Viewing the Program Being Recorded from the Beginning while Recording to HDD (Chasing Playback). DVD/CD Playback during HDD Recording (Simultaneous Recording/Playback)... Playing Back a Title on the HDD during DVD Recording (Simultaneous Recording/Playback).. Viewing Another Program Recorded on HDD while Recording to HDD (Simultaneous Recording/ Playback)... How to Use the FUNCTION MENU. 78
Troubleshooting.. 108 Service Information (For the U.S.). 110 On-screen Error Messages. 111 Glossary.. 114 Specifications... 117
Function Menu.. 78 Editing (HDD/DVD).. 79
About Editing... 79 Editing Procedure... 79 Switching between Original and Play List (Play Lists can be created only for HDD or VR mode). 80
Editing an Original Title (HDD/DVD).. 81
Erasing Unnecessary Scenes from an Original Title (ERASE SCENE).. Inputting/Changing Title Name (CHANGE TITLE NAME).. Changing Thumbnail (CHANGE THUMBNAIL). Making Sections in a Title (DIVIDE CHAPTER). Combining Chapters Together (COMBINE CHAPTERS).. Disabling Title Edit and Erase (TITLE PROTECT). Erasing All Titles... Erasing by Selecting a Title (or Chapter).. Creating a Play List... Adding a Scene from an Original to a Play List (ADD SCENE)... Changing the Title Sequence (MOVE TITLE). Erasing Unnecessary Scenes (ERASE SCENE). Inputting/Changing Title Name (CHANGE TITLE NAME).. Changing Thumbnail (CHANGE THUMBNAIL). Making Sections in a Title (DIVIDE CHAPTER). Combining Chapters Together (COMBINE CHAPTERS).. 92 92
Editing a Play List (HDD/DVD). 88

Features

A new timer recording system: Easy Recording Guide
A variety of hard disc t DVD dubbing functions
The Recorder is equipped with a high-capacity hard disc, so youll have more chances than ever before for timer recording, and the new timer recording system makes this even easier. A schedule grid of times and channels is displayed on the screen, and by simply designating cells in the grid with the remote control, timer programming becomes as easy as circling your favorite shows in the newspaper. You can also see at a glance which time slots are already programmed, and avoid any overlap.

DVD-RW Discs

DVD-RW discs are available in Ver. 1.1, Ver. 1.1 (CPRM compatible) or Ver. 1.1/2g (CPRM compatible). When a disc has been recorded in the VR mode, it can be recorded and erased repeatedly. Erasure also allows the recording time to be increased. When a disc has been recorded in the Video mode, additional recording is possible until the disc is full. The recording time does not increase*8 even if titles are erased, but if the disc is initialized (see pages 15 and 106) full recording time is possible. *8 Recording time can only be increased when the last title is erased (titles cannot be erased after a disc has been finalized).

DVD-R Discs

DVD-R discs can only be recorded in the Video mode. Although additional recordings can be made until the disc is full, disc space does not increase even if titles are erased (because erasure here refers only to making the titles not visible). Although these discs can be played back with other DVD players once they have been finalized, the discs can no longer be recorded or erased after they have been finalized. Discs can be additionally recorded and edited with this Recorder only until they are finalized.

Recording Formats

There are two recording formats available with this Recorder: the VR mode and the Video mode. The recording format that can be selected may differ depending on the disc. Refer to the section on Types of Discs for Recording (page 12). Recording in the VR mode and Video mode cannot be mixed on one disc.

Recording Time

The recording mode that can be set varies according to the recording format. Refer to the table below for the applicable recording mode.
Recording Recordable Time Mode FINE About 60 minutes SP LP About 120 minutes About 240 minutes Description When you want to record highquality images. This is the standard recording mode. When you want to record for a long period of time with slightly lower image quality. When you want to place priority on recording time.
VR (Video Recording) Mode

Important Information

Disc Precautions
Be Careful of Scratches and Dust
DVD-R and DVD-RW discs are sensitive to dust, fingerprints and especially scratches. A scratched disc may not be able to be recorded, or important data recorded may not be able to be played back. Handle discs with care and store them in a safe place.

Copyright

It is the intent of Sharp that this product be used in full compliance with the copyright laws of the United States and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property right owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, 4,819,098 and 4,907,093 licensed for limited viewing uses only. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DTS and DTS Digital Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Certain audio features of this product manufactured under a license from Desper Products, Inc. Spatializer N-2-2 and the circle-in-square device are trademarks owned by Desper Products, Inc. The DVD logo is a registered trademark. i.LINK refers to the IEEE 1394-1995 industry specification and extensions thereof. The logo is used for products compliant with the i.LINK standard. is a trademark.

Proper Disc Storage

Place the disc in the center of the disc case and store the case and disc upright. Avoid storing discs in locations subject to direct sunlight, next to heating appliances or in locations of high humidity. Do not drop discs or subject them to strong vibrations or impacts. Avoid storing discs in locations where there are large amounts of dust or locations where mold tends to grow easily.

Handling Precautions

If the surface is soiled, wipe gently with a soft, damp (water only) cloth. When wiping discs, always move the cloth from the center hole toward the outer edge.

CHANNEL Front display " panel ' /"
If remote control does not work
Press POWER on the remote control and check the front panel display (RC-1 or RC-2). Set the remote control code according to the display and press POWER to see if you can turn on/off the Recorder.
NOTE If the batteries in the remote control unit are changed, the code settings must be reentered. Some brands have more than one code listed above, due to changes in the codes. In such cases, try another code to find the code that operates your TV.

Basic Connection

Easy Connection
The following connection is the basic connection to watch or record TV programs. To use a cable box or satellite receiver, see CATV or Satellite Receiver Connections on pages 24 and 25. Important! Be sure to turn off and unplug from the AC outlet this Recorder and all equipment before connecting the cables. This Recorder is equipped with copy protection technology. The playback picture from this Recorder will not appear correctly on your TV when you connect this Recorder to your TV via a VCR (or your VCR via this Recorder) using video/audio cables.
Connect the TV antenna cable to the IN FROM ANTENNA jack on the rear of this Recorder. Connect the PASS THROUGH jack on the rear of this Recorder to the antenna input jack on your VCR using the supplied coaxial cable.
NOTE If you connect this Recorder directly to your TV, skip the next step.
To video/audio input jacks To video/audio input jacks
Connect the antenna output jack on your VCR to antenna input jack on your TV using a coaxial cable. Connect the VIDEO/AUDIO Output jacks on this Recorder to the video/audio input jacks on your TV using the supplied video/audio cable.
Be sure that the colors of the jacks and plugs match up when connecting the cable.
Video/audio cable (supplied)
Video/audio cable (commercially available) To antenna input jack Coaxial cable (commercially available)
To antenna output jack To video/audio output jacks
NOTE To connect using S-video or component cables, see Using Other Types of Video Output on page 23.

To antenna input jack

Connect the video/audio output jacks on your VCR to the video/audio input jacks on your TV using a video/audio cable.
Coaxial cable (supplied) To PASS THROUGH
Important! When using this connection, set PROGRESSIVE OUT to PROGRESSIVE SCAN OFF (see page 102). After the connection Plug in the power cords of the TV and VCR. Then go to EZ Set Up (see page 26).

The Recorder

To antenna/CATV wall outlet To IN FROM ANTENNA
Antenna cable (commercially available) To VIDEO/AUDIO Output jacks
Using Other Types of Video Output
In order to view clearer DVD images, it is recommended that you use a commercially available S-video or component video cable when connecting your TV to the video output.

Press START MENU to display the START MENU screen.

