Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV

I first came across these 2160p TV sets at NAB 2008 this year and didn’t quite realize that a standard had been built around this kind of display. I saw them in the SONY booth where they were calling it QFHD. According to Wikipedia “2160p is also called “Quad HDTV” since it displays four times [...]

Computing’s Next Major Leap… Human Interface.

Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO predicts physical computers will eventually disappear! –What I like my Apple II. — He feels that they will embed themselves into walls, cars and homes over the next 40 years. He thinks the next major leap will be in the human interface with technology. Video below;
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Hitachi’s DZ-WR90. Blu-ray Burning without a PC.

The DZ-WR90 is a Blu-ray burner that can burn directly from your HD camcorder via an eSATA port. The drive also works with DVD-R discs, and can support double-sided media. Hitachi indicates a Blu-ray disc will fit approx 3 hours of 1920 × 1080 footage and burn it n about 1.5hrs.

The Amazing OLPC XO Laptop 2.0!

Nicholas Negroponte is at it again with his announcement of OLPC Laptop 2.0. He unveiled the new system that has two touch-sensitive displays. The XO-2 will be much smaller than the original machine –half the size– and will be constructed as a fold-able e-book form factor. It will employ dual indoor-and-sunlight displays and provide a [...]

Tim Robins’ Keynote speech at NAB 2008

Many Ayromlou over at Nerdlogger has posted video of Tim Robins’ Keynote speech at NAB 2008. According to Many, “I think it’s very much worth a listen. Tim really lays it out nicely.” Bob McKenzie of York University who I mentioned in my previous post spoke of this presentation as well. The link is [...]

All Things “Search” At Google.

Last evening I shared the stage with Bob McKenzie of York University to provide our various impressions of NAB 2008 to Toronto’s Final Cut Pro users group. Bob came away from NAB thinking that we are evolving towards a “search” culture in the way that we consume media. That got me to thinking about the [...]