Singapore will begin a trial service to test high definition TV by the summer of 2006. Television viewers always want wider choices and better quality and one of the technologies affecting broadcasting companies is high definition TV. Several countries have already launched HDTV and China has committed to HDTV telecasts of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [...]
Entries from November 2005
Singapore to start service of HDTV by next year
November 30th, 2005 · No Comments
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HDTV to be launched in the UK
November 28th, 2005 · No Comments
The first nationwