Rocketboom guest declares HDTV dead
Tonight as I watched Rocketboom (noting how they seem to fluctuate between various qualities of resolution with each iTunes download – what’s up with that?) I was overtaken with nostalgia as they highlighted a new professional grade Panasonic digital video cam, the ag-hvx200.

This used to be my world, oh, before I crossed over from non-broadcast video production (from ad agency animatics for O&M to nuclear power plant training for Ontario Hydro, if you really want to know) to the dark side of computer science to eventually become – The Portable Consultant 😉

My point, if I have one, is that I was pleased to see that not only is video tape dead but I was informed by a knowledgeable professional, David Tames, that HDTV is also dead and has been for years! Unbeknownst to the telcos and big media, convergence is indeed real and has really happened. Briefly, as others have been saying, your PC is your TV.

I want my MTV
Thank goodness. I wanted to build my own MythTV anyway (after watching Revision3’s DIY video, here). But I had better hurry up before Big Media leads the US government to inflict all digital systems with DRM and plug Analog Holes (A-holes!).

…sigh…

-pmh

ps: how about that “4-card RAID array” that fits in the palm of your hand instead of a DV tape! How my own digital lives have now converged.