Scott Birnbaum, vice president of the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Business at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., discusses the state of television displays and some of the near and longer-term developments that will make them more useful and ubiquitous. Birnbaum suggests that almost 1/3 of the homes in U.S. are expected to have 3D in their homes by 2014. Some of the first commercial 3DTV applications could be digital signage, where the advertisement jumps out of the screen. He also talks about the “Magic Window” or the use of visible light communications to provide an interactive path between the content on the display and other devices in the home. Lastly, he paints of an interesting picture of augmented reality using transparent LCD screens.
Note: This was video was filmed at the Parks Connections 2010 Conference in Santa Clara, CA.
Kurt Scherf provides an overview of some of the key points from the 2010 Connections Conference. From the GoogleTV initiative to Verizon’s FiOS, Scherf raises some interesting questions and provides keen insight as to where the market is going. His prediction that we will see a closer relationship between service providers and CE manufacturers points to the importance of these kinds of conferences in bringing together once disparate disciplines.
Rob Gelphman of the MoCA Alliance provides ViodiTV with an exclusive interview regarding the latest announcement from the MoCA Alliance, which promises even higher data speeds over home coaxial cable.
The Smart Grid was the basis of a Parks Associates conference last week in Austin. Unfortunately, ViodiTV was not at that conference, but we did get a preview of some of the challenges and opportunities that suppliers of electricity face. In this interview, filmed at the 2010 CES, Chris Deutschen of Direct Energy explains the rather counter-intuitive notion of how, by helping their customers save money through efficiency, his company can actually be more profitable (think churn reduction).
Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst for Parks Associates, summarizes the panels he hosted on the connected home and 3DTV at CES2010. He talks about the proliferation of connected televisions; he estimates 30 million of the TVs sold this year will be Internet ready. He points out that these connections will go beyond entertainment and include other applications, such as health care and energy management. He also provides his sage thoughts on 3DTV, as well as the general mood of the consumer.
Two common themes throughout the Parks Associates conference were the importance of simplicity for the user and the infiltration of cloud computing, regardless of industry segment. Scherf suggests that the cloud computing approach could help service providers and manufacturers simplify things for the consumer.
