Comments on: Measuring Information http://art2science.org How technologies evolve from Art to Science Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Short http://art2science.org/measuring-information/#comment-15 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:00:26 +0000 http://art2science.org/?page_id=61#comment-15 Here is the link for the BBC news story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8407690.stm

]]> By: Jim Short http://art2science.org/measuring-information/#comment-14 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:04:02 +0000 http://art2science.org/?page_id=61#comment-14 For readers following this thread on HDTV, the BBC today published a news story entitled “Most of the UK missing out on HD.” The gist of the story is that while many consumers may have the technology to view HD, they are not setting up their devices to do so: “Although 56% of UK households now have an HD television, 91% still watch standard DVDs and get their television through standard set-top boxes.” The news story is at:

]]> By: art2science http://art2science.org/measuring-information/#comment-11 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:49:05 +0000 http://art2science.org/?page_id=61#comment-11 [comments from the NY Times blog; responses by Jim Short, coauthor of the report]
29. chris new york city
December 10th, 2009

Since 50% of the data attributes to TV. I guess next year’s numbers can easily double or triple as more people switch over to HDTV.

Nick Bilton
Lead Technology Writer, Bits
December 10th, 2009
12:44 pm
Chris – this is a really good point. The reason this study was much higher than past research can point to Video Games having much higher data delivery rates. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to these numbers as we consume more HDTV at home and streaming video on our mobile devices.

Response by Jim Short:

These are both interesting points. HDTV will affect our numbers, but not quickly, and we comment on it in our report. While sales began to take off in 2008, according to the Consumer Electronics Association more homes had HDTV sets (53% in January 2009) than could actually get HDTV signals (approximately 40%). Consumption of actual HDTV programs will increase gradually, so that in 5 years it could be much higher than today.

On video streaming to mobile devices, bandwidth for mobile video is inherently very low, so it is unlikely to make much of an impact (unless there is a revolution in bandwidth availability).

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