The Project Entangle EX-β
A couple months ago we were thrilled to assemble an Entangle platform that actually looked and felt more like a set-top box. The Entangle EX-α is a Raspberry Pi 4 mated to an HDHomerun Flex 4k. Unfortunately stock FFmpeg doesn’t enable hardware-accelerated HEVC decode, which is needed to watch ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. And while patches …
Send In The Clones! Cloning the Silver Sensor
For many years one of our favorite antennas, and our go-to antenna for on-the-road OTA, was the venerable Silver Sensor. It’s on the compact side and has an interesting reception pattern – it’s somewhat directional and rejects signals from the back, but has a rather wide reception from the front. We had one since the …
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The Project Entangle EX
Project Entangle – our platform for exploring ways of obtaining and consuming media – was developed on PCs and up until now Entangle platforms have largely been laptops or NUCs. They make great development environments and have a plethora of tools often missing from embedded platforms. But even “thin and light” laptops are big …
AI In TVs: What Is It, And Why Does It Matter?
Anyone who’s looked into buying a TV recently, especially (though not exclusively) a mid-range or high-end model, will likely have seen the letters “AI” cropping up somewhere along the way.
Prime Video's new AI offerings aim to put the viewer in the QB's shoes
So you think you know football? Prime Video is going to put your analytical abilities to the test this season with a full suite of AI-enhanced broadcasts that aim to demonstrate just how complex the NFL game can be.
Meta Previews ‘Movie Gen’ AI Video Creation Tool
Get ready for the next wave of AI generated content, with Meta unveiling its latest video generation tool, called “Movie Gen”, which will soon be available in its apps.
CBS Stations Debut AR/VR Presidential Election Center
An ambitious effort to develop and deploy AR/VR technologies at CBS’ owned stations will be taking center stage on Nov. 5 in five markets, when CBS Stations will debut what the division is calling “unprecedented augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) presidential election coverage” on Nov.