Space in 2GHz band is becoming tight, but Link Research wants broadcasters to knot that they’re not stuck. 7GHz is just as good as 2GHz in most applications, says Mark Anderson. I met with him and Newlin Warden to talk about Link Research’s current offerings: the L1050 HD/SD MPEG-2 encoder, the XPu mini transmitter for on-board applications and the L1500 wireless camera transmitter introduced last year.

Check out a short audio clip of Newlin talking about the L1500.

Related article: Link Research to unveil new MPEG-2 encoder, mini special-purpose transmitter.

At the stereoscopic projection systems session on Sunday, I learned that I apparently know very little, or at least very little about the specifics, challenges and technology that go into making 3-D movies happen.

Technology for 3-D is here, and the major movie studios are quickly getting onboard. According to Josh Greer, CEO of Real-D, a company that supplies 3-D technology to the movie industry as well as for military and airline applications, 1250 3-D systems from Real-D have been deployed in 25 countries worldwide since November 2005, and in 2008, 11 movies from major studios were released in 3-D.

“There’s no one way to do 3-D,” Greer said. He went on to describe that although there are various ways to do 3-D, the main concerns of those who want to implement these systems are cost, content and quality. But, according to Greer, most of the cost involved is for system maintenance, not the initial purchase. more

The Thomson press conference is usually one of the more polished PCs of the show. This year was a huge exception, but only for technical glitches.

The teleprompter (no hints at who’s it was) failed several times during the presentations. Unfortunately, the presenters didn’t seem able to carry forth without the prompter. One would think these pros could wing such things, but not so this time. more