" Maybe it should really be called the "year of long-delayed hi-def network-products finally making it to market.
Hi-def Blu-ray discs, which were supposed to usher in a new era of movie library upgrades, have yet to make up the losses from piracy and weak consumer spending.
Here we've got one of the first high-def hands-on experiences of Motorola's latest Android set, the MOTOROI, loaded with a Korean ROM in preparation for its upcoming launch on SK Telecom.
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That could free up bandwidth for local high-def channels over satellite or more high-def channels over cable systems.
It's a shame that such an expensive camera with high-def output comes with such a low-def approach to the basic task of composing the image.
Satellite and conventional over-the-air broadcasting will remain the primary high-def program sources until cable operators decide to carry high-def content and Hollywood delivers prerecorded HD cassettes or discs.
Comcast owns the NHL high-def broadcast rights and you would think that they would want to provide their subscribers with the most possible high-def NHL content but it all boils down to one thing: money.
Mark Cuban's high-def network, HDNet, cannot be found on Comcast and with hockey season right around the corner, many fans want the network not because of the Hogan's Hero's reruns but the 52 high-def hockey games they are going to broadcast this year.
Think about it, at a certain point the screens can only get so high-def and the whatever-megapixel camera will be more powerful than anyone needs.
Powering all 85 inches of high-def visuals is a quad-core processor, which should also help to up-sample 1080p footage to make better use of that Ultra HD (4K) resolution.
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It does it on the very same little MiniDV tapes that other digital camcorders use for capturing standard-definition fare, yet manages to cram 60 minutes of high-def onto a standard one-hour cassette.
Composer and pianist Robert Glasper has recorded with artists ranging from Roy Hargrove to Carly Simon, and he often collaborates with hip-hop stars like Mos Def and Q-Tip.
It certainly isn't inconceivable that Apple will start selling high-def video through some sort of iTunes-like online store ( Steve Jobs talked a lot about HD during his Macworld keynote this past January), but an Apple satellite network (at least as described) just sounds like some Apple fanboy's wet dream.
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High-def sets fall into three basic categories: direct-view, rear-projection and front-projection.
My personal high-def dream machine is Marantz's new VP-12S2 projector.
The Xbox 360, along with Akimbo, will be among the first mass-market devices able to download high def television programs -- and the first we know of in the states able to download HD movies.
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D-Link is touting the new DSM-5210R as the first wireless high-def streaming media player with 100GB of storage and 5-in-1 card reader, but is it semantics?
The JVC can record and play in standard DV format and convert its own high-def recordings on the fly for playback at lower resolution on old-fashioned TVs.
For the entertainment enthusiast, the all-in-one offers a true Hi-Def experience featuring a 16:9 aspect ratio screen for cinema-like viewing and support for 1920x1080 full HD resolution delivering outstanding image quality.
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Poll any random group of HDTV owners about what non-HD station they wanted in high-def and you'll get two stations more than any other: Sci-Fi and FX.
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At some point in the next decade or two, when 100-gigabyte blue-ray DVDs will barely contain the high-def Lord of the Rings trilogy, we'll be reaching the limits of 2-D.
NeoDigits has created an audiophile grade high-def media center DVD player. (that's a mouth full) This player utilizes high-end grade construction with equally as impressive components.
The Slingbox PRO is their new flagship model, with additional inputs and outputs so you can control up to four audio or video sources (sadly, if you want to use high-def component inputs you need to drop an extra fifty bucks on a dongle they're calling the HD Connect -- there is no option for HDMI).
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The lighter weight, high-def displays, and user profile features are not to be overlooked.
This has to be the same reason that cable stations have not gone high-def yet.
That's bad news for people selling houses and also bad news for people selling hi-def televisions.
The satellite providers each offer a high-def version of the eastern feeds of HBO and Showtime.
Two good sources for high-def schedules, both satellite and broadcast, are Hdtvgalaxy.com and Titantv.com.
Thankfully high-def sporting events are commonplace these days but occasionally an SD game pops up.
The TV ads will be in high-def and only on Discovery HD, INHD and HDNet.
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