ATLANTIC

Press ' / " / \ / | to select OTHER SETTINGS, then press SET/ENTER. Press \ / | to select ADJUSTMENT.
OTHER SETTINGS[ADJUSTMENT] REC. FUNCTION VIEW/PLAY SETTING 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM ADJUSTMENT CLOCK SETTING VIDEO/AUDIO SETTING CHANNEL PRESET OPTION SETTING
10 Press SET/ENTER, then EXIT. 11 Press POWER to turn off the

Recorder.

The Auto Clock Setting function will automatically set the clock. NOTE If the EDS CH SET mode is set to MANUAL in step 6 and a channel that does not carry EDS signals is selected in step 7, the Auto Clock Setting function will not operate. In step 7, the number of selectable channels depends on the mode setting on the CHANNEL PRESET screen. See the table below.
AIR/CATV AIR CATV Selectable channels 02 01
Press ' / " to select CLOCK SETTING, then press SET/ ENTER. Press ' / " to select AUTO SETTING, then press SET/ ENTER.
OTHER SETTINGS[CLOCK SETTING] 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM AUTO SETTING ADJUST CLOCK USING EDS BROADCAST MANUAL SETTING SIGNAL. SELECT THE EDS CH SETTING METHOD EDS CH SET AUTO
Press ' / " to set EDS CH SET mode to MANUAL.
If you do not know which channel carries EDS signals, then select AUTO.
As you press \ / | in step 9, the TIME ZONE choices change as follows.
AUTO ATLANTIC HAWAII ALASKA
EASTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC MOUNTAIN
Press \ / | to select a channel that carries EDS signals.
The number of channels that can be selected depends on the mode setting on the CHANNEL PRESET screen. See NOTE. When using a cable box: Input the output channel (02, 03, or 04) of the cable box.
If you press RETURN, START MENU or EXIT before pressing SET/ENTER in step 10, the data will not be stored.
Manual Clock Setting Automatic Daylight Saving-Time (DST) Adjustment
This Recorder is equipped with an internal Automatic Daylight Saving-Time Adjustment function. In spring (first Sunday in April) and autumn (last Sunday in October), the time is adjusted as shown below. This function has been preset to ON at the factory. Set the DST mode in the CLOCK SETTING screen.

Minute Second

Press DISPLAY (under the cover).
Remaining time display (when watching TV)

Minute

Current title number and chapter number (during playback)
Current title Current chapter Channel currently recorded (during recording)
Press ON SCREEN (under the cover) or DVD again.
DVD-RW VR OR I G I N AL : : 2 6
Press DISPLAY (under the cover) again.
The screen returns to the display in step 1.
NOTE The DVD information screen (step 1) will automatically disappear in 1 minute. The counter display (step 2) will not disappear automatically. Press ON SCREEN (under the cover) or DVD to turn it off.
Preparation to Operate This Recorder

HDD DVD-RW

VR MODE

DVD-RW

VIDEO MODE

DVD VIDEO

VIDEO CD

AUDIO CD

Buttons used for this operation.
Buttons with the same name on the Recorder and remote control will perform the same operation.
Buttons on Remote Control

Buttons on Recorder

Turn on the power of TV.

Operating HDD

The HDD button on the front of the Recorder lights up, and HDD operation is enabled.

Operating DVD

Switch TV input to the AV input used to connect to the Recorder.
The DVD button on the front of the Recorder lights up, and DVD operation is enabled.
Recording and Playback to turn the Press Recorder on.
TV broadcast will be displayed.
NOTE After turning on power, both the HDD and DVD buttons on the front of the Recorder will blink for a moment while the Recorder is getting ready. Perform this operation after the HDD button lights up.
Refer to pages 38 to 77 for details about recording and playback.
Time Shift Viewing/Chasing Playback
With this Recorder, you can enjoy Time Shift Viewing and Chasing Playbackdistinctive features of a HDD.

1 Time Shift Viewing

While you are watching a program, the phone rings. At times like this, you can pause the program by pressing a button and watch the rest later. NOTE Some programs may not allow you to time shift view due to copyright of the programs. Programs recorded for Time Shift Viewing will be erased automatically if Time Shift Viewing is canceled.

2 Chasing Playback

You return home earlier than expected while timer recording is in progress. At times like this, you can watch the program from the beginning without having to wait for the recording to finish.

ENTER BACK

ERASE ALL FOWARD

RETURN SPACE
Press ' / " / \ / | to select the character to be input.
Select when you complete inputting character.
Change title name 1 Press Red (B) or Green (C) to select the character to change.
When you want to insert characters, move the cursor to the position you want to insert by pressing Red (B) or Green (C).
Recording to Prepare for Dubbing to DVD in Video Mode
2 Press Blue (A) to erase the character to change.

World Rail

When you set a timer program, select ADVANCED, then press SET/ENTER.

HDD TIMER RECORDING

Press ' / " / \ / | to select the character to input, then press SET/ENTER.
M| K L M. N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( A B C D E
HDD REMAIN: 19h47m HI SP DUBBING: COMPLETE OFF
REC. TIME: 0h02m FAVORITE PROGRAM: OVRWRITE REC. MODE ADVANCED
Press ' / " to select HI SP DUB PRIORITY, then press SET/ ENTER.
TIMER PROGRAM ADVANCED SETTINGS 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM 12/26 SUN 10:31 AM 10:33 AM CH 1 PROGRAM NAME: REG/CHNG PROG NAME HI SP DUB PRIORITY FAVORITE PROGRAMS SETTING COMPLETE SELECT [HI SP DUB PRIORITY] FOR HIGH SPEED DUBBING? HIGH SPEED DUBBING HAS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. SEE MANUAL FOR DETAILS.

1 & '

Inputs character in input field. To switch between capital and small letters, select CAPS or small, then press SET/ENTER.
Input title letters by repeating step 4.
Press Blue (A) (BACK SPACE) to erase text to the left of the cursor, a character at a time. Press Red (B) (BACK) to move the cursor back one space. Press Green (C) (FORWARD) to move the cursor forward one space. Press Yellow (D) (SPACE) to input a space. The maximum number of characters you can input is 64.
Press \ / | to select YES, then press SET/ENTER.
TIMER PROGRAM ADVANCED SETTINGS 12/26 SUN 10:31 AM 10:33 AM CH 1 PROGRAM NAME: REG/CHNG PROG NAME HI SP DUB PRIORITY FAVORITE PROGRAMS SETTING COMPLETE SELECT [HI SP DUB PRIORITY] FOR HIGH SPEED DUBBING? HIGH SPEED DUBBING HAS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. SEE MANUAL FOR DETAILS. 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM

Not enough HDD capacity. Number of timer programs set has reached the limit. Dubbing recorded title. Playing back the DVD.
Cancel disc protection or change to new recordable DVD for recording. Erase recorded programs you dont want from HDD to create necessary capacity to record. Erase unnecessary timer programs. Timer recording does not work during dubbing. Stop dubbing before timer recording. Stop playing back the DVD more than 3 minutes before timer recording starts. If you dont stop playback until timer recording start time, timer recording will not start. Timer recording does not function during direct recording. Stop direct recording before the preset start time for timer recording.
In the middle of direct recording.
When You Cannot Timer Dub
Problem In the middle of recording, timer recording, HDD playback, or disc playback. Title protection is set to Copy Once enabled title (program). Recorded Copy Once enabled title (program) to DVD. No DVD in the Recorder. Unrecordable disc is loaded. Not enough disc capacity. Recorder cannot identify the disc. Disc is protected. Playing back the DVD. Suggested Solution Timer dubbing does not work during recording, timer recording, HDD playback, and disc playback. Stop recording, timer recording, HDD playback, and DVD playback before timer dubbing. You cannot timer dub title protected Copy Once enabled title (program). Copy Once enabled title (program) or title with signal that prohibits copying recorded to DVD cannot be timer dubbed to HDD. Load recordable DVD. Load recordable DVD with enough capacity. Cancel disc protection or change to new recordable DVD. Stop playing back the disc more than 3 minutes before timer dubbing starts. If you dont stop playback until timer dubbing start time, timer dubbing will not start. Timer dubbing does not work during dubbing.
In the middle of dubbing.
NOTE If you set multiple timers, and the programmed times overlap, or the end time of the previous timer is the same as the start time of the next timer, timer recording will begin after the preceding timer recording finishes. There will be a delay of up to 1 minute before the next timer recording begins.

