Spike Ferensten’s take on the end of days for analog TV.

A still skeletal Steve Jobs today made a bunch of ho-hum MacBook introductions, most notable for killing off Firewire and introducing a new manufacturing process. 
Along the way, though, he said something interesting about Blu-Ray HD DVDs:
“Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt,” said Jobs. “It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech [...]

A survey of communications industry leaders suggests that customers now view high-speed Internet as more important than HDTV, digital phone service and other new technologies.
Research company Pike & Fischer recently surveyed executives, engineers and consultants representing the cable, telephone, satellite TV, broadcast, and technology equipment industries, along with academics and government regulators in the broadband [...]

YouTube has announced that it’s going “higher def”:
We’re making these streams available on certain videos, based upon the source file uploaded to us, and over time you’ll find a greater percentage of the library is available to view in higher quality. This feature applies to all eligible videos uploaded from the YouTube community, and is [...]

French video site DailyMotion announced today that HD video uploaded by “MotionMaker” contributors will be now automatically be re-encoded in 720p High Definition for playback on the site. Dailymotion has also launched their new HD video player, recently in beta, throughout the site.
The move supports the trend towards HD Internet television that we’ve highlighted previously. [...]

Here we go - the first CES iPod gadget that gets us excited.
JVC is introducing a new line of LCD HDTV’s that offer playback of iPod video content.¬† Each of the four new models, including three full HD 1080p sets, features JVC’s TeleDock, a flip-down iPod dock at the base of the set, providing a [...]

RSS and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer has a new project, FlickrFan, that’s a platform for uploading and downloading Flickr images.
Even more important, though, it’s an attempt to turn your HDTV into a platform that embraces the Internet.
Here’s how he explains it:
It’s all about pictures…
Pictures from your Flickr contacts…
High-def pics from professional photographers around the world…
Your [...]

Are you ready to try out HD streaming video in your Web browser?
On Wednesday, Adobe Systems announced the immediate availability of Adobe Flash Player 9, which adds H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities. The player features hardware accelerated, [...]

Internet video startup Hulu today announced the beta of a new high-definition video service:
Today we’re excited to launch an HD Gallery featuring a selection of High Definition video clips at 1280 x 720 resolution. Those of you with a fast internet connection of 2,400 Kbps or higher, the latest build of Adobe Flash Player 9, [...]

Sony is expanding its line of video projection systems a couple of new LCD models for larger-venues that, while not exactly impulse buys, are priced within the range of many organization.
The new VPL-FW300L (7,000 lumens) and the VPL-FH300L (6,000 lumens) projector models are ideal for smaller auditoriums, large classrooms and meeting rooms, museum exhibits, event [...]