H.264 Encoded Movie Trailers

Take a look at this Cars trailer encoded in H.264. The picture is mind-boggling.

http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/cars_h264_720p_trailer.html

There is a help page on the site to instruct you how to play the movie. You can't just play it on your existing movie player on the PC (like Windows Media Player). You need a video filter like the FFDShow.

But beware, playing a H.264 encoded video will be a CPU hog. Even on my Intel Pentium 2.4GHz PC, the playback is not entirely smooth.

There are others competing HD compression format like HD Divx and HD WMV. Each one of them has its own pros and cons. But my personal preference is still H.264. Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies are encoded in H.264.

You can find a few more trailers on the above website encoded in H.264 as well as HD Divx. To see video clips encoded in HD WMV, proceed to this Microsoft website.

Enjoy!

HDMI 1.3 specification officially released

HDMI 1.3 specification is officially released today. It doubles the current HDM bandwith and adds support for Deep Color (billions of color instead of millions). Read about it at:
http://www.hdmi.org/

Websites on HDTV in Singapore

I have come across 3 blogging websites that talk about HDTV development in Singapore. They are:
http://hdtvsg.blogspot.com/
http://hdtvsingapore.blogspot.com/
http://miketan.blogspot.com/

You can also get additional information from the following official websites:
http://www.hdtv-trial.sg/
http://www.hdtv-trial.sg/phpBB2/index.php (Discussion Forum on the HDTV trial)
http://www.corporate.mediacorp.sg/technologies/hdtv/faqs.htm
http://www.starhub.com/hdtvtrial/ (not much technical info)

EBU technical review website

This website is filled with technical information, from HDTV to Broadband TV to Handheld broadcasting and Digital compression. They will fill you in on technologies like MPEG2, MPEG4 and AVC/H.264, the latest video encoding scheme that is being employed by Starhub and Mediacorp in the HDTV trial. So check it out.

http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_home.html

Cool broadband site

Found this cool broadband site. Worth checking it out.

http://broadband.bluehyppo.com

There is even a full video of the pop/opera group Il Divo.

Official name for my blogging site

It’s official. I’m naming this site “HDTV rambling”.

My objective is to be able to provide you with information relating to HDTV, especially in Singapore where I am residing.

More to come …

Launch of my blogger site

Hi,

I've not given a name to this site, but will think of something. My interests include HDTV, Automotive and video technology.

I'm new to blogging. Seems to be the in thing right now. Well, let's see how this site will evolve. So, tune in.

regards,