Fast-paced, graphically intense videogames will look a lot sharper on the high-resolution digital sets.
Digital TV offers a wider range of channels than analogue TV and much of the content available on teletext-based services can be accessed on digital sets.
"It's at a point where it's not just the early adopter, technophiles buying digital sets, " says John Revie , Samsung vice president of visual display marketing.
The group wants drivers to be encouraged to install DAB radios in their cars, and says the government should consider making digital sets cheaper by introducing a duty exemption.
They have been headed in that direction for several years--in 2006, digital sets will outsell analog sets at a ratio by a two-to-one ratio, the Consumer Electronics Association estimates--but the new law will accelerate that trend.
On the third floor, in the experimental production studio, students will be able to record their own creations with high-definition cameras and a wide array of "digital sets, " complete the videos in a postproduction bay and then disseminate them via the Internet to a world-wide audience.
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Demand for digital radio sets has risen steadily over the last 12 months.
This has not been helped by the fact that some big manufacturers have yet to start making or selling digital radio sets.
It can also be heard on more than 250, 000 DAB digital radio sets, as well as in 1.5 million Freeview homes, three million cable homes and on the internet.
And within a year, even consumers who aren't interested in upgrading from analog to cable won't have a choice if they're buying a new set--the law requires retailers to only carry digital-capable sets by March 1, 2007.
And researchers believe that within five years' time, consumers around the world may buy as many as 200 million devices that deliver digital video to television sets.
He sees revenue from televisions growing 20% to 25% from last year, even as unit sales stay flat, with consumers moving up to larger sets and digital pictures.
Ultimately, updating the City's digital infrastructure for the 21st century sets the foundation for innovation that will continue to move us forward.
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Walter Isaacson's new "Steve Jobs" biography reveals that digital textbooks and Internet-enabled TV sets were among Jobs' next areas of focus for Apple.
While the government will only take existing analogue stations off air when 95% of housholds have access to digital TV, this does not take into account the many homes where the main television is digital-compatible but second or third sets are not.
Existing digital television viewers will have to retune their sets.
In an age where companies are scrambling to combat the sinking prices of LCD HDTVs, Uniden decided to make no bones about where it was trimming the fat, as it introduced a pair of 1080p sets that are devoid of an internal digital TV tuner.
According to Manson Bandcamp sets a minimum price of 50 cents for digital pre-orders, and some people got in touch with him after accidentally only paying the minimum cost for the album.
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But the strategy sets out plans to ensure there is universal adoption of digital technologies.
They have been working for almost a year on a digital videodisc intended to provide content along with Web browsing for television sets, and he wants to review their progress before leaving for Japan, where he will meet with such potential partners as Toshiba.
This is just one example of the power of unlocking rich government data sets and services to the public and is exactly what the Digital Government Strategy is trying to accomplish.
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When asked about particular skill sets possessed by returning veterans, Jones remarked on the specialized digital security training provided to many service members who are now available to serve the technology industry as internet programmers and mobile application developers.
The fact is the marketplace is littered with dozens of novelty watches, all of which tell time well, and which do such things as receive Global Positioning Systems signals, change the channel on TV sets, take pictures and store contact lists like a personal digital assistant.
Digital techniques are making some of the most expensive aspects of filmmaking--costly sets, location shooting, extras, stuntmen--unnecessary.
Entry into the digital kingdom, though, has a price: after decades of reliability, television sets may finally start to crash.
His track record for successfully joining product, promotion, and direct-to-consumer marketing sets a compelling stage for both MOG and "Daisy" within the burgeoning and competitive digital music space.
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But none of the benefits of digital TV--nor the relatively small number of people who have over-the-air analog sets--provide much argument for government subsidies of converter boxes.
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