It also offers a progressive-scan, wide-screen, 60-frame-per-second MPEG-2 format that delivers far less resolution than full-fledged HD, but may work well when transferred to DVD.

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Featuring the compact size, full-frame, 18 megapixel 24 x 36mm sensor (35mm format), sophisticated image processing and robust construction of the highly successful Leica M9, the M9-P also incorporates features designed for professional users or photographers who prefer a pure, even more unobtrusive styling.

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But that amounts to only half the frame rate HDTV broadcasts use in their 720-pixel progressive format.

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It all started when Hasbro released the portable, disc-based VideoNow player, which used a proprietary format to play back grainy low-resolution monochrome video at a low frame rate.

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It followed up with the VideoNow Color, which uses a proprietary format to play back grainy, low-resolution, color video at a low frame rate.

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