But card issuers have also been getting into the rewards game for the high-flying set.
Nearly one in four households (23 percent) plan to buy a new high-definition set in the coming 12 months.
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But what really made him rich was the same thing the high-tech set hang their moneybags on today: a patent.
The bottom picture illustrates the "screen door" effect of a high-def set.
In each of those regions, too, Buzz has begun to pick up again, although it is not yet at the high-point set in early Spring.
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And while those who bought an HD DVD player bet on a losing format, many players can "up-convert" regular DVDs, making many video libraries look better on a high-definition set.
There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.
Solectron (nyse: SLR - news - people ), a contract manufacturer, has moved production of more complex products like high-end servers and set-top boxes from the U.S. to Mexico in recent years.
Couper Samuelson, a producer in Los Angeles, recently bought a top-of-the-line Samsung high-definition television set.
The images won't necessarily look better, unless consumers have an enhanced or high-definition TV set.
It sports a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, as much as you'd find on a high-definition TV set.
Digital distribution removes the high set-up costs and everything else changes with it.
While that was happening throughout July, high-quality short set ups were setting up and breaking down, and the distribution makes it look like the downtrend is going to last longer than people hope for.
Designed by high-caliber Hollywood set designers (The Bourne Legacy is among their recent credits), the bedroom has the look and feel of an ancient stone temple tells the story of the Mayan numerical system, alphabet, and astrological chart.
Instead of strengthening the U.S. high-tech industry, Google is set to disrupt the U.S. high-tech industry.
Rear-seat passengers can watch high-resolution TV monitors set into the seatbacks facing them, as they relax in airline-style recliner seats.
Since insurance companies can and do turn down individuals who apply for coverage if they're in less-than-perfect health, many states have set up high-risk pools to give them a place they can get insurance, even if they have to pay substantially higher premiums.
Were the tax shelters that high-earners were encouraged to set up to shield themselves from high income tax rates actually better for building a sustainable, prosperous economy than the combination of low tax rates and no shelters?
The Dow Industrials are in a trading range between the year-to-date low of 11, 555 set on March 16 and the year-to-date high at 12, 876 set on May 2.
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But as any true video snob knows, the best-quality picture can't be found on a mere television set, high-definition or not.
Bill Gates has a long history of making investments in cable companies with the hopes that it will secure Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) software a significant role in the technology used for high-speed Internet access and for cable set-top boxes that deliver interactive TV.
After all, the venerable DJIA is a mere 16 points away from the multi-year high it set on Tuesday.
Baldor Electric had a fine day today surging ahead nearly 10% and approaching its 52-week high set in April.
Mr Campbell will be part of a high-level US delegation set to arrive in Japan next week for a trip that also includes South Korea.
The center has about 2, 600 employees after billions of dollars in state investment, but has also attracted some of the world's top high-tech firms to set up shop.
They were restricted to a couple of high balls from set-pieces aimed at Sol Bamba, with the defender failing to get sufficient purchase on his headers to threaten the visitors' goal.
In other news, shares in Alcoa moved dramatically after news of the purchase of Canadian aluminum producer Alcan by London-based Rio Tinto, staging an 8.6% rally Thursday through the stock's all-time high set in 2001.
The sudden moves in the currency overnight capped a strong week for stocks, with the up Nikkei 6.6% since last Friday, trading at a fresh near-five-year high and set for its best weekly performance since 2009.
The Education Committee (9.30am) has a session with members of the high-powered Academies Commission set up by the Royal Society for the Arts to look at the implications of the drive towards a fully academised system - and which questioned if it was justified by the evidence.
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