Amit’s lab

Update: This article has been published in India’s leading Electronics magazine “Electronics For You (EFY)” january’2010 edition.
With the advent of Digital Television, Set Top Box (STB) has become the buzzword. The transmission of television signals has gone digital whereas most of the TV’s at home are still analog. So, an STB converts the digital [...]

Update : This article has been published in a leading electronics magazine Electronics For you July’2009 edition.
Television is not a new concept. We are watching television for more than three decades. But, as everyone knows, technology is ever evolving which is leading towards the exponential changes in the world of television. With the [...]

Just an update to my previous post.
This War intensifies with Tata Sky annoucing its PVR Set Top Box to be launched Soon. Check out Tata Sky Website for details. With this, you’ll be able to pause, rewind, record Live TV.
I won’t talk much about it right now and will wait for its [...]

ALRIGHT!!! THE PARTY IS ON. The war has begun with the latest entrant being Bharti in the Indian Satellite TV (DTH) space. Bharti entered the market with the brand name “Airtel Digital TV” a day before. For the past one week, Airtel was running teaser campaign (”See you at home soon”) for its Digital TV [...]

Alright!! this news is an old shit. I was thinking to write about it for many months but was always wary of the leagal bindings I have with my company. Now, that the news is old, stale and widely public, I feel like talking about it.
Satellite TV hacking has been in a lot of focus [...]

This is an idea which is doing rounds in my mind for quite a while. I tried promoting it but people could not see it realizing. So, I am just posting it out here. If any VC is reading and likes it, please mail me.. and if any developer likes it and gets it through, [...]