(This column appeared, in slightly edited form, in EE Times, January 22, 2007; it also contains a correction, marked with an *, to that print version) No doubt about it: 2006 was the year of the ...

I was driving home from philly last night, bored out of my skull, and for whatever reason I got to thinking about how bright reds look awful on traditional standard def crt televisions. Now, so you ...