HDD Playback

REC LIST: If you select the program you want to watch from the list of recorded programs (REC LIST) and press SET/ENTER, playback will begin. NOTE To display the counter during playback, press ON SCREEN (page 33). To playback edited video: When playing back video which has been edited (for example, by making a play list), use Seamless Playback for smoother connection between scenes. For details on SEAMLESS PLAYBACK settings, see page 103. NOTE The final few seconds may not be played back, depending on how the recording was stopped. The end position of the program played back may be shifted slightly from the position where recording was stopped during recording.

Resume playback function

If you press |PLAY again, playback will resume from the point where it was previously stopped. To playback from the beginning, press STOP/LIVE again and then press |PLAY.

Press FSTILL/PAUSE during playback.
Playback pauses. PLAY indicator (for HDD) on the front of Recorder blinks during Still Picture Playback.
Press JFWD or GREV during playback.
Example: When JFWD is pressed The search speed will cycle as follows each time you press the button.
Press Lor Kto advance or reverse playback image frame by frame.
Press Lto advance one frame. Press Kto reverse one frame.
Press |PLAY to return to normal playback.

Skip Search

Press |PLAY to cancel the search.
Search will be canceled and playback screen is displayed. You cannot fast forward or fast reverse from one title and continue to another title. When you fast forward or fast reverse to the end or beginning of the title, normal playback screen is displayed automatically.
This lets you skip about 30 seconds ahead. This is convenient when you want to skip commercials while viewing.
Press SKIP SEARCH during playback.
You can skip approximately 30 seconds forward each time you press the button. The maximum interval you can skip at one time is 120 seconds (4 button presses). Skip Search will not work during Time Shift Viewing.

Skipping to Next Chapter

You can skip the chapter using this function.

Replay

This lets you skip about 10 seconds back. This is convenient for replaying a short scene you missed.
Press Kor Lduring playback.
Press Lto go to the start of the next chapter. Press Konce to return to the start of current chapter (track). If you press it again (within about 5 seconds), it will skip to the beginning of the previous chapter (track). This function does not work during Time Shift Viewing.
Press REPLAY during playback.
Playback reverses approximately 10 seconds, then starts again. Replay will not work during Time Shift Viewing.

Slow Playback

This lets you play back video at slow speed.

SLOW during playback.

The slow playback speed will cycle as follows each time you press the button.
(Approx. 1/2g) (Approx. 1/8g) (Approx. 1/16g)
You cannot perform slow playback over a boundary between titles. At the end of the title, slow playback will be canceled and normal playback will be selected automatically.

Switching at Edit screen

ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST Press ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST at the EDIT screen. Each time this button is pressed, the setting will toggle between ORIGINAL and PLAY LIST.
EDIT(DVD ORIGINAL) TITLE: CH33 FINE TITLE INFO: 10/4 MON 4:00 PM 4:10 PM / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM
NOTE If a Play List has not been created, the CREATE NEW screen appears.
Editing an Original Title (HDD/DVD)
Erasing Unnecessary Scenes from an Original Title (ERASE SCENE)
Press ' / " to select ERASE SCENE, then press SET/ENTER.
The selected title is paused.
EDIT(HDD ORIGINAL) TITLE: CH 33 FINE TITLE INFO: 10/4 MON 8:09 PM 8:14 PM ERASE SCENE CHANGE TITLE NAME CHANGE THUMBNAIL DIVIDE CHAPTER 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM
Selects a scene from an original video and erase it. To erase all titles, see page 87. To erase by title (or chapter), see page 87. NOTE Scenes cannot be erased on DVD-R/RW (Video mode) discs.
00 : 00: SPECIFY ERASE RANGE

PLAY BACK

SET START POINT
Press |PLAY to start playback.
Find the scene to be erased using JFWD, GREV, FSTILL/PAUSE, K, L, or SLOW.

Before Starting Editing

Switch to the drive (HDD or DVD) to be edited.
Press SET/ENTER when you reach the scene to be erased.
The erase start point is set. (Title playback continues.)
Press START MENU to display START MENU screen. Press ' / " / \ / | to select EDIT/ ERASE, then press SET/ENTER.
START MENU[EDIT/ERASE] EDIT/ ERASE 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM REC LIST DUBBING
00: 00:SPECIFY ERASE RANGE
EDITS/ERASES RECORDED TITLES TIMER PROGRAM/ CHECK INITIALIZE/ FINALIZE OTHER SETTINGS

SET END POINT

Press ' / " to select EDIT, then press SET/ENTER.

EDIT/ERASE

DELETES SCENE, CREATES / EDITS PLAYLIST. ERASES ALL TITLES ON DISC (EXCEPT PROTECTED TITLES). ERASES SELECTED TITLES.
If you fast reverse to a scene before the start point, the start point will be canceled. When the start point is set to near the beginning of a chapter, the beginning of the chapter will be selected as the start point. To make the original designated start point effective, set it again after combining up with the chapter just before. (page 86)
ERASE ALL TITLES ERASE TITLES

TITLE PROTECT / OFF

DISABLES EDIT/ERASE TITLES.
Press SET/ENTER when you reach the end of scene to be erased.

VIEW/PLAY SETTING PASSWORD SETTING DVD PLAY SETTING PASSWORD
This sets the password for setting or changing Parental Control. 4 digit number

PARENTAL CONTROL

This lets you set Parental Control depending on disc content. Level 1: For most restricted viewing Level 8: For adult viewing (The smaller the number, the greater the level of restriction.) When PARENTAL CONTROL is set to OFF, DVD discs can be played back regardless of the parental level. The parental level for USA is as follows. Level 7: NC-17 Level 6: R Level 4: PG13 Level 3: PG Level 1: G The parental level set up for Canada is prepared for future use. As for the set up of an appropriate level, please check the level when you purchase your DVD disc equipped with the parental control feature. Parental Control cannot be set if a password has not been set. OFF, LEVEL 1-8 COUNTRY CODE * Refer to the Country Code List below.

DISC LANGUAGE

This lets you select the language for subtitle, audio and menu displayed on the screen.
SUBTITLE AUDIO MENU * Refer to the Language Code List below.

