- U.S. digital television, ground
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How manufacturers are ushering in this year's new arrival The transition from analog to digital television is underway. Soon American consumers will have access to the wonders of digital high definition television: digital surround sound, unprecedented picture resolution and a link to a variety of new features and technologies. Which ......
- Stringer: Set Sales to Soar
Las Vegas— High-definition television is about to reach its tipping point. Sales of HDTV sets this year will exceed those of conventional sets for the first time, Sony Corp. chairman and CEO Howard Stringer said on Jan. 5 at the start of the International Consumer Electronics Show here. What does ......
- Samsung Makes WW HDTV Push
To accelerate the adoption of high-definition television (HDTV), Seoul, Korea-based consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has teamed with media and entertainment provider Discovery Communications. The companies said Thursday they would demonstrate to viewers around the world how HD technology enhances the viewing experience. As the first step in ......
- Samsung Makes WW HDTV Push
To accelerate the adoption of high-definition television (HDTV), Seoul, Korea-based consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has teamed with media and entertainment provider Discovery Communications. The companies said Thursday they would demonstrate to viewers around the world how HD technology enhances the viewing experience. As the first step in ......
- Time to Plug & Play
Setting aside years of bitter discord, the cable and consumer-electronics industries last week inked a groundbreaking agreement that will marry digital cable and TV technology, paving the way for plug-and play high-definition televisions that don't require a set-top box. But while the agreement is an important step, the two groups ......
- Making a ne-Wire World...
Since the launch of high-definition television in the late 1990s, consumer electronics manufacturers, cable and DBS operators, and content providers have wrestled with ways to connect HD television sets to set-top receivers and other devices without jeopardizing the content displayed on those sets. Now tech-savvy consumers want it all, and ......
- HDTV's Outlook Appears Murky
As cable operators roll out high-definition television throughout the U.S., a murky regulatory environment has them treading cautiously. Even though the Federal Communications Commission doesn't regulate how cable operators price or market HDTV, it has warned MSOs not to create any barriers to a quick digital-TV deployment. A partial result ......