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tHAWT Episode #165: Television distribution

Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 8:12 AM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Our combined tHAWT and Podsnack approach continues to evolve. In this episode Paul discusses a couple of news items but the bulk of the discussion is focused on technology related to television distribution. The links covered are below. Yahoo/Microsoft Read More...

tHAWT Episode #161: Was Pink Floyd right?

Posted Friday, July 03, 2009 2:12 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this week's tHAWT we add one more member, so I suppose we are going from the three stooges to the four musketeers (maybe that is stretching it a little). Anyway, Paul, Dave, Mark, and I are covering TV aspects this week, well not everything about Read More...

tHAWT Episode #158: Adiós analog

Posted Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:56 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode, Mark and I finally get to say goodbye to broadcast analog TV in the U.S. Despite all the delays, there will still be millions who are not ready. The links to these and other stories covered are below. The confused grandma video Article Read More...

tHAWT Episode #156: Will you bing something?

Posted Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:04 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Another week has gone by and it has gotten a little bit more difficult to get a few of us together, with business travel, vacation, and the birth of a new foal , so this week it is just me at the helm. Here are some of the links to the items I discussed Read More...

tHAWT Episode #151: CIPAV allergy

Posted Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:55 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode of tHAWT Mark and I look through our items that have been tagged on Delicious . One of the stories this week related to the fact that Wednesday was Earth Day, so we thought we would include a few links to green technology: this TMC aggregation Read More...

tHAWT Episode #146: Not the bottom of the barrel

Posted Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:15 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode of tHAWT, Paul and I kicked off the discussion around interactive TV technology. Verizon has announced that it is expanding its capability. I for one am surprised it is not just focusing on a single technology but instead is looking at Read More...

tHAWT Episode #140: Dave ponders the broadband competition

Posted Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:34 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode Dave Train takes the reins solo and reviews many of the links that have been tagged with tHAWT in delicious.com. (Thanks to those who help us out by tagging articles, it is much appreciated). For this week there were a number of articles Read More...

tHAWT Episode #139: DTV, on, off, on, off, how ironic

Posted Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:40 AM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this week's episode, Paul and Mark discuss this week's news. Despite them starting off about how wonderful their Hawaii vacations are going to be, they do get into the telecom news. The first item is the ever shifting date of the digital television Read More...

tHAWT Episode #119: Fast in the pool to faster than light, there is a leap

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:19 AM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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You certainly couldn't say that this week's episode with Paul, Mark and Myself had a real theme as kicks off with a discussion around the Olympics but moves on to quantum communications being faster than light and continues to provide a potpourri Read More...

PodSnacks: Frequency Modulation (FM)

Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we continue our discussion of Physical Layer concepts with a look at frequency modulation . If you want to know more, listen in, and I'll take you through the basics! But I can't write more because I have to get back to my class! As always, Read More...

PodSnacks: Amplitude Modulation

Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we continue our discussion of Physical Layer concepts with a look at amplitude modulation . And if you w3ant to know more, you're going to have to listen in. Right now, I have to run! As always, you can listen to (or download) the PodSnack by Read More...

Business Week Gives Us Some IPTV

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:09 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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I don't have a lot to talk about today. I'm too busy wandering through this collection of slides shows and articles. In a nutshell: A slide show introducing you to TV-related mobile gadgets and services like SlingBox, Orb, Sony's Location-free Read More...

PodSnacks: Graded-index vs. Stepped-index Multimode Fiber

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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We have done other PodSnacks on optical fiber . We've even discussed the difference between single-mode fiber and multimode fiber . Today we narrow the scope even further and distinguish between graded-index and stepped-index MMF. The difference lies Read More...

Taking a Look at IPTV

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:13 PM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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When you look at the acronym, it should be clear that IPTV is television in packets over an IP network. On that we can all agree. But there is a lot more to it than that. And it's important because it is (in my opinion) inevitable. This month's Read More...

PodSnacks: Multiple System Operator

Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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We've had PodSnacks in which we've discussed ILECs , CLECs , and IXCs . But we've never talked about a very important player in the telecommunications market: the Multiple System Operator (MSO). Today we'll take the time to fill that gap. Read More...
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