| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Did The Courts Just Slow 4K Acceptance? | | | via Josh Srago, Sound Reason | | | Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the FCC order for net neutrality. When the Court struck down this ruling, they gave the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) the ability to adjust the costs of their services based on the type of data being transmitted and received. So, why would this have any effect on the adoption of 4K displays? More»
Why This Matters: The author takes a little too much time to explain it, but scan this story for some insights into how the end of net neutrality could have real-world impact on ProAV both in the home and commercially down the road. The ever-growing file sizes will mean ISP upcharges to someone: content distributor or content consumer or both. In the meantime, here's the latest Crestron white paper on 4K distribution; it outlines current technical considerations from their viewpoint, which is less dependent on the public internet. One way or another, 4K is, and will be, a distribution challenge. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | NFL blacks out video to in-stadium Super Bowl viewers | | | by Aldo Cugini, Display Central | | | Despite providing live and replay video to web viewers across the country, the NFL decided to block access to video to those inside MetLife stadium at East Rutherford. The official League position was that, with the current infrastructure, the bandwidth needed to support streaming video would have compromised social networking. Apparently, the decision was based on the experience of last year's Super Bowl, when streaming was initially allowed but then switched off when network traffic problems ensued. More»
Why This Matters: An interesting account of the collision of in-stadium video, social media, content rights, and bandwidth. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | How 80,000 people became a human video screen at the Super Bowl | | | by Liz Stinson, Wired | | | If you watched the Super Bowl last night, you already know what happened during halftime. If you didn't, the easiest way to describe it is to say the entire stadium essentially turned into a massive human video screen. More »
Why This Matters: It's the debut of PixMob VIDEO technology, which you may or may not see at the Sochi Olympics too. Really, 80,000 pixels really isn't a lot but it's still a good ProAV audience participation gimmick. The Wired story has slightly better pictures. But for a better explanation of the technology, which uses IR and geo-location, see AV Interative's story. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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