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Ian Dixon
This week on the show Garry and I talk through the tech news of the last week. We talk Microsoft adding Flash in to IE 10 in Windows 8 and Windows RT, Netflix using HTML5 for streaming on a Chromebook, My Movies update, transcoding less streaming with DVBLink for iOS and how about an EPG […]
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It has been quite a while since our last installment. Ian and I pick things up again after several months by taking a look at what has been going on in the industry and how it impacts our custom installs. Naturally, we want you to listen to the Podcast, but here are some of the […]
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We first cover my checking out the new Samsung 3-D displays as part of their 3-D Road Tour for Installment 031. We also discuss the current state of DLNA devices, a little on my thoughts about calibrating for 3-D, and some updates from my guest appearance on Entertainment 2.0 at http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/07/02/entertainment-2-0-84-the-future/. The big thing we […]
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Installment 030 finally wraps up our series on HDMI by taking the pieces we have discussed previously and applies them to selecting HDMI Matrix Switchers. There are a wide variety of factors to consider when standardizing on an HDMI Matrix Switcher platform for any kind of distributed video/audio/control ecosystem. We have seen several clients just […]
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I had the opportunity to go to the local Panasonic Touch the Future Tour back in March (sorry, a little late on getting this one out). I thought I would focus on my findings as the theme for Installment 029. It is a bit of a diversion (once again) from our drill down on HDMI, […]
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This Installment dives into the Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) data structure, which is the way that a display device “describes” its capabilities to the source. EDID is defined by a standard published by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is what allows the source to know what the sink is capable of doing. […]
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This blog post provides background material on Enhanced Display Identification Data (EDID Management), the topic of Installment 028. I thought it would be useful to publish the information ahead of time because it is difficult to describe byte-code level data structures verbally and seeing it visually ahead of time makes it easier to grasp the […]
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We finally are starting to understand the relationship of HDMI 1.4 to the requirements of 3-D as we discuss what the vendors actually are delivering in Installment 027. Along the way, we also talk about some of the latest news like networking Ceton (or any CableCARD) tuners, how Microsoft is looking to their Azure services […]
The post Making sense out of HDMI 1.4 Performance and the CEAs 861 InfoFrames – Installment 027 first appeared on TheDigitalLifestyle.com.
We spend a considerable amount of time in Installment 026 discussing the growth of HDMI and digital interconnects as the only high definition connectivity option available in about a year, especially for Blu-ray players. Of course, current equipment still should play as it does now (unless it potentially gets a firmware update that changes that), […]
The post Analog is a risky platform, More on 3-D Structures for HDMI, and CEC – Installment 026 first appeared on TheDigitalLifestyle.com.
We continue our discussion of the CEC functionality in HDMI for Installment 025. Before we dive into CEC though, Ian spends a little time enlightening us to his adventures with MyDevices and a couple of other applications for interacting with devices and services based on UPnP technologies/DLNA from his cell phone. [mp3]http://media.libsyn.com/media/iandixon/TDL_Custom_20100222_025.mp3[/mp3] Direct Download – Subscribe via […]
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Installment 024 is live. It has been a while. We decided to let the dust settle after CES before picking things up again. It has been a year since our first installment. Man, we have covered a lot of territory since then. I decided to change the way I format the subject for these blog […]
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This Installment focuses on HDMI Extenders. [mp3]http://media.libsyn.com/media/iandixon/TDL_Custom_20100104_023.mp3[/mp3] Direct Download – Subscribe via RSS – Subscribe via iTunes – Subscribe with Zune I decided to put the topic of the Podcast as the first line (as part of the New Year) so that it is easier to find information and so that it shows up as part of the Podcast […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 022 is live. We continue our series on HDMI and start into HDMI Extenders. However, we do get distracted quite a bit at the beginning catching up on other aspects of the industry. I also apologize for the extreme delay in getting these out. We recorded this installment a while […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 021 is live. Ian and I continue our look at HDMI with this installment providing an overview of the new features in HDMI Version 1.4. As usual, we try not to just list out the new features that you can read about on the web at http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/index.aspx, but look more […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 020 is live. This time we dive right into how the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) handshaking works with HDMI. Before we get started, however, we provide an update/correction to some of the statements we made in our previous discussions on HDMI regarding the bandwidth it takes to support different […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01F is live. We dive a little further into the inner workings of HDMI. We specifically look at the wires inside of the sheath and their usage where timing is of the essence. When we are talking about hundredths and thousandths of an inch, each twist and turn inside of […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01E is live. This one starts our series on HDMI. Before we get started though, Ian provides a little more background on his experiences with his Zune HD. Unfortunately, there currently does not seem to be any DLNA support as we hoped. I also cover a little bit about the […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01D is live. We do get a bit side tracked at the beginning discussing Ian’s newly acquired Zune HD. Check out his initial impressions at http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/blogs/ian/archive/2009/09/22/first-impressions-of-the-zune-hd.aspx. I look forward to his in-depth technical analysis, especially regarding some of the questions we brought up in previous installments looking at how it […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01C is live. Ian and I discuss my trip to CEDIA in Atlanta. I try to put more of a technical spin on Microsoft’s announcements instead of just reviewing the Microsoft press releases. I will say that the news is exciting – and that it’s all good, baby! [mp3]http://thedigitallifestyle.com/audio/tdl_custom_20090921_01c.mp3[/mp3] […]
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01B is live. This Podcast wraps up our initial look at 3-D. This time we discuss some of the implications of 3-D when looking at the displays, projectors, and PC video cards. We also through in a few topics at the end in preparation for CEDIA. [mp3]http://thedigitallifestyle.com/audio/tdl_custom_20090904_01b.mp3[/mp3] Direct Download – Subscribe via […]
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