The release claims that the objective of the group is to develop an interoperable standard that will ensure products manufactured by different companies will be able to directly connect to one another in order to provide wireless streaming of uncompressed HD A/V signals across devices - such as HDTVs and game consoles - throughout the home.

The Associated Press reports that while there are other wireless technologies in various stages of development such as WirelessHD and ultra-wideband (UWB), WHDI - though less exotic than WirelessHD, which uses an open portion of the radio band at 60 gigahertz compared to WHDI’s at 5 gigahertz - is able to transmit over greater distances than its competitors.

According to the AP report, Amimon utilizes an innovative technology that prioritizes components of a video signal, using most of its channel resources to transmit the “crucial information” and using less for the less crucial information (such as miniscule gradations of color in a small area).

Even though this technology does not use compression, it hardly seems a solution for HD streaming given that image quality decreases as distance increases according to the AP report. The report adds that some companies in the consortium, such as Samsung, believe WHDI will only be used until WirelessHD technology comes into its own.

The press release notes that the special interest group aims to complete its objective sometime in 2008.

The report continues by saying that links to buy products - such as a book or CD featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show or on The Late Show with David Letterman - will appear in a Tivo onscreen menu. The user can purchase the product right away or save the item in an Amazon account so as not to interrupt the program being viewed.

In the coming months, notes the report, TiVo plans on making this option available to advertisers so that users can buy products directly from television commercials.

Thomas S. Rogers, chief executive of TiVo says in the Times report; “Our goal now is to work with the media industry to come up with ways to resist the downward pressure of less advertising viewing and create a way for advertising on TV to become more effective, more engaging and closer to the sale. What we are trying to do is to create all the underpinnings of a future business model for television.”

The report notes that the album is rife with unreleased material and alternative takes primarily from the past 20 years. The album also features live recordings from Bonnaroo 2004, London in 2000, and New York’s Supper Club in 1993 in addition to soundtrack contributions and even a collaboration with Ralph Stanley on the song “The Lonesome River.”

According to pollstar.com, Dylan will tour until early September. Dates are listed below.

08/08/08 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
08/09/08 Pittsburgh, PA Southside Works
08/10/08 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track
08/12/08 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park Bandshell
08/13/08 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Hall
08/15/08 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater
08/16/08 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr.
08/17/08 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
08/19/08 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC (CMAC)
08/20/08 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
08/22/08 Cincinnati, OH National City Pavilion
08/23/08 Elizabeth, IN Caesars Indiana
08/24/08 Evansville, IN Mesker Amphitheatre
08/26/08 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre
08/27/08 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
08/28/08 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
08/30/08 Snowmass, CO Snowmass Town Park
08/31/08 Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
09/01/08 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
09/04/08 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
09/06/08 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium at Jack Murphy Field
09/07/08 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

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Any jazz fan, whether a deeply committed fanatic or casual listener, will agree that jazz is a truly indigenous American art form, growing, like the country itself, from a rich racial and cultural polyglot. And like a continent-wide jam session, the genre has echoed down the decades, its rhythms and styles intertwining, joining, dividing, growing.

Within that macrocosm there are pivotal moments of brilliance, moments that send the subject spinning off into a new and exciting direction. We all have our favorites: studio sessions or live sets that stand out in terms of innovation or outstanding execution.

Words often fall short when trying to describe such moments. Words contain, limit, define. Jazz, and particularly jazz improvisation, is about transcending limits and barriers. That said, words can be valuable in calling attention to these stellar moments, so others can find them and experience them directly. That is my intention with this column.

A case in point:

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The report notes that the initial round of releases will be Aug. 19 as part of a series called “From the Capitol Vaults.� Rollingstone.com reports that other albums to be reissued include John Lennon’s Imagine, The Wings’s Band on the Run, R.E.M.’s Document, A Perfect Circle’s Mer de Noms, and a pair of Bob Seger albums.

Pitchfork adds that Radiohead’s first two albums, Pablo Honey and The Bends, will be released after the first round on Aug. 19.

The report continues by saying that the reissues will be pressed on “high quality vinyl� and be packaged in the original artwork.

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“We’re no longer competing with the iPod,� said Rhapsody’s Vice President Neil Smith. “We’re embracing it.�

Given the vast popularity of Apple’s portable music player, a digital music store has no choice but to provide tracks compatible with the iPod if it wants a chance to compete with Apple’s iTunes.

The report adds that until now, Rhapsody has been largely a subscription-based service delivering unlimited streaming to its customers for $13 to $15 a month.

The report continues by saying that Rhapsody will also provide the music store portion of MTV’s music Web site as well as content for the popular Facebook application, iLike.

Additionally, the report notes, Rhapsody services will be available for Verizon cell phone users via the wireless VCAST service. Songs purchased from phones can then be transferred to computers.

A quick perusal of rhapsody.com indicates that most full albums retail for $10 and single tracks for $1.

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There are only very scant details about the product itself, except that it will support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound formats with 1080p video playback.

Onkyo had previously thrown their lot in with the now defunct HD DVD camp, making some very quality HD DVD players. These high-performance HD DVD players have served to generate quite a stir about the potential quality of an Onkyo Blu-ray player, making this one of the more highly anticipated products of 2008 among home theater enthusiasts.

There is no confirmed price or further specs available at the moment.

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