Category Archives: Digital Tech Consulting

5G: Something Is Happening, But We Don’t Know What It Is

Posted on 14 December 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

As our annual sojourn to the crowded and exhausting CES creeps closer like an appointment for a root canal, we might foretell here what we expect to see at the annual electronics gathering. But instead, we’d like to look ahead … Continue reading →

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Is the HEVC Digital Camera/Editing Software Logjam About to Burst?

Posted on 23 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

All 4K UHDs can decode HEVC files; after all, all the 4K streaming video content from Netflix and Amazon and Vudu and anyone else who is or will be streaming 4K video is encoded in HEVC. Unfortunately, the HEVC ecosystem … Continue reading →

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Shhh! Panasonic is About to Debut UHD Blu-ray – But Don’t Tell Anyone

Posted on 9 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Did you know that Panasonic was on the verge of releasing the world’s first UHD Blu-ray deck? No? Neither did I, or anyone else who doesn’t speak Japanese or work for Panasonic. Read more here.

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Digital Camera Sales Continue to Crash. So Why Are These Execs Smiling?

Posted on 2 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

There seem to be few signs of life in the cratering digital camera business….Yet, at last week’s PhotoPlus Expo in New York, amidst enthusiastic throngs of photog trade and user pros, I found mostly surprisingly buoyant company representatives. Read more … Continue reading →

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Why the UHD Transition is NOT the HDTV Transition

Posted on 28 September 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

If you’re feeling some weird sense of déjà vu with the chicken-egg conundrum surrounding the production of 4K content/broadcasting and UHD TV sales, it’s because you have vague recollections of the introduction of HDTV back in the late 1990s. While … Continue reading →

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UHD Blu-ray Is Coming – Just Not This Year

Posted on 14 September 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

If you were expecting the 4K/UHD revolution to receive a Battle of Saratoga-like shot in the arm with the inaugural availability of UHD Blu-ray this fall – forget it. Read more here.

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There’s a New Platform/Content Paradigm in Town

Posted on 15 July 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Every technology platform from the first one – Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press in the 15th century – has been fed by content. But this dominant platform-sustenance content food chain is beginning to mutate. I explore this evolution in the hardware/content co-dependency paradigm … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons NOT To Buy a 4K UHD TV – Yet

Posted on 30 June 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

At the time this screed was written for the Huffington Post, the issue of HDR compatibility as well as the lack of flat, an update to HDMI to accommodate HDR technologies, and the lack of flat OLED models had been … Continue reading →

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Apple Watch/Apple Pay: Not The Disruptor We Were Expecting?

Posted on 14 June 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Apple Watch’s killer app/function may be Apple Pay, the ability to pay simply by tapping your wrist to a compatible POS terminal. But will there be enough retail locations who accept Watch-based Apple Pay to make a difference? I explore … Continue reading →

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Will the UHD HDR Revolution be Televised?

Posted on 26 May 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Confused about the whole idea of HDR? Here’s somewhat of a technological explanation for Digital Technology Consulting of this improved contrast technology designed to make 4K UHD TV images as life-like as possible.

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