Country Code List

USA CANADA JAPAN GERMANY FRANCE AA AB AF AM AR AS AY AZ BA BE BG BH BI BN BO BR CA CO CS CY DA DE DZ EL EN EO ES ET Afar Abkhazian Afrikaans Ameharic Arabic Assamese Aymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelorussian Bulgarian Bihari Bislama Bengali, Bangla Tibetan Breton Catalan Corsican Czech Welsh Danish German Bhutani Greek English Esperanto Spanish Estonian UK ITALY SPAIN SWISS SWEDEN EU FA FI FJ FO FR FY GA GD GL GN GU HA HI HR HU HY IA IE IK IN IS IT IW JA JI JW KA Basque Persian Finnish Fiji Faroese French Frisian Irish Scots Gaelic Galician Guarani Gujarati Hausa Hindi Croatian Hungarian Armenian Interlingua Interlingue Inupiak Indonesian Icelandic Italian Hebrew Japanese Yiddish Javanese Georgian HOLLAND NORWAY DENMARK FINLAND BELGIUM KK KL KM KN KO KS KU KY LA LN LO LT LV MG MI MK ML MN MO MR MS MT MY NA NE NL NO OC Kazakh Greenlandic Cambodian Kannada Korean Kashmiri Kurdish Kirghiz Latin Lingala Laothian Lithuanian Latvian, Lettish Malagasy Maori Macedonian Malayalam Mongolian Moldavian Marathi Malay Maltese Burmese Nauru Nepali Dutch Norwegian Occitan HONG KONG SINGAPORE THAILAND MALAYSIA INDONESIA OM OR PA PL PS PT QU RM RN RO RU RW SA SD SG SH SI SK SL SM SN SO SQ SR SS ST SU SV Afan (Oromo) Oriya Panjabi Polish Pashto, Pushto Portuguese Quechua Rhaeto-Romance Kirundi Romanian Russian Kinyarwanda Sanskrit Sindhi Sangho Serbo-Croatian Singhalese Slovak Slovenian Samoan Shona Somali Albanian Serbian Siswat Sesotho Sundanese Swedish TAIWAN PHILIPPINE AUSTRALIA RUSSIA CHINA SW TA TE TG TH TI TK TL TN TO TR TS TT TW UK UR UZ VI VO WO XH YO ZH ZU Swahili Tamil Telugu Tajik Thai Tigrinya Turkmen Tagalog Setswana Tonga Turkish Tsonga Tatar Twi Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Volap k Wolof Xhosa Yoruba Chinese Zulu

FINALIZE DVD FINALIZE DVD FINALIZE
Set this when you want to playback a VR mode or Video mode disc using another recorder capable of playback. If you finalize a recording on DVD-R disc, you will not be able to record any more on the disc. Finalization can take anywhere from a few minutes to one hour. During finalization, all types of operation are disabled (including turning off power and removing the disc). Do not unplug the power cord during finalization. Doing so may make the disc unusable. YES NO

UNDO DVD FINALIZE

This resets a finalized DVD-RW disc so you can record on it again. YES NO
Basic Operation for INITIALIZE/FINALIZE
Example: Setting DVD VR MODE INIT. (VR mode)
1 Press \ / | to select YES, then press SET/ENTER.
Initializing (or finalizing) will be executed.
INITIALIZE DVD VR MODE INIT. DVD VIDEO MODE INIT. AUTO INITIALIZE HDD INITIALIZE 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM
1 Press START MENU to display START MENU screen. 2 Press ' / " / \ / | to select INITIALIZE/FINALIZE, then press SET/ENTER.
START MENU[INITIALIZE/FINALIZE] EDIT/ ERASE 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM REC LIST DUBBING

INITIALIZING

INITIALIZE
TIMER PROGRAM/ CHECK INITIALIZE/ FINALIZE OTHER SETTINGS
INITIALIZES HDD/DVD AND FINALIZES DVD INFORMATION
DVD VR MODE INIT. DVD VIDEO MODE INIT. AUTO INITIALIZE HDD INITIALIZE

INITIALIZING COMPLETED

Press ' / " to select INITIALIZE or FINALIZE, then press SET/ENTER.
INITIALIZE/FINALIZE 12 / 25 SAT 10 : 28 AM
REVERTS DISC TO UNUSED STATE (ALL STORED DATA ERASED).
Initializing (or finalizing) will be completed. Screen in step 2 appears.

DVD FINALIZE

ENABLES PLAYBACK OF RECORDED DVD DISC ON OTHER DVD PLAYERS.
Press EXIT to exit from INITIALIZE/FINALIZE screen.
Press ' / " to select DVD VR MODE INIT., then press SET/ ENTER.
NOTE Finalization processing will take anywhere from a few minutes to about an hour. (Processing will take time if there is a lot of empty space or if there are many titles on the DVD disc.)

TITLE PROTECTION IS SET. CANCEL TITLE PROTECTION BEFORE DUBBING.
CANNOT DUB TO DISC DUE TO COPY PROTECTED PROGRAM.
TIMER PROGRAM EXCEEDS THE MAX.

CANNOT DUB TO THE DISC.

CANNOT DUB FROM THE DISC. COPY PROTECTED PROGRAM WILL BE MOVED.
Occurs if you attempt to dub a title containing a Copy Once part to DVD-R or a non-CPRM compatible DVD-RW. Occurs when you attempt to set timer recording for more than the maximum number (32) of timer programs. Occurs if an unrecordable disc is loaded (i.e. when the maximum number of titles or chapters is exceeded, when the disc is protected, when the disc is scratched or dirty, or when the disc is a ROM disc). Occurs when a disc other than a DVD-R/RW is loaded. Occurs if you attempt to dub a title containing a Copy Once part.
If a title contains a Copy Once part, you can only move the original. If title protection is set for a title, you cannot move it, so perform dubbing (movement) after canceling title protection. Dub in VR mode to a CPRMcompatible DVD-RW.
Set the dubbing timer after canceling the timer recording for one program. Replace with a recordable disc.
Dub from a DVD-R/RW disc. Be careful because the dubbing source video is erased after dubbing.

Messages during Editing

Error message CANNOT SELECT MORE. Possible Error Occurs if you attempt to select more than 20 titles (chapters) when you perform Erase Selected Title. Occurs if you attempt to designate a range shorter than 3 seconds and edit. Occurs if the editing result exceeds the upper limit of total number of chapters (999). Occurs if you attempt to combine chapters which cannot be combined. (Chapters created when you erase a scene or chapter in a single title cannot be erased). Suggested Solution Erase a maximum of 20 titles (chapters) at a time. Designate a range of 3 seconds or more. (If you designate a range of 3 seconds or more, you can designate in frame units.) Edit after erasing unnecessary chapter marks by combining chapters.

Rev 4.2

CES 2004

Jan 2004

Notes & Observations Rev 41
Gary Sasaki (gary.sasaki@digdia.com)2
The Consumer Electronics Show3 continues to grow in size and stature, with about 129,000 attendees (17% growth) and 2,400 exhibitors (9% growth). While Comdex tries to evolve beyond the now deflated PC platform that it flew during the 80's and 90's, CES is accelerating on the "digital entertainment" platform of this decade. Three main themes were visible this year HDTV, AV Networking, and Mobility (of course, depending upon one's interests, there are many other things going on). The following notes cover mostly the first two topics. (If you are reading this within Word,
you can jump to the topics below by ctrl-clicking on them).
Main Observations More on the main themes o HDTV Gets Real Session Big Screen TVs HDTV recording Session - HDTV Content & Services o AV Networking Protocols Copy Protection Physical Layer Media hub Software Getting Content Session Michael Powell FCC Session Telco-Entertainment Partnership Session Movie Distribution timeline Session "Getting it all Together" Session Media Hub Strategies Session Broadband Session Video Mgmt & Content Distribution o Taking it all with you In the Home Displays for Out and About Photo-Video Other Stuff Female Perspective to Shopping for CE VC Views Links Glossary
Rev 3 added a few more comments, and added list of links at the back. Rev 4 added Glossary The former e-mail address (gary_sasaki@comcast.net) also works. 3 See their website at http://www.cesweb.org

