Netflix has just announced an on-demand video-streaming service offering full high-definition picture quality (so-called 1080p, which has 1, 080 lines in its picture) with 5.1-channel surround sound.
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It is said that a picture is worth 1, 000 words.
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That would be a big improvement in the fiscal picture, at around 1% of gross domestic product.
Tesco goes along with this picture, saying less than 1% of all its stock comes by air.
FastShip's speedy vessels (see picture) would carry about 1, 400 containers, compared with up to 7, 000 for today's sluggish giants of the seas.
In that way, a simple picture is worth way more than 1, 000 words.
This year, the math says "Gladiator" is the best bet for the top prize -- 2-1 to win best picture.
On a like-for-like basis - stripping out sales made in new stores - the picture was more gloomy with a decline of 1.3%.
The TD 40 family features Professional Grade IPS panels with 1920x1080 full HD resolution and 20, 000, 000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for stunning picture and color performance.
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Designed with DLP's DC3, the projectors allow viewers to enjoy razor-sharp 3D content, full HD1080p picture quality, a 10, 000:1 contrast ratio for stunningly vivid images, and built-in 2-watt stereo speakers for added convenience.
Despite an unsettled domestic picture, North American sales increased too, rising 1.3%.
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But if you look at data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) you get a much different picture, one in which Saudi Arabia currently produces about 1.2 million barrels a day more than Russia.
Brazilians will hope, too, that 2014 will at last expunge the memory of the last time they hosted the tournament, in 1950, when in the same stadium they inexplicably lost the final 2-1 to their tiny neighbour, Uruguay (see picture).
If one tots up the complete picture of job creation in the year just gone we see that 1.1 million is the figure.
Fire extinguishers have become the accoutrement of choice for police patrols (see picture) as far away as Lhasa, the Tibetan capital some 1, 200km south-west of Songpan.
Clearly, the price of natural resources and precious metals had gotten ahead of the actual growth of 1.8%, the weak housing and jobs picture, and attempts by India and China to slow their growth engines.
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As we reported earlier, they are taking LCD's and displays in general to the next step, by producing greater contrast ratios (200k:1), which will increase the quality of the picture we get from all currently available displays.
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In America the picture is less bleak, but even there returns will eventually drop to 1% if contribution rates stay the same.
The Dutch forward linked to a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt after Liverpool lost 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.
"The site is completely unique, showing 1, 500 years of history, giving us a complete picture of how people lived, " says George Papathanasopoulos, former director of the Acropolis Archaeological Site.
Taking up the point in the quest for world domination is Sony's XEL-1, which we admit puts out a great, albeit small, picture.
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She had recently dyed it brown, much to the delight of the gossip rags and her 1.5 million followers on Twitter, where she had posted a picture of the new do.
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Students from other parts of the UK receive subsidies for their tuition fees - but despite this the picture was mixed, with applications from Wales and Scotland down 3.9% and 1% respectively and applications from Northern Irish students up 2%.
Scene Partner 1: We see Mabel is wearing a syrup-stained name tag with a picture of a pancake stack.
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It incorporates a 13.1-inch (diagonal) high-resolution LED backlight screen, delivering a bright picture with 100 percent color saturation (select models) while conserving power and providing a wide spectrum of true-to-life colors.
But the showstopper is the 1, 450-square-foot Robert Louis Stevenson Suite, with its front-to-back picture windows on three sides--the joint has helicopter views from the bathtub.
Nevertheless, a survey of 100 economists painted a bleak picture of housing, as they expected prices to drop 2.5% this year, and then only rise 1.1% through 2015.
The company has already done this with 1, 700 available Android devices, so it has a massive comparative database to form an even clearer picture of the strengths and weaknesses of a new device.
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