EPB Expects To Choose Equipment Provider For Cable TV Next Month

EPB President Harold DePriest says the utility expects to be able to choose an equipment provider for the system's planned new cable TV service by next months.

He said it has taken longer than expected to settle all the provider, who will furnish an "end to end" electronic backbone for the system.

Mr. DePriest says EPB may spend some $10 million to get that equipment in place, which will be a major step in getting the cable TV venture going.

He said EPB is now looking at providing cable TV service by next February.

The process is also ongoing to line up the channels that will be offered, he said.
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It offers consumers a free advisory service, to cut through the confusion and ensure that they find the best value digital TV, broadband and home phone deals that meet their unique requirements. The Simplifydigital experts can also book the order on the customer’s behalf, and be on hand to ensure that the services are installed with minimum of fuss. Should the customer want to think it over before going ahead, Simplifydigital will send (via email or post) a personal consultation summary showing the details of the recommended services.

The free Simplifydigital service is delivered via their experts over the phone (0800 531 6351) or online at www.simplifydigital.co.uk and uses Simplifydigital’s proprietary comparison technology to match an individual’s unique digital requirements to one of over 15,000 package combinations on their database containing all the UK’s leading digital TV, broadband and home phone service providers.



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TV, video games not related to nightmares: study

Television and computer games aren't to blame for dark dreams about things that go bump in the night, according to a new study that finds no link between children's viewing or gaming habits and their nightmares.

The research debunks popular wisdom as well as previous studies in which parents and children reported that frightening dreams were triggered by TV programs.

"We found no correlation between the amount of TV watching and computer game playing and nightmare frequency," says Michael Schredl, head of research for the Sleep Laboratory at Germany's Central Institute of Mental Health.

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TFT LCD production in 2008-2009 to be enabled by plentiful supply

There appears to be no constraint on TFT LCD panel production for PC and TV applications this year or next, as 20 tanks of TFT LCD glass substrate capacity will come on-line in 2008, according to DisplaySearch.

TFT LCD panel makers will increase their process-area capacity about 25% this year, while their glass suppliers will increase gross substrate area capacity about 32%. Not all of the glass tank capacity will be used fully in 2008. Enough glass capacity was used to increase the substrate area shipped 55% from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008.

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TV Sales Surge Despite Economy: DisplaySearch - Consumer Electronics Net
Austin, Texas — TV shipments for North America hit record growth levels in the second quarter, despite a weaker U.S. economy, said DisplaySearch. TV shipments rose 28 percent compared to the same quarter last year to more than 9.3 million units

Japan's Sony, Toshiba to farm out more LCD TV output - report - TradingMarkets.com
While both firms will continue making LCD TVs at their own factories, they intend to meet the growing demand by using EMS (electronics manufacturing services) firms in Taiwan, the business daily said. Their strategy stands in sharp contrast to that

Sony may offer OLED TVs in Europe in 2009: Nikkei - Tehran Times
OLED TVs, which are thinner and more energy efficient, offer brighter colors than liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma sets, are expected to be a promising next-generation flat TV. Sony started selling the world's first OLED TVs in Japan late last

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It works like a treat with Foxtel's own electronic program guide, and even when you're not at home you can use a special web page or your mobile phone to remotely program the iQ2 box to record a show.

The iQ2 comes as part of Foxtel's HD+ package, which currently delivers five high-definition channels (with programs in both 720p and 1080i) from the BBC, Discovery and National Geographic channels, plus Fox Sports and ESPN. The pay-TV carrier will also broadcast the 2010 Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games, along with London's 2012 Olympic Games, in HD.

The slim black iQ2 box includes a Foxtel Digital HD tuner so there's only one box to plug in and one remote control to bother with. The system contains a 320GB hard drive that can store upwards of 30 hours of HD programming or 90 hours of standard-definition content.



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A New Wave in cables as Henley Designs introduces a new Van den

Its high natural bandwidth and excellent noise rejection properties makes it suitable for both audio and 75 ohm video applications including aerial/cable TV, video, surround and S/PDIF digital audio connections. Indeed the Wave comes close to becoming a universal AV cable.

Some twenty years ago, van den Hul took the decision that all its cables were to be 100 % P.V.C. and Halogen Free. It designed a new jacket material called HULLIFLEX(r) with those specific properties. This was the start of the van den Hul "GreenCare" program where it moved to working with lead-free solder; environmentally friendly packaging; recycling of waste, etc. And today the building is heated with water pumped from deep in the ground through a heat exchange system so using very little fossil fuel based energy.



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