Human Eye vs Telecine, Judder and Anti-judder, Motion Flow

The human eyes persistence of vision takes care of smoothing this anomaly apart from some situations like slow panning or spinning objects.

This is exactly the situation we TV salesmen have to explain to customers. I usually line up the customers in front of a 50, 100, 200 Hz machines, and ask them to weigh their differences. The price differences are immense. We have a pretty bad feed going through them, to see how good they are in making it better, in what is known as "upscaling".

What I find difficult to appreciate, is how some companies really try to validate their technology, when the primary difficulty, as the article clearly states, is source related. This problem is called Telecine, and all the manufacturers pretend they have sorted the problem out, when it is really being done by the eye itself. That causes more stress on the eyes in the long run. But what really annoys me is how Sony's PR pays sites to make it look as if the problem is solved, when it is not. Some sites at least have told the world that a lot of this is not to be taken too seriously.

Sony TV - big WOW ! - NOT

A 50Hz and 100Hz Television had noticeable frame buffering problems during panning and flying sequences in the demo footage, while the 200Hz model was sharper and had richer colours.

You read comments like that, and you think "wow" that must be so important, and that I will notice it. I work with these TVs (I sell them at Currys), and I see them all day, with lousy feeds and excellent feeds. Customers come and go, and most struggle to tell the difference between 50 and 100 Hz, let alone 200 hz. Gimmicks, well not, because, gamers will see it. If you are looking at the same type of text constantly moving along, you will eventually see it. So if you are a news junkie, or a stock market trader, looking at the ticker tape, ok you will see the little shuddery moves. Sony are a little late in the game, with Samsung 6 and 7 series out in the shops already, with these faster screens. But to top it off, you have LG producing some excellent 200hz ones already for very good prices. But I suppose this is just the sort of PR game Sony have been playing for so long, that have gotten them where they are. I had this couple who came in recently, and it was "Sony, Sony Sony" all the way. They were looking at a outdated technology, but "oh, it's a Sony". lol.

Wireless 1080p HDTV everywhere.

What's so great about WHDI? You'll be able to connect a TV wirelessly to a home theater receiver, TV can be extra-slim TV because they don't need all of those internal electronics. Or, think of being able to watch and control a Blu-ray disk wirelessly from your home theater on any TV in the house, even 100 feet away. Imagine being able to play and control your Xbox 360 located in the bedroom, wirelessly while you sit in your home theater. That's what's coming with WHDI 2.0.

Now what would be nifty, is if you can decide what channel should be sent to which source. So as mentioned in the earlier article, the race is on between USB 3.0 and WHDI.

Samsung leads the way.

So you want to know what is going on with LED TV. All the cynical questions are there. There is also a chat about all the internet widgets, so you can chat on Yahoo as you are watching TV. There is a lot here, and it is an excellent view of the future, and Samsung are way way ahead of others.

This is Slim (LED TV)

Check out this video, it shows how slim these TVs are

USB 3.0 and HDMI clash

USB is already used in a wide range of products including peripheral equipment like personal computers (PC) and monitors, camcorders, digital cameras, portable media players (PMP) and mobile phones. It continues to survive in the wildly fluctuating PC and mobile industries, and has become firmly established. ... HDMI, on the other hand, has spread primarily in televisions, optical disc drives and other home-use AV equipment. It grew abruptly with new concepts like High-Vision TV and full-high definition (full-HD) imagery, taking the throne in the AV equipment industry. In the first half of 2009 the next-generation specification will be solidified, targeting new fields like mobile and automotive equipment, and marking its full-fledged entry into the mobile sector."

This article has everything you wanted to know about USB and HDMI technology, that you were afraid to ask about. Learn all about USB 3.0 and the new mini HDMI.

Lamborghini Insecta

Occupying the same footprint on the road as a Gallardo – the Insecta is designed to make use of the baby Lambo’s V10 powertrain, too. So despite remaining a purely computer-based concept at the moment – if any of Lamborghini’s designers are watching, it could point the way for future models.

Some amazing lines. You can see the German influence via VW.