Gary Sasaki

gary.sasaki@digdia.com

Main Observations

Digital Riptides The U.S. consumer electronics market is expected to grow from an estimated $96B in 2003 to $101B in 2004 (5%). While only a modest growth on the surface the shift to digital is causing turmoil in individual market segments something I've called "Digital Riptides". Early examples were the DVD and digital cameras. At CES 2004 we have digital TV, media hubs, wireless, digital video and other issues are driving change and growth while older markets shrink. The TV is dead; long live the DTV4 even the laggard companies are jumping in with products. Large and flat was everywhere. The CRT, even in rear projection form, was not to be found. Low-end Plasma is almost commoditized, despite the still high prices. And the plasma race is for size (winner at CES was Samsung's 1080x1920 80"). LCD is getting bigger, too (Samsung again, 57" prototype), and almost common below 30". DLP5 is more visible and showing itself in flatter formats (Thompson/InFocus 61" and 6.9" deep). TV's with POD6 and memory card slots were there. HD recording is now an assumed feature to soon expect (HDD7 and optical disk). All in all, the buzz was not about when the DTV market will take off, but what needs to happen to help the eager but confused customer. AV Networking is just starting to go mainstream last year the topic was just emerging with a few example niche prototypes and products. This year connectivity was showing up in more mainstream formats, like DVD/HDD players. The PC vs. TV battle is over, and the winner is the TV but if you look closely, the PC is wearing sheep's clothing. Hard drives, Ethernet and memory cards were in everything. While the Cable MOU8 gave new life to 1394a9, the implications were not yet visible at CES. Instead, there was a new push for DTCP-IP10, a copy protection scheme created for 1394a that they now want to get approval for Ethernet. If successful, SmartRight11 falls and the possibilities bust open. And getting rid of cables continues, with power line extending to 170 Mb/s, 802.11x12, UWB13 and even some IR on
DTV Digital Television DLP Texas Instrument's Digital Light Processing image engine, based on micro-mirrors (http://www.dlp.com) 6 POD Point of Deployment module or card allowing access to one of the digital cable services, such as Motorola's or Scientific Atlanta's. See Cable MOU footnote. 7 HDD Hard Disk Drive 8 Cable MOU - Cable Memorandum of Understanding often called Cable Plug and Play for one-way services. (http://www.ncta.com/images/Q&Afinal.pdf) Next step is two-way services. 9 IEEE 1394a, aka Firewire (Apple, where it was created) and iLink (Sony) 10 DTCP-IP - Digital Transmission Content Protection for Internet Protocol (http://www.intel.com/idf/us/fall2003/presentations/F03USDGHS86_OS.pdf) 11 SmartRight Thompson originated authorized domain scheme based on smartcards 12 802.11x x refers to "b", "a", "g" and a little of "n" and other variants. 13 UWB Ultra-Wideband, a set of very wide spread spectrum techniques affording relatively high bandwidth, but over relatively modest distances. Can be useful for things like HD video links.

NAB National Association of Broadcasters (U.S.); IBC International Broadcasting Convention (Europe) 15 PMA Photo Marketing Association conference

More on the Main Themes

This section takes a closer look at the three main themes of HDTV, AV Networking and Mobility.

HDTV Gets Real

Gary Shapiro (CEA President) and Michael Powell (FCC Chairman) both observed that 2003 saw the "tipping point" for HDTV. A number of factors helped to tip the balance. First, there was the Cable MOU16 announced last year that clarified how DTVs would connect to one-way digital cable services. Second, the MSOs began to take HDTV content a little more seriously as DBS17 competition heated up. Third, we are just a little closer to the goal of switching to all digital TV18, and the consumer has had another year to see the big screens at the store and letter-box movies from their DVDs. Fourth, prices are getting a tad more attractive, helped by a couple of products like Gateway's $3000 entry, and many others. LCD and Plasma dominated the booths. LCD showed up in more innovative formats, while Plasma dominated the size game. There was several rear projection TVs, too. There was not much in the way of front projectors. LG advertised their 76" Plasma on the side of a hotel across from LG 76" Plasma CES, beating their previous 71" record. This was one of the full 1080x1920 Plasmas at the show. It comes out in the fall, and price is unknown. Not to be outdone, Samsung trotted out an even bigger 80" 1080x1920 Plasma. Price and availability are unknown. Plasma's weaknesses are slowly being addressed. Panel life is said to be improving and the largest panels now have full 1080x1920 true HDTV resolution. Heat, weight and power still seem to be issues. Prices are still a premium, but Plasmas seem to still capture the consumer's fancy.
Samsung 80" Plasma (Samsung photo)
In fact, the Plasma TV has suddenly become every company's new product. While Gateway was not visible at CES, just about everyone else was. The next page shows some fast photos taken of most of the Plasma TVs and monitors shown at CES this year

In the TV front, Sony did not seem to have as much to show to stand up beyond all the noise from their competitors. It is well known in the industry that Sony has decided to invest with Samsung for LCD and NEC for plasma. Their TVs did seem to sport more stylish design, particularly with their "floating design" plasma TVs (photo is from Sony the one I took did not come out very well). Of course, the Memory Stick is supported in some TVs, and they can now read JPEG and MPEG1. One area with some
Sony WEGA 61" Plasma with apparent innovation "floating design" was found in Sony's Qualia SXRD projector, using their version of an Sony Projector using LCOS LCOS21 imaging engine. The Qualia line is Sony's showcase line, so this projector was not aimed at the usual consumer (price is $24K).
Sony also showed their LocationFree TV. Using 802.11b/g/a for wireless, the touch screen display can be used for watching TV, surfing the web or showing photos via the Memory Stick slot. The base station (vertical box in background in photo) holds the TV tuner. This product is already out in Japan and has not yet been priced for the U.S. HP announced that they were planning on Sony LocationFree TV introducing an HP branded22 42" plasma TV23 in June. A 30" LCD is also planned. No prototypes were shown in the HP booth, and only a mock display could be found in the Microsoft booth. In Carly's keynote, the differentiation will come from being able to "view any content from any source of any kind." No doubt part of their logic is to complement their Media Center PC (HP signed with Microsoft to embed Media Center extensions into their TVs), so maybe some really sweet bundles are planned. Meantime, Dell is also jumping into Plasma TVs; but they've taken a different approach. At CES they showed TVs from Planar24 and have not put the Dell brand
LCOS Liquid Crystal on Silicon, a reflective image engine that is just emerging Claimed to also be based on an HP imaging engine. 23 See press release: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/040108a.html 24 http://www.planar.com/ - Planar is a US company that has been involved in various panel displays. The Planar folks are positioning their 42" product as "true HDTV", when in fact it is a 768x1024 resolution monitor poor judgement.
on it. Smart move Dell sees that 1) Plasmas have not yet reached the commodity phase, but they can still take advantage of their low cost channel, 2) Dell's brand is not as easily stretched to cover plasmas, and 3) people want to see the TV before they buy it, so now they can go to the store to see it, but order it through Dell. In the case of Planar, they've also positioned it for commercial use, not consumer use. For consumer markets Dell has a number of other well known brands on their website. Dell has chosen to use their brand for LCD products. Here the bridge from their PC heritage is more obvious (HP also has some LCD TV products they've announced). Epson's provocative move was a 57" LCD RPTV25 with integrated printer and CDR drive. It is a strange combination that got more interest for its uniqueness than its appeal. Ironically, Epson used a dye-sub printer instead of inkjet because they felt it would be easier and cleaner to change out the cartridges. The CDR portion looked bolted on, while the printer was better integrated. A 57" model sells for $4K and a 47" version for $3.5K. They are working on a 64" Epson TV close up full 1080 resolution LCD model.

While cable has much more raw bandwidth than satellite, cable still must broadcast the analog channels, and each analog channel takes the bandwidth of several digital channels.

