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Two comdexes ago, Intel chairman Andy Grove said that interactive data delivery was "a war for eyeballs," between large-audience broadcast TV and the power of the Internet to give people […]

NEW YORK-Philips Electronics showed off products it believes will make registers ring this holiday season. A $15,000, 42-inch flat TV and a $2,500 home theater/PC convergence item were among the [...] more...

The computer industry is no longer presenting a unified front on HDTV Remember the computer industry's plan to invade the television industry - and kill HDTV along the way? [See [...]

Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America Inc. will give Comdex/Spring '97 visitors a taste of its digital future -- a 40-inch flat-panel plasma display. Although Mitsubishi executives said the display can be [...] more...

Soundview Technologies Inc. unveiled a working prototype of their V Chip Converter, a device to allow existing TVs to make use of V-chip signals, at the 1997 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. The V Chip Converter connects directly to a TV's power cord and antenna or cable. The converter will be priced in the $40 to $50 range and will become available nationwide in Fall 1997., LAS VEGAS--A working prototype of a new product called a V Chip Converter made its debut at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show here last week. David Schmidt, vice president and [...] more...

Proactive management of the hybrid fiber-coaxial network will become a vital piece of cable operators' plans to maintain their competitive edge in an era of increasing competition. As consumers are [...] more...

* Couch potatoes, beware. Your days of mindless reverie in front of the television set are numbered, thanks to the convergence of personal computers and television. The TV of the [...]

The V-chip is based on closed-captioning technology There is no V-chip--it doesn't exist, declares Kelly Williams, director of engineering for the National Association of Broadcasters. 'It's just a buzzword we [...] more...

Waiting for TVs, VCRs to catch up ABC Television Network is ready to roll with technology for a new interactive on-screen program guide that will also allow viewers to set [...]

Innovations in the direct-broadcast-satellite technology have resulted in what has been called the hottest consumer-electronics launch in history, the digital satellite system (DSS). DSS utilizes an 18-inch dish which can download up to 175 channels of digital programming, with better picture and sound quality. more...

Tellabs will be at Telecom '95 in Geneva to offer a demonstration of its CABLESPAN 2300 system, which delivers integrated cable television (CATV) and telephony services via hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) [...] more...

VideoGuide Inc. has revealed plans to introduce an onscreen TV program guide device that will be sold through retailers at a sub-$100 price point. The set-top product, which will be [...]

New entrants in telephony worldwide are beginning to turn to wireless access technology as the best means of hooking up customers cost-effectively. 'Judging from our recent market success, I firmly [...] more...

Digital Compression Technology and Stevens Ibnstitutue of Technology, New York, last week unveiled a new technology that they say is capable of sending TV channels via existing twisted copper phone [...] more...

Projectavision Inc is expected to demonstrate a working model of its innovative projection television technology at the 1994 Winter Consumer Electronics Show. Projectavision claims that its new technology improves projection TV picture quality through a process called depixelization. The technology is solid state, tubeless and can work with displays as large as 120 inches. The company plans to license the technology to existing projection TV manufacturers., NEW YORK--A demonstration of a unique new projection-television system will be held at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. The product is the creation of Projectavision Inc., a development and licensing [...] more...

A California company says it's got what digital television needs. C-Cubed Microsystems says its new VideoRISC compression system is the first way for broadcasters to compress video in real time, [...] more...

It looks as though digital cable boxes will emerge in fourth-quarter 1994 and that roughly 80% of the nation's boxes will make the switch to digital by the end of [...]

Stations, viewers would have discretion of blocking out sex, violence One day, you may be able to decide exactly how much violence or explicit material comes into your home through [...]