While some government satellites can take a sharp picture of a guerrilla's tent or capture a cell-phone call, they won't know if the tent has moved 400 meters in the past several hours or where the cell phone call originated.
The team's work offers such a sharp picture of the past that it is possible to trace the histories even of individual communities, such as one in Essex whose inhabitants built, used and then abandoned an enclosure within the span of a single generation.
Trust us, the sharp and large picture you may hope for from this device is possible only in very limited circumstances -- even a moonlit night seems likely to mess with your enjoyment of the attached pico projector's output.
An interesting development in this respect is that the latest antennas are capable of displaying a picture as sharp as, and sometimes better, than cable or satellite.
In the new AQUOS 8-Series, Sharp takes brightness to an entirely new level with the introduction of Super Bright which combines an intelligent contrast engine with a 50 percent higher brightness panel to create Sharp's brightest picture with more contrast.
If a train had gone over it the edges would have been ground down, but as you can see in the picture the edges are sharp.
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.
The picture was pleasingly rich and sharp -- presumably due to the aforementioned backlighting and the ES series' edge-to-edge design.
Even if that understates the real picture, it suggests a sharp drop in central-bank purchases of American bonds compared with 2004.
The result is Sharp's most brilliant, most contrasted picture ever.
Fueled by an unmatched selection of large screen choices, picture quality performance and brand strength, Sharp more than doubled its market share between 2010 and 2012 (based on revenue share).
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"There is no theoretical limit to the picture quality of LCD screens, " says Sharp's Imai.
It sports an 84in (213cm) screen, smaller than a 90in model made by Sharp, but LG boasts support for 4K, a more advanced picture format.
"3G has capacity limitations and if two or three people in one place are receiving a TV picture, you can't make a phone call, " explained Mr Sharp.
For now, most picture libraries will probably stick to more physical means of delivery, since downloading a sharp enough image over the Internet takes a long time.
Granted, the survey was commissioned by Sharp in order to gloat about its "eco-friendly" AQUOS, but the bigger picture here is that the public at large is still a long ways away from really wrapping their heads around high-def.
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