Rev 4.2

On PVRs DirecTV finds that customer with PVRs have higher retention rates. Comcast said that the PVR is a "must do" in their strategy. Tettemer said that consumers often turn to content stored on the PVR first, and then they turn to InDemand second. Tettemer said that in focus groups, consumers with PVRs didn't do the usual 15 minutes of complaining about their cable or satellite service. Comcast asserted that a PVR is a lifestyle choice, while HDTV is a Luxury choice. On iTV - DirecTV is heading towards adding iTV (interactive TV), but it is too early to say much since it just after Murdock's acquisition37. On Advertising Very few advertisers produce content in HD. They "don't get it". During the Super Bowl only a few movie trailers did ads in HD. Doing ads in HD requires a little more expense in postproduction. Movie trailers already had the HD content for other reasons, but ordinary ads dont.
Murdock has some iTV in his other satellite services.
Main Themes - AV Networking
"AV Networking" is a loose term that I use to describe the ecosystem of delivering and enjoying of content through the network. The complete value chain starts in the production and distribution of the content. The content is then enjoyed in the home, or elsewhere, via traditional or new types of devices. Content can be distributed in non-traditional ways. MP3 is an early example. The protocols - A number of industry efforts have been going on aimed at making it practical to connect different AV devices to each other, to PCs and to Services via some form of TCP/IP networked link. The CEA, sponsor of CES, has a number of subcommittees (R7.4, R7.5 and R7.6, ask DENi38). Earlier there was HAVi39, which was based on 1394a. Matsushita was an early visible backer of HAVi, but they were not there at CES this year. The latest to emerge and the one that seems to have gathered the most momentum is DHWG40. Intel and Microsoft probably made the most noise about DHWG at CES, but conversations with some of the CE companies indicate good support from them, too. HighMAT41 continues to show up, though mostly in a few Panasonic and Apex products. HighMAT and Music-Photo-Video (MPV) formats offer ways to organize content in a device. I did not see any evidence of MPV at the show. Copy Protection In the past a technique from Thompson called SmartRight looked promising (and it may still be) for assuring protection of content sent over Ethernet. The MPAA has favored this approach, albeit with some reservations. SmartRight is smartcard based and it forms an authorized domain within which protected content can travel freely. I did not see the SmartRight booth at CES, though reportedly they were there. But, several companies42 recently announced DTCP-IP for emulating the DTCP over a TCP/IP link. Panasonic talked about it first at CES during their keynote. DTCP was previously only used over 1394 (and approved of by MPAA). In this case, I'm told that the MPAA has not yet bought into DTCP-IP. From earlier discussion I've had with them, they will need considerable convincing. DTCP does appear to address some of MPAA's concerns. For example, the Time-to-Live (TTL) is set to 3 to help prevent content from going too far in a network. This might address the "vacation home" scenario43 that bothers the MPAA. The number of

Does Gates stay here during CES?
Room Link, and similar products shown last year, used 802.11x to link content stored on the PC to the TV. Thus, photos, music and sometimes video (not all products did video) could be enjoyed in the TV room. 46 EPG Electronic Program Guide
(Microsoft's booth inside the hall was like a Comdex-style booth). Microsoft also introduced their X-Box Media Center Extender kit. The X-Box is set up to link with the Media Center PC via wired or wireless Ethernet. The consumer gets an additional remote control and some software. Now, content stored on the PC can be enjoyed on the TV via the X-Box. Available later this year. Microsoft will always get companies to follow their lead, but the question is going to be if the consumer will. The Media Center PCs are popular because they add to the PC package for certain demographics. The X-Box extender serves some of the same demographics. Beyond this, however, Microsoft has a bigger challenge. One impressive Microsoft play will be talked about later. Philips showed an extension to a product they introduced last year the Streamium MX6000i streams music, photos, short videos from the PC to the TV via 802.11b/g. It can also play, but not record DVDs via its 5 disk player. There is no local buffering, so it is a fairly thin client. They've an arrangement with Yahoo and iFilm for video content that you can call up. Software in the product sniffs out the content in the PC for you. The TV does not have to be on to listen to the Internet radio or music. It comes with a surround sound speaker set. It's available in February for $800.

Philips Streamium 6000

Even D-Link is jumping in with their DSM-310 which can play DVDs, read several types of memory cards, and link via 802.11g. The unit shown was a fairly crude prototype and price/availability is unknown. But, all of the equivalent PC to TV streaming products of last year from Sony, HP and others were not to be found. These products had fairly narrow market potential and vendors have figured out that the DVD/PVR will be a more common
DLink Wireless Media Player
media hub moving forward. During Carly's keynote, she announced that HP will be coming out with an "Entertainment Hub" this fall. It looks to include DVD (not sure about DVD+R or dual layer +R, but would hope so) and PVR functionality, will handle HDTV content and be networked. Most likely it will be based on Microsoft components. Other DVD-recorder/HDD PVRs not shown include: Sony's RDR-GX line with DVDRW/120GB HDD ($500 for unit w/o HDD in July, info on unit with HDD not yet released);
http://www.nextgen04.com/ NextGen Home sponsored by several companies, but somehow dominated by Microsoft

A PVR function is also in the works. A PVR can be handled on the server side since all of the content is already stored there anyway (or at least, can be). This is because once a TV stream is encoded, the encoded content can be kept in a disk farm to be called up at any time. An obvious extension is TOD49, too. Content comes from the traditional TV sources, but eventually can expand to include the Internet to create virtual Internet channels. Microsoft is not actively talking about this. In a somewhat related area, Sony was showing some of their Passage50 prototypes. Passage opens up digital cable to a wider choice of STBs and breaks the current duopoly that Motorola and Scientific Atlanta have. Charter signed up a year ago and Comcast signed last summer. Understandably, neither Motorola nor Sci-Atl has signed up, but other STB vendors, like LG have. The photo shows a Sony STB with two POD cards. While aimed at giving the MSO freedom to use legacy or new type Customer Premise Equipment (e.g. STB), it seems that if all MSOs signed up that the design can change for the TVs themselves perhaps eliminating the need for POD slots and management.

Sony Passage STB

TOD like VOD, only TV on Demand call up any TV show from the recent past to watch Sony Passage allows multiple conditional access schemes over an multiple system cable operator's (MSO) system, requiring only a small overhead. See white paper - http://www.sonypassage.com/white.pdf
Michael Powell Conversation (Special Session) Michael Powell, FCC Chairman, agreed last minute to an interview with Gary Shapiro (CEA Pres.). Here are some of the remarks: Lots of jokes about Powell's remark last year that TiVo was god's gift this time he deliberately used the term "PVR" Media ownership Powell felt people misunderstood what is going on with media ownership51. Powell feels that one should not look narrowly at just the television stations, for example. He says that people now have all kinds of other choices and that television is but a portion. Taken as a whole, he believes, there is still all kinds of competition out there that television has to compete against. Watch the kids Powell advised people to "watch the kids" if you want to see what is going to happen with new technology. FCC role Powell generally sees the FCC getting out of the way of progress, but stepping in to help the transition when necessary. Typically, if industry can't address an issue on their own, the FCC will then step in. "The burden of proof should be on the government on why it should regulate, not the innovator to prove why not regulate." He pointed to the Cable MOU as a fine example of industry addressing the problem. DTV Powell said that the end of 2003 saw the "tipping point" for DTV. Shapiro agreed. Now that the tipping point has been passed, he adds, no telling how rapid the transition will be. Will it be by 2006? Who knows, but 2006 was never mandated it was only a goal for when DTV reaches 85%. Will congress subsidize the digital transition by buying conversion boxes like they did in Berlin last year? No, he doesn't think Congress will do so. Wi-Fi sees Wi-Fi as possibly the most exciting new thing happening today. Sites Wi-Fi as one of the reasons spectrum needs to be freed up from analog TV. The FCC is looking at ways to open up more license free spectrum. He adds, the FCC is "committed to throw wires out of the house." He is interested in spectrum that might have better wall penetration (this is usually the lower frequencies).

