All Articles Tagged Analog Sunset

Robert Archer | 10/27 10:11 AM,

With the analog fat lady warming warming up her vocals cords as the electronics industry rapidly approaches the analog sunset, it's now more important than ever to have the capabilities to troubleshoot a client's digital infrastructure. The electronic connectivity manufacturer Atlona's latest product is designed to help industry professionals to successfully install fully reliable digital systems with efficiency. Atlona's new Digital Connectivity Testing Kit (KIT-PROHD3) is a simple and portable solution that installers can use to test their digital system installations. The company says the kit comes with its Signal… View this story

Joe Whitaker | 04/01 01:11 PM, 26 Comments

[UPDATE: Bill Paul of Neothings, which manufactures matrix switches, went to Magnolia to see for himself: Do the Samsung D Series TVs only support 480p over component? His field trip told him no. But that doesn't speak to future versions of the TVs and explanations by Samsung representatives that confirm the 480p "myth." Thanks to Bill for his investigation. Author Joe Whitaker continues to follow up with this manufacturer and others. -- Ed. And another UPDATE: A PR contact from Samsung reports, "Samsung has made no change to its support… View this story

Tom LeBlanc | 07/07 08:31 AM, 9 Comments

The impending so-called “analog sunset” has been touted as the next big thing affecting the custom electronics industry. Whether or not that’s hyperbole, it’s certain that there are things integrators need to know about restrictions being imposed by the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) licensing agreement — especially in regards to Blu-ray playback. If savvy clients haven’t already begun asking questions about whether or not they should throw out their component cables, they soon will. Integrators need to know what to tell them and how to react. Right now integrators… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 04/23 06:26 AM, 23 Comments

Sad but true. With the analog sunset nearing, manufacturers are phasing out component video, and it's easy to forget. On RemoteCentral.com, a dealer tells of an older couple that gets "very confused by technology." They wanted to upgrade to Blu-ray but didn't want anything fancy -- didn't even want to be confused by a Netflix splash page. So "Tweetymp4" thought he found something simple enough with the Panasonic DMP-BD45. By the way, neither of the two TVs had HDMI. And when the Panasonics arrived -- surprise, surprise -- no component… View this story