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nCUBE and Vela Research Announce Video-On-Demand Technology Agreement
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Jon Iverson • Posted: Mar 08, 1998 • 0 comments

On March 2, <A HREF="http://www.ncube.com">nCUBE</A>, a developer of scalable video servers, announced a reseller agreement with <A HREF="http://www.vela.com">Vela Research LP</A>, a developer of video-compression products for the cable and broadcast industries. nCUBE will integrate Vela's MPEG2 video-encoding technology as part of an approach that enables cable operators to offer video-on-demand (VOD) and near video-on-demand (NVOD) services over analog networks and real-time feeds for digital networks.

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Near Field Communication: payment- and party-enabling
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Michael Berk • Posted: Jun 22, 2011 • 0 comments

While we have yet to see an explosion of NFC-enabled products, Nokia's brought the near-field communications protocol to a new range of home entertaiment products launching along with its much-lauded new

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Near Future Uncertain for DVD; Divx Debut Delayed
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Barry Willis • Posted: May 30, 1998 • 0 comments

Is DVD hot news or merely lukewarm? Will it sell like hotcakes this year or more like day-old bagels? It all depends on whom you consult.

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NEC debuts new 2K 3-D projector for Pixar's "Up"
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SV Staff • Posted: May 27, 2009 • 0 comments
If you're in the NYC area this weekend, it might be worth the trip over to the Ziegfeld Theatre to see the new Pixar film on NEC's latest and greatest projector, the NC2500S-A. It uses a 1.2" DMD from Texas Instruments as well triple...
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NEC Displays 12.1-inch 3D LCD
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SV Staff • Posted: Oct 17, 2008 • 0 comments
No goofy glasses required! This HD screen (SVGA with 800 x 600 pixels) uses a special alignment of pixels to display 3D without needing specs. Right now, this is a prototype, and the press release is in Japanese, but from what the Google...
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NEC Drops Price of 61" Plasma Screen
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• Posted: Dec 02, 2001 • 0 comments

<A HREF="http://www.nectech.com">NEC Technologies</A> has radically reduced the cost of its flagship PlasmaSync monitor, dropping the price by almost one-third, according to a November 26 press release. The suggested retail price of the company's HDTV-compatible PlasmaSync 61MP1, said to be the world's first 61" display, has been reduced to $19,995 from $27,995.

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NEC Ships World's First 61" Plasma Monitor
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Jon Iverson • Posted: Jun 17, 2001 • 0 comments

<A HREF="http://www.nec.com">NEC</A> announced last week that it will begin sales in Japan on July 23 of what it describes as the industry's largest plasma display monitor, with a panel size of 61 inches (155cm diagonal) and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The introduction of the PX-61XM1, NEC says, will make it the first company to take the jumbo-size screen from the prototype stage to mass production. The suggested retail price of the plasma monitor is initially expected to be $27,995.

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NEC's New Blu-ray Chip
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SV Staff • Posted: Jul 16, 2008 • 0 comments
Anything that brings down the price of Blu-ray is a good thing. Anything that keeps them running just as efficiency while bringing down the price is better. Simple logic. NEC just announced the EMMA3PF, the world's first chip that combines signal...
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Neil Young Archives on Blu-ray: June 2
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SV Staff • Posted: Mar 21, 2009 • 0 comments
BREAKING NEWS: At a SXSW panel on the Neil Young Archives, manager Elliot Roberts announced that the first volume of the long, long-awaited project will indeed appear on June 2. Of course, previously announced release dates have come and gone —...
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Neil Young Votes for . . . Blu-ray!
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SV Staff • Posted: Feb 05, 2008 • 0 comments
Seven years ago, when we launched our coverage of DVD-Audio in the February/March 2001 double issue, we ran an exclusive interview with Neil Young, where the "legendary rocker and CD-hater" sang the praises of the new format. ...
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Neil Young's Archives: To Blu-ray Or Not?
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SV Staff • Posted: Oct 14, 2008 • 0 comments
Neil Young is known for hating early digital audio formats, and seemed to be all set to embrace Blu-ray as the format with high enough resolution to be acceptable. His Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) had been slated for a November 3 release, but it's...
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Nesmith Wins $47 Million in Suit Against PBS
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Barry Willis • Posted: Feb 06, 1999 • 0 comments

Michael Nesmith could soon be back in the business: The former Monkee has been awarded $47 million by a jury in a Los Angeles Federal-court case. The judgment came Tuesday, February 2, after the jury found the <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org">Public Broadcasting Service</A> guilty of fraud, breach of contract, and contract interference over a video-distribution deal it signed with Nesmith's now-defunct Pacific Arts Corporation in 1990. Malfeasance by PBS caused the demise of Pacific Arts, jurors decided.

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Net Neutrality Comes to Europe
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Jun 29, 2011 • 0 comments

Net neutrality has become a political and regulatory football in the United States, with internet service providers squaring off against electronic libertarians, and the feds uneasily caught in the middle. But in one European nation, for the first time, it may be about to become law.

In the Netherlands, the parliament is weighing a net neutrality bill designed to prevent the dominant (and newly privatized) telco from discriminating against certain kinds of net traffic.

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Net Radio Wins Temporary Reprieve
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Jul 16, 2007 • 0 comments
Webcasters and the music industry worked out a deal on Thursday of last week that will temporarily delay draconian new royalties that many predict would kill many net radio broadcasters.
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Net TV Passes 50 Percent Mark
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Apr 16, 2010 • 0 comments
Most viewers watch internet TV to some degree, says a new study by Retrevo, and younger viewers watch more than older ones.
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