Franklin Roosevelt's fireside addresses -- although there were no televisions at the time, these radio talks were effective in boosting the country's confidence.

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In fact, the whole resort is quite simplistic in design, if you look past its gravity-defying guest room wings: basic wooden slats are placed in straight or diagonal stripes, poured concrete provides dividers between the expansive living areas and dining room, every piece of furniture or pillow is locally made by hand, and there are no televisions just acres of glass overlooking the seal-grey sea and the ever-changing weather.

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There are no automobiles, electricity or televisions, but there is a 24-hour butler.

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It tells us that even movies encoded on Blu-ray or HD-DVD discs at 1080p, will be played at no better than 1080i on most commercially available televisions.

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There are no more 60-foot posters with people exploding out of flatscreen televisions.

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It also happened to be a great viral high-definition promo for their line of LCD televisions, and they're going to be hard-pressed (no pun intended) to do an encore.

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