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HD Radio - The Other White Meat
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2008
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
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
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
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

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
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
High-definition television will get a big push this season and next with sports programming from ABC and ESPN.
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HD Travels to Theater via BitTorrent
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 15, 2009
What's the best way to get super-high-res HD movies to your neighborhood moviehouse? An experiment in Norway suggests an unlikely answer: BitTorrent.
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HD Video Looms Large at HI-FI '98
Barry Willis  |  Jun 06, 1998

Video is hot and getting hotter. With HDTV looming on the horizon, no-compromise video demonstrations will be among the biggest attractions at <A HREF="http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98</A>, beginning Tuesday at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.

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HD Viewers to Double between 2007 and 2008
SV Staff  |  Apr 14, 2008
The whole world is slowly upgrading to high-def. While many countries can't compete with the U.S. in terms of adoption speeds, they're still latching on at their own pace. Only two percent of homes around the world watched high-definition...
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HD VOD May Upstage Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 20, 2008
Look out, Blu-ray. Video on demand may deliver the high-def goods to homes before your shiny discs even make it into stores. And here's a nasty twist: This may mark the first use of selectable output control to turn off the analog component video interface.
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HD, Networking Standards Sought
 |  Jun 29, 2003

In late June, two electronics industry groups presented proposals that could make "plug and play" a reality for high-definition video components,home networking devices, and other types of consumer products.

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HD-Day On October 10th: Warner To Release Seven Titles On HD DVD and Blu-ray; Universal Adds Catalog Favorites For November
 |  Sep 24, 2006  |  First Published: Sep 25, 2006

The HD releases continue to pile up in time for the holidays, and Warner is leading the charge in a major way. On October 10th several recent hits and critically acclaimed films will hit stores.

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HD-DVD Delayed?
 |  Sep 15, 2005

What a difference nine months can make. At CES 2005 in January the HD-DVD group hosted a gala event at a posh Vegas strip nightclub to unveil its plan to be the first HD disc format to market with the most- Toshiba said they’d have a $999 player in the fourth quarter of 2005 and representatives from major studios such as Warner, Paramount, and Universal strode to the podium amid swirling lights and pledged their support for the format to the tune of 90 HD-DVD titles at launch. All the elements seemed in place for a strong pre-emptive strike against Blu-ray, which has yet to announce a US launch date of either hardware or pre-packaged movie titles. The splashy 2005 holiday season launch was to be one of HD-DVD’s key advantages over the rival Blu-ray Disc format.

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HD-DVD Getting Closer
Jon Iverson  |  Mar 24, 2002

In <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showvote.cgi?224">poll</A> after <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showvote.cgi?217">poll</A>, <I>Guide to Home Theater</I> readers suggest that some form of high definition DVD will be one of the key developments needed to give HDTV a real kick in the pants. It may be a while before the copyright issues are resolved sufficiently to make it happen, but the technology appears to be on its way.

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