Media ownership, or if you are against last year's FCC ruling, media consolidation a controversial ruling that allowed ownership of more media channels in a given market. There is wide bi-partisan support to overturn this ruling. Rupert Murdock and Clear Channel Communications are often the poster child bad guys in such arguments.
Spectrum Management Looking for smarter spectrum management. He said the old way is to treat it like a fixed lane road where everyone must get their own lane. The new way must recognize the newer modulation and spectrum utilization techniques out there. 3S Powell said he thinks the three key things to watch are the three S Silicon (miniaturization & CPU power), Speed (communications), and Storage. Pointed to "smart dust" example of small devices used to monitor grape vines. VoIP52 Powell feels very strongly that VoIP should be regulated as little as possible. He says there are people that say "it looks like a duck (phone), quacks like a duck, so regulate like a duck." This, he says, burdens VoIP with volumes of regulations that were written over the past hundred years mostly around one company, he adds. If you over regulate VoIP, they will just pick up their server and put it in Italy. VoIP was probably going to be one of the major topic areas for 2004 in the FCC. Must Carry53 The FCC held back because they felt the industry was going to address it; but, now the FCC feels that it was not addressed adequately, so the FCC will step in. Two-Way PnP Glad that the one-way Plug and Play came out, but now is anxious to see the two-way agreement.
Telco Entertainment Partnership (Session DH19) Panelists were Jay Fausch (Sr. Director, Strategic Marketing, Alcatel Broadband Networking Div), Phil Corman (Director of Partner Bus Dev, Microsoft TV Group), Darcy Lorincz (VP, Global Rich Media Services, SAVVIS), John North (Director, Skyler Mgmt Group), Jonathan Hurd (VP, Adventis), Joe Lynan (CEO, PaymentOne), Josette Bonte (Mgr Dir, Broadband Serv, RHK). Many Telcos are interested in offering entertainment services over DSL to expand into higher value offerings. Here some of the comments these folks made on what needs to happen. Alcatel DSL dominates outside of the U.S., and pressure is high to expand beyond basic phone services. Fortunately, the telcos get to leverage the investments they've already made, so getting into entertainment is not seen as a major investment. Adventis Feels that Telcos risk becoming a dumb fat pipe unless they find ways to work with other providers to create a smarter pipe. With the industry having invested $18B in the infrastructure, video is the application

VoIP voice over IP (Internet) Must Carry rules that tell a cable or satellite service provider to carry local channels.
that will get to use the capacity. The DSLAMs54 are now able to handle the load. The last mile has been the bottleneck. RHK - Estimates 88 million broadband subscribers WW, Q2 2003. Does not feel that the infrastructure is holding back entertainment over DSL it is a deal making issue between the industries. The entertainment and telco industries don't know how to work with each other. But, she sees that the two camps are getting closer. Also, she thinks that unlike the cable companies, some of the telcos now have money they can invest. PaymentOne sees fastest payment option is to pin charges to the phone bill. Among other things, this company is behind the services that tell you "no credit card required" to sign up. Savvis Has seen business issues go from banking/trading to security/reliability to entertainment. Telecommunication costs have gone dramatically down they are paying about 8% the cost of 2 years ago. The cost of the infrastructure has gone from being 25% of their costs to 3%. He add that he thinks cable companies are in a proprietary box, whereas the telcos operate in the open Internet standards world. Mentioned that they have partnered with HP. Microsoft admits that the first reaction they get from potential partners is "what is your secret plan we know Microsoft is here to take over"
Movie Distribution, the Broadband Timeline (Session DH11) Chaired by Phil Swann (CEO, TV Predictions, a newsletter I get55), Curt Marvis (CEO, CinemaNow), Jim Ramo (CEO, MovieLink), John Canning (Technical Evangelist, Windows eHome, Microsoft), Ian Ballon (Legal Parter, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips), Jody Stark, (Blast Radius), Rob Pait (Sr. Dir. Consumer Electronics, Seagate). Here are a few of the comments
MovieLink They think that 20% of the market will watch "long format" content on a PC, and 80% would much prefer it on the TV. MovieLink is still serving the early adopters. Content selection is important. Also, to help to make the experience more immediate, they've made a big change to progressive downloading so one can start watching before the download finishes. They will be launching an even newer version next month. As far

Location Free TV

Philips DesXcape 150
Sony Location Free TV, with vertical base station in back
Rev 4.2 Displays for Out and About
Stepping out a bit further from the home, we next have a version of the portable Media Center from Creative Labs. This is based on Microsoft's code and Gates mentioned this product during his keynote address.
Creative Labs Zen portable media center, based on Microsoft
And, from a small company called Archos comes the AV300, a modular gadget to end all gadgets. This product begins with the main display module with an 80 GB Archos AV300 "cinema to go" (unit w/display), HDD for storing MPEG4 video AVCAM (lower left), Digital video recorder (upper right) content, music, photos and data. The 80 GB version is $899, while a 20 GB version is about $500. You can snap on a camera module for taking 3 mega-pixel photos or 20 fps/QVGA videos ($200). Or, you can snap on a module that lets you record TV programming off the air. Two other modules (not shown) are a memory card reader and an FM radio. The display to the left is a transflective display from Sanyo. It has a built-in white LED for viewing in the dark, but since it is transflective you can view it in direct sunlight. Note the resolution and the size. It is giving color VGA resolution in a PDA size. One can actually see the difference in quality of the image, so small size does not mean one automatically must settle for QVGA resolution. And since we are on the subject of components, here is Toshiba's smallest HDD. It will hold between 2 to 3 GB and cost in the mid-$200s, and will come out sometime this year. Sorry for the fuzzy specs.

Toshiba 0.85" HDD

Rev 4.2 Photo-Video
When people ask me what I saw at CES that I liked, I will think of one of the big screen LCD TVs; but if you ask me what toy I could afford to buy that I thought was clever, I think of the Panasonic DSnap SV-AV50A, shown above. It has a very clever fold-out design. The SV-AV50A is both a still and video camera, and it gets close to what I've been calling a photo-video camera something that can take great photos and videos. Photos can be taken at 2 M-pixel resolution. Videos can be taken at pretty much full 30fps, 480 line resolution (480x702) in MPEG2, or QVGA in MPEG4. Here is a complete list of the video modes: MPEG2, 702x480, 30fps, 6 Mb/s (20 minutes on a 1 GB SD card) MPEG2, 352x480, 30fps, 3 Mb/s (40 minutes on a 1 GB SD card) MPEG2, 320x240, ?fps, 1 Mb/s MPEG4, 320x240, 30fps, 420 Kb/s (4 hrs, 40 min on a 1 GB card) MPEG4, 176x144, ?fps, 300 Kb/s MPEG4, 176x144, ?fps, 100 Kb/s

The sensor is a 2.11 M-pixel 1/3.2" CCD. No optical zoom, but digital zoom is 2.5x. (I think there is a flash, too) There may also be a way to record programs from the air. There is also a music playback (MP3, AAC) and memo taker mode. Issues that will hold this type of product back are the viewing and preservation experiences. Since you must record onto expensive SD cards, the content must be transferred to the PC or equivalent storage. This means that the video must be viewed on the PC or somehow transferred into a form that can be viewed on the TV. Some Panasonic TVs have an SD card slot and can render MPEG4. Dimensions are W48.9H101D20mm and weight is 103g (w/o battery and card). The base station has a charger and AV connection. The camera is already available in Japan (36K Yen), but will be available in the U.S. in March for about $400. Sanyo's photo-video camera has actually been out for a little while ($899), with Sears getting a small exclusive window (might be branded as "Fisher"). This window will expire this Spring. This camera can take 3.2 M-pixel photos and VGA 30 fps MPEG4 video. Other video modes include QVGA 30 fps MPEG4 (3 M/bs), QVGA 15 fps MPEG4, and 176xfps MPEG4 ("web friendly"). One cute trick - you can take a VGA photos while you are taking video.

Sanyo FVD-C1

The camera comes with a 512 MB SD card, which explains the higher price59. 512 MB holds about 20 minutes of video. Unlike the Panasonic unit, the Sanyo has a 5.8x optical zoom, with digital zoom that takes you out to 60x. The cradle allows USB2 file transfers and recharging. The camera to the left comes from NHJ, a Japanese company that has a few camera products. The model is the DV-J and it is supposed to come out mid-2004 and be priced "less than the Panasonic SV-AV50". It has a 2 GB microdrive in it. This appears to be similar to their DV-4, but has a 3.2 M-pixel photo resolution instead of 2 M-pixel. Video is recorded in MPEG4, but I don't know at what

NHJ DV-J

resolution or frame rate. The DV-4 can accept an SD card. It can connect to the PC via USB2.
At time of writing, a 512 MB SD card is priced at about $250 - $350

Samsung SCD6050

For people that don't mind a fairly clunky design, Samsung is going to introduce their SCD6050 in May for $1K. The SCD6050 has a 5.24 M-pixel camera built under the lens of the Mini-DV camcorder. This model will be available in Europe. In the U.S. the SCD6040 will be priced at $900, and will have a 4 Mpixel camera. I don't know the logic, but perhaps Samsung feels the U.S. market is more price sensitive.

Rev 4.2 Useful links:

http://www.cesweb.org/ - official CES website http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/CES/index.jsp - listing of vendor press releases released at CES http://www.ce.org/ - Consumer Electronics Assoc (CEA) website http://www.mobiltape.com/shop/products.asp?strCategory=Technolog y&strShowName=Consumer+Electronics+Show+%2A+Las+Vegas+audio tapes of CES sessions can be purchased here http://news.sel.sony.com/ces/ - Sony CES press kit site http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/ces_2004/ Panasonic CES site http://www.sharpusa.com/about/AboutPress/0,1107,K39,00.html Sharp CES press releases http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?s eq=20040108_0000031487 Samsung CES press release (their CES 2004 website was down at time of writing) http://www.lge.com/ir/html/ABboards.do?action=read&group_code=A B&list_code=PRE_MENU&seq=3697&page=1&target=pressreleases_r ead.jsp LG CES press release http://www.ces2004.philips.com/ - Philips CES 2004 website http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/default.asp - Microsoft CES press room http://www.intel.com/ca/personal/news/ces2004.htm - Intel CES Digital Home webpage http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2004/ces/ - HP CES webpage

Rev 4.2 Glossary

1080i HDTV resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, interlace scanned 480i standard analog TV, usually 483x720, interlace scanned. DTV 480 is 480x640, progressive scanned (EDTV) 720p HDTV resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, progressive scanned 4C Full name is 4C Entity. See CPRM and CPSA. 5C Licensing group for DTCP. 802.11x shorthand for 802.11b (original 11 M b/s, 2.4 GHz), 802.11a (54 M b/s, 5 GHz), and 802.11g (54 M b/s, 2.4 GHz). Other "x" variations exist. 1394TA the TA is Trade Association. Sets standards for Firewire (Apple) or iLink (Sony) AAC Advanced Audio Coding, one of the newer audio compression formats (better alternative to MP3) ACAP (aka DCAP) Advanced Common Application Platform. A merged iTV protocol with roots in GEM, MHP, OCAP and DASE. ACAP-J is Java oriented, having roots in MHP. ACAP-X is XHTML oriented, and has some roots in DASE. Analog hole content owners dont want movies copied by equipment connected to the analog monitor signal Anamorphic (anemographic) stretches image to better fill screen, interpolating to emulate higher resolution ASP Average Selling Price Aspect ratio original TVs are 4:3 (1.33) while widescreen is 16:9 (1.77). Movies are wider, often 2.35 (also 1.85, 2.55 & 2.76) so you still see letterbox bands on a widescreen set. ATRAC3 Sony's proprietary method for compressing music (alternative to MP3 and AAC) ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee, U.S. DTV standards AV Audio Video AVR AV Receiver. The old stereo is now a multi-channel sound system for home theaters. Broadcast Flag when transmitted with digital content, will put certain restrictions on how the content can be copied, such as copy-never and copyonce. CableCARD card that allows access to conditional access digital cable. See POD and "Plug and Play"

CableHome CableLabs try at defining how home networking should work (under their control) CDN Content Delivery Network CE Consumer Electronics (company) CEA Consumer Electronics Association. U.S. organization that represents CE mfrs. CEATEC - Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, sort of an equivalent on CES or CEBIT in Japan CeBIT - Center for Office and Information Technology, biggest one is in Germany sort of combination of Comdex and CES. CEDIA Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association want an expensive home theater? Equivalent type organization exists within CEA. CGI Computer Generated Imagery CGMS-A - Copy Generation Management System for Analog Component Video analog video is sent via three coax cables (RGB) for better image quality. Audio is sent separately. Composite Video old way of sending analog color video over one cable CP Copy Protection CPE Customer Premises Equipment. MSO term for an STB or modem CPRM Copy Protection for Recordable Media. CPPM for Pre-recorded Media. (4C) CPSA Content Protection System Architecture (4C) CPTWG Copy Protection Technical Working Group, MPAA & industry work out copy protection CRT Cathode Ray Tube, a dying technology DASE DTV Application Software Environment. U.S. proposed HTML+ for iTV. See ACAP DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite. Example: EchoStar. Sometimes called Direct To Home (DTH) DCMA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Europes equivalent is Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC DENi Digital Entertainment Network initiative. CE company initiative to standardize the way CE equipment talks to each other over Ethernet. See R7.6 DHWG Digital Home Working Group. Recently formed by CE and PC manufacturers to sort out how CE and PC equipment should talk to each other
Digital Cable Ready equipment complies with the digital cable "plug and play" requirements, so that with a POD, digital cable can connect directly. Direct View TV a type of TV where the image is formed on the plane that you are looking at, such as a CRT. DLP Digital Light Processor, T.I. DMD technology used in digital projectors DMD Digital Micromirror Device, the actual chip used in DLP Duo Sony's smaller version of their Memory Stick DTH Direct to Home, same as DBS DPOF Direct Print Order Format metadata for specifying how a photo should be rendered. DPTV Direct Projection (View) TV, also Digital Packet TV. DRM Digital Rights Management. Keeping content rights managed and avoiding pirates. DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, the DSL switch that connects to the consumer DTCP Digital Transmission Copy Protection. Encrypted 1394 link that protects content. See DTVLink. DTCP-IP Same as DTCP but intended for Ethernet DTT Digital Terrestrial Transmission. Broadcasting DTV over UHF. DTV Digital Television. Does not necessarily mean HDTV. DTVLink CEA consumer term for a 1394 (775) connection for HDTV video DVB Digital Video Broadcasting, an open industry standards group for digital TV and data broadcasting. DVB-ASI traditional signal an MSO may use (the other is QAM) DVI Digital Video Interface, DVI-D is digital only, DVD-I accepts digital and analog. EBU European Broadcasting Union, working on standards somewhat similar to SMPTE ECMA-Script version of Java Script adopted by the European Computer Mfrs Assoc. EDTV Enhanced Definition TV. 480p TV, often with 16:9 aspect ratios EPG Electronic Program Guide. Example: TV Guide. GemStar and Tribune are big players. EIC 61883 Defines how AV equipment should behave on 1394 ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Gary Sasaki

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