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HD DVD Turns Up the Heat
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 11, 2005  |  0 comments
Despite rumors of a pending peace treaty, the possibility of a much desired agreement between the HD DVD zealots (led by Toshiba) and Blu-ray partisans (led by Sony) creating a single high-definition DVD standard look about as likely as the re-unification of North and South Korea thanks to multiple HD DVD-related announcements over the last few days.
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HD DVD Victory Dissected
user  |  Aug 23, 2007  |  0 comments
Tuesday's surprise announcement that Paramount and DreamWorks would drop Blu-ray for HD DVD caused quite a flutter in the home theater community. Following are a few notes in the aftermath of the PR explosion.
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HD DVD's Death: The Autopsy
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2008  |  0 comments
  The high definition disc format HD DVD was killed today - the victim of abandonment. Toshiba Corporation, the company behind HD DVD's development, announced that it was pulling the plug on the nearly two-year-old format, effectively making...
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HD DVD's End Reported Near
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 15, 2008  |  0 comments
A Hollywood trade publication suggests that the end may be near for HD DVD, quoting a combination of on- and off-the-record sources. Update: That report has been confirmed by two other news outlets. See last graf.
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HD DVDs Dropping Like Bees
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Come Tuesday, the list of to-be-released HD DVDs will be considerably shorter. Perhaps HD DVD player owners should consider shopping for a stylish vase to put on that empty shelf reserved for HD copies of  Paramount's There Will be Blood,...
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HD Events in November
 |  Oct 27, 2003  |  0 comments

The Los Angeles area will be a hotbed of high-definition activity in November, with an HD camcorder and editing workshop early in the month to be followed by the HDTV Forum confab a week later.

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HD Flat Panels For 2006 From Syntax-Brillian And V, Inc.
 |  Feb 02, 2006  |  0 comments

At CES 2006 the Syntax-Brillian Corp. announced it would be diving into high-end home theater with the "Olevia Signature" line of LCD flat panels. The first two models will be the 42" LT42HVi and 47" LT47HVi. Obviously intending to make a big splash out of the gate, Syntax revealed that both sets will feature full 1920x1080 resolution and Silicon Optix' vaunted Realta video processor with HQV.

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HD Maverick Mark Cuban Invests in 3D Theaters
SV Staff  |  Dec 31, 2008  |  0 comments
Come on, we couldn't let 2008 end without one more use of the word "maverick." Dallas Mavericks owner and HD maverick Mark Cuban has bought a large stake in the Carmike Cinema chain, and not because he loves popcorn.In an email to...
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HD Radio - The Other White Meat
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2008  |  0 comments
First, let's get the uncomfortably "truthy" stuff out of the way. HD Radio doesn't have anything to do with HDTV, and it doesn't really have anything to do with "High Definition" in general. Instead, think of HD as being...
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HD Radio Not Making Waves
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2008  |  0 comments
HD Radio has been available for about four years in the United States, and is still struggling to make a dent in the marketplace. As XM Radio exceeds 9.6 million subscribers, consumer awareness of HD Radio is pathetically low. Prices of...
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HD Radio Stations: More Power, Please
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 02, 2008  |  0 comments
FM stations sending out over-the-air digital signals have a message for the Federal Communications Commission: We need a stronger signal.
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HD Radio: Not Dead Yet
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2008  |  0 comments
Ask the average person on the street if they've ever heard of HD Radio, and you'll most likely get a blank stare. Despite a large advertising push, most folks still have no clue what HD Radio is, how to get it, or why it even matters. However, in a...
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HD Rising
 |  Mar 16, 2007  |  0 comments

Earlier this week High-Def Digest reported that the Blu-ray release of the newest James Bond flick, <I>Casino Royale</I>, cracked the top ten DVD sales list at Amazon in its first day of release on Tuesday. Cracking the Amazon Top Ten is a first for either HD format, and surely a good sign of growing consumer acceptance of the next-gen formats.

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HD Signals Lag HDTVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2010  |  0 comments
The good news is that HDTV ownership is up. The bad news is that many HDTVs in U.S. homes can't get an HD signal.
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HD Sports on ABC, ESPN
HT Staff  |  Oct 22, 2002  |  0 comments
High-definition television will get a big push this season and next with sports programming from ABC and ESPN.
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