The lack of data sets received on a regular basis, the lack of an industry standard format for data set composition, and the composition of data sets that were unformatted or too large for computers to process without crashing.

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The growing popularity of big-screen, high-definition TV sets -- which can play either format, depending on the player you buy to go with it -- suggests that consumers are eager to watch cutting-edge, super-crisp movies.

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He is making limited large-format editions of selected images, including four additional sets of the 800 prints he's supplying to Dartmouth and 28 each of two portfolios containing 20 World War II prints.

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Display makers claim to make sure their sets can show video at the best possible resolution regardless of source and format, and that's where the question above comes into play.

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Jpacks does offer products that are laid out in an easy to view format to those who wish to expand or add to their model train sets.

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And DVD, which never was a high-resolution format, actually helped sell HDTVs for several years because it looked so good on those new sets even before much true HD content was available.

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Could it introduce downloading to a broader base of older music fans, much the way early CD box sets by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen persuaded consumers in the mid-'80s to try the CD format?

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The result: while sales of high-definition televisions sets have soared, sales of next-generation discs and videodisc players have not as consumers wait to see which format will come out ahead.

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