Keeping the disc hackers at bay
One of the key content protection features of Blu-ray is the BD+ security system. Kit Rodgers of Cryptography Research and Carter Laren of Macrovision gives Bob Auger the facts behind the technology and the licensing process.
Blu-ray: A new language to learn
Distributors wishing to climb aboard the Blu-ray bandwagon should keep it simple to start with. Bob Auger reports
The need for speed
With Video On Demand apparently once again just over the horizon, content owners have their eyes fixed on a digital nirvana. Cue Entertainment’s technology guru Bob Auger, however, warns that there is the not so small problem of UK broadband speed, and the money to fix it, in the way.
DHTI+ Bridging the gap between acquisition and enjoyment
We maybe moving from the snake pit of wires behind the hi fi to a future of wirelesss devices but someone needs to set them up. Bob Auger reports on the efforts of electronics companies to service the consumer.
It’s the TV — not the IP
The technology world has been surfing a wave of enthusiasm for the prospects held out by television delivered over the internet, Bob Auger investigates the state of play in this burgeoning sector at the IPTV World Forum event.
Moving towards the digital home
Long promised, the day of the digital home with internet-enabled everything is fast approaching, writes Bob Auger.
Don’t write off the DVD, just yet
Amid the clamour about hi-def DVDs and televisions, there is a format that may well survive well into the next decade, argues Cue Entertainment’s aptly named technology prophet Bob Auger.
HD formats developing fast
While the entertainment industry battles to introduce some sort of Hi-Def DVD, Cue’s Bob Auger got to grips with the next generation products and services on offer at the IFA show in Berlin and the IBC event in Amsterdam.
Deluxe takes both sides in format war
While Hollywood fights over high definition DVD formats, replicators are having to produce both, Bob Auger reports.
Disintermediation: The threat from IPTV
The IPTV World Forum attracted around 250 delegates in 2005. This year it was a sell-out with 600 executives from around the world there to seek the answer to the question: What is IPTV? Bob Auger reports.
Learning from the nineties
This year will see the launch of high definition films on blue laser discs. The first will be delivered to US retailers in the spring but its is rumoured that at least one of the two formats is planning a worldwide roll-out later. Bob Auger reports.
Screens that flatter to deceive?
The world it seems, has just bought a flat screen TV, some are even HD-ready, but what does it mean for packaged media? Bob Auger reports on an opportunity begging to be filled by next-generation DVD discs.
High Definition to break sound barrier
The next advance in home cinema audio is upon us and will be triggered by HD DVD, says Bob Auger
Blu is the colour of HD?
Warner’s decision to support the next generation Blu-ray high definition DVD standard has been taken as the end of the potential format war with the rival HD DVD platform. Cue’s technology guru Bob Auger, however, says there is still a lot of shouting to be done before it’s all over.
Looking for the next big thing
It’s that time of year, when crystal ball gazers in the consumer electronics industry gather together in large halls and try to work out what’s going to be the ‘next big thing’. At the IFA in Berlin there was just one thing on the mind of many attendees – Digital High Definition TV. Bob Auger reports.
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