The RealD Format combines left eye and right eye 3D image streams into a single channel for delivery of high-definition progressive or interlaced 3D video using today's Internet or broadcast infrastructure, including existing PCs, HD set-top boxes and DVRs, to any 3D-enabled display type.

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Ms Heggessey added that she wanted to give the channel a more solid image and she particularly disliked the term "Auntie" when referring to the BBC.

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It says a lot about Australian attitudes on the subject that Ms Gillard's image-makers clearly saw the sit-down interview with Channel Nine as a plus rather than as a negative.

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One key feature that does lag a bit on the Mini is changing the channel while watching live TV (the progress indicator in the image below was added to help time pass).

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Ms Heggessey took over as channel controller in November and has been looking into the station's image.

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None of these questions are new, but, with Winfrey having embarked on an extraordinary venture starting a cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), that is meant to be entirely in her own image they are worth asking.

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