the switch to DTV.. This is one of the problems with digital TV. You either get the signal or you don't. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Folks slow to usher in change appeal for help Jun 16, 2009
Procrastinating, confused and technologically challenged TV viewers sprang into action Friday in an effort to avoid losing their favorite programs in the last few hours before broadcasters switched from analog to digital signals ... Residents who want to keep watching television on their older sets need to get a converter box that translates the digital signal for their analog TVs; buy a new TV with a digital tuner; or subscribe to a cable or satellite TV service ... He said the Bay Area's... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
TV Troubles? DTV Transition Woes.... Jun 16, 2009
One button transitions ABC 7 to an all-digital signal ... "It takes a couple of minutes."Some people might also need new antennas, because digital signals travel differently than analog ones ... (Since there do not appear to be battery operated digital tvs and since the analog tvs cannot receive the digital signal, how important was it/is it to receive a tv signal in case of emergency. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Switching over Jun 16, 2009
The cheapest solution is to buy a set-top box, which converts the digital signal, a series of ones and noughts, into analogue form ... A new, more powerful aerial, is often needed to receive the digital signal. (BBC News -- Americas)
Digital TV launch leaves some stranded Jun 16, 2009
Langan will have to install a new antenna on the couple's roof to pick up the digital signal as the conversion box the Bigin's bought is not enough for their transition from analog to digital. . (MSNBC -- Technology)
Digital TV conversion will begin Friday Jun 16, 2009
Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 2:19 AM EDT On Friday, when TV stations nationwide switch to digital signals, the biggest local problem may not be too few converter boxes ... For old-fashioned televisions to work with the new digital signal, people will need both an antenna that can pick up the digital signal and a converter box to translate the signal for the television ... Some antennas in use now will work for the digital signal, but many wont. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Getting rid of old TVs in Boston Jun 6, 2009
Purchase a set-top converter box that will convert the digital signal into analog for an existing television set. If residents choose this option, they can apply to the federal government for up to two $40 coupons that can be used toward the purchase of these boxes. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
Online exclusive: Algona Loses Signal to KEYC Due to Tower Work Jun 6, 2009
KEYC is broadcasting on a temporary low-power signal, and the FOX Mankato digital signal is not being transmitted at this time ... "Once the new antenna goes on-line, management expects the digital signals to be as strong as the former analog signal," said Jennings. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Rockefeller Urges DTV Stakeholders To Help Consumers Make Transition Jun 6, 2009
"In addition," Rockefeller told broadcasters, "I am concerned that viewers are inadequately prepared for signal losses due to changes in antenna placement and digital signal propagation, and may require notification from local broadcasters to better understand this situation. Furthermore, I fear that in the week ahead there will be a surge of calls to broadcast television stations from local viewers, and worry about the ability of stations to handle these call volumes and assist viewers... (Multichannel News)
Editorial: June 12th DTV Switch Jun 6, 2009
Even if youre watching our digital signal now, using a convertor box or a new digital TV, you must re-scan sometime next Friday afternoon or evening due to our needing to reconfigure our primary channel 8 transmitter when we switch off the analog KSBW signal. Copyright 2009 by. (KSBW 8, CA)
NYT: Millions face blank screens in TV switch Jun 6, 2009
June 12 move to digital signals is expected to cause 'significant disruptions ... Their problems arise because the way the digital signal travels is different from analog and can be more affected by topography, weather or even heavy auto traffic. (MSNBC -- Politics)
13WMAZ's DTV Switch Begins June 12 Jun 6, 2009
If you depend on a rooftop antenna to get your favorite programs, you could be left in the dark come June 12 if you don't have the right equipment. 13WMAZ Engineer Rad Maddox says, "With your newer model TVs, it has a di 00000D2F gital receiver in it that you can scan the channels directly into it. But if you have an older model with only an analog receiver in it, you'll need to go out and get yourself a converter box.". (13WMAZ.com, GA)
No comments posted. Jun 5, 2009
Those using rabbit ears or antennas will not have anything to watch after June 12 because Congress mandated all TV broadcasts must be with a digital signal. Recent polls indicate a great number of folks will not be prepared for this changeover. (Atmore Advance, AL)
• Digital deadline next Friday Jun 5, 2009
Digital deadline next Friday TV stations federally mandated to switch from analog to digital signal By Ben BotkinTimes-News writer Technology has come a long way since the days when The Lone Ranger graced the television screen. Another chapter of television technology ends on June 12, when full-power television stations are mandated by Congress to switch to entirely digital signals and end their analog signals ... Since 2003, IPTV has broadcast a digital signal alongside its analog signal. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Toward Cheap Underwater Sensor Nets Jun 1, 2009
With this in mind, the researchers looked at three different hardware platforms: digital signal processors, microcontrollers, and reconfigurable hardware ... While Bridget Benson and UC San Diego computer science professor Ryan Kastner are working on digital signal processing challenges, Jacobs School undergraduates are hard at work on analog portions of the underwater communications project, including the transmitter power amplifier and receiver low noise amplifier. (Science Daily)
Stations await June 12 digital conversion -- confident but ... May 31, 2009
Julius Knapp, the official in charge of engineering and technology for the Federal Communications Commission, says nearly all digital signals are carried in the UHF band. If a station is broadcasting its digital signal in UHF, there will potentially be some spots where the signal will not reach as well as it did before with analog ... Todd says her station is currently carrying its digital signal on the UHF band but that will change once the conversion takes place. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The downward spiral of progress May 31, 2009
The government's TV-transition website assures the analog-TV holdouts that "digital broadcasting allows stations to offer improved picture and sound quality." This is debatable: where you might watch a weak analog signal on a snowy screen, a digital signal would go blank or curdle into unwatchable, unmoving pixel-chunks. And because digital signals take longer to digest, it will become impossible to flip instantly from channel to channel - a maddening lag I first encountered on digital cable,... (Boston Globe)
Opinion: TI is scrambling in MCUs May 28, 2009
TI is the world's leading supplier of analog ICs and digital signal processors (DSPs). In 2008, TI had more than $720 million in microcontroller sales and was ranked No. 8 worldwide, according to Gartner Inc.. (EETimes)
How are folks doing with the TV change over. May 28, 2009
Digital Death wrote on May 27, 2009 12:59 PM:" In my opinion, the DTV transition is a joke. The digital signal strength fluctuates too often and it's tough to watch anything on the 8's.At least with analog, a person could at least still hear the sound when the signal weakened. Additionally, analog also allowed some visual, even if the signal was weak with a "snowy" television picture. Digital appears to be "all or nothing".The transition will be good business for cable and satellite providers... (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
PBS will delay switch to digital May 27, 2009
Nearly all of the nation's television stations will convert to a digital signal by June 12, but public television in Butte will not be one of them ... Eric Hyyppa, the general manager of KUSM-TV in Bozeman, told that he hopes the Butte market converts to a digital signal "within the next year." But for now, PBS remaining analog is just another wrinkle Butte television viewers will have to consider as the digital deadline approaches ... Hyyppa noted that Montana PBS has digital signals already... (Montana Standard, MT)
Michigan Broadcasters Join in Nationwide DTV 'Soft Test' May 21st May 20, 2009
One option is to install a converter box on your analog TV, which will convert the digital signal to analog. Viewers who have a paid TV service, such as cable or satellite, do not need to take any action because their provider will make the change for them. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Digital TV transition a struggle for some May 18, 2009
The digital signal delivers a near perfect image and has room for stations to run several sub-channels offering extra content ... While he continues to take Comcast cable for his main television, he outfitted a set upstairs in his computer room with a digital TV converter box to translate the digital signal to his older TV. ... But with her digital converter box, she gets nothing but a black screen telling her she has "No signal." Reaume, who lives in a mountaintop cabin outside Nevada City... (San Francisco Chronicle)
CEVA and Aricent to Demonstrate LTE PHY Platform for Cellular Handsets at LTE World Summit 2009 May 18, 2009
Keywords & tags: UE (User Equipment), LTE, LTE Chipset, L1/L2/L3 Protocol Stack, LTE Reference Designs, DSP (Digital Signal Processors), 4G, SDR (Software-Defined Radio). About Aricent. (PR Newswire)
The Best New Bluetooth Headsets May 14, 2009
s original wireless Jawbone, introduced three years ago, brought something new to the world of Bluetooth: advanced audio technology known as digital signal processing. Aliph's technique of using two microphones one to pick up your voice and the other to detect ambient noise so it can be electronically eliminated has been widely adopted by competitors. (BusinessWeek)
Bill would have manufacturers foot bill for TV recycling May 14, 2009
Starting next month, analog televisions that operate by antenna will require a special converter box to display the new digital signal. Rather than buy and install the box on their old set, many consumers are trading up to a new flat-screen television and tossing the old one out - or trying to. (Boston Globe)
30 Days and Counting to DTV Transition: FCC Concentrates on Preparing Consumers for June 12 Deadline May 14, 2009
The Commission has awarded 34 contracts for free, in-home technical assistance for consumers having trouble installing their converter boxes and adjusting their antennas for digital signals ... The FCC has called upon television broadcasters nationwide to conduct a "soft test" at three different times on May 21, when analog programming will be interrupted with a special message telling viewers that if they are seeing the message, it means they are not prepared to receive a digital signal and... (PR Newswire)
UCSD Alumna Blasts Into Space May 12, 2009
McArthur, 37, conducted graduate research at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in underwater acoustic propagation and digital signal processing. She was a chief scientist during data-collection sea voyages and planned and led diving operations to collect sediment samples from the sea floor and deploy underwater equipment. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
WLKY to use chopper for morning newscasts May 7, 2009
WLKY s helicopter has been outfitted with high-definition cameras and digital signal transmission equipment, according to the release. WLKY is owned and operated by , which owns 26 U.S. television stations and manages three TV stations and two radio stations for other owners. (Louisville Business First, KY)
In Time for Better Hearing and Speech month: VidaCura.com and Nexear Offers Consumers an Alternative to Traditional Costly Hearing Aids May 6, 2009
Providing the latest digital signal processing technology including adaptive feedback cancellation and noise reduction, they're available in both in the ear (ITE) and behind the ear (BTE) styles. "A hearing evaluation should be part of every medical exam, and if recommended, followed-up with an audiologist", says Robert Kidd, Vice President for Nexear. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Cost forces campus TV to drop ESPN from lineup May 4, 2009
The service now uses a digital signal, in preparation for the television industrys upcoming switchover from analog. In addition, Campus Television dropped ESPN in an attempt to cut costs and added CBS College Sports. (The Daily Universe, UT)
KWWL boosts its signal May 3, 2009
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Gigle Semiconductor's Entertainment-Grade System-on-Chip Family Secures HomePlug Powerline Networking Certification Apr 29, 2009
" Gigle's system-on-chip family comprises two devices which are interoperable with other certified HomePlug(R) AV integrated circuits. The GGL541 dual-channel integrated circuit combines HomePlug(R) AV on powerline with a second channel delivering Gigle's mediaxtream(TM) 1Gbps technology simultaneously on powerline, coaxial cable or phone line. The two channels form a self-configuring mesh network that increases network coverage and reliability. The GGL301 is a pure HomePlug(R) AV device. Unlike... (Canada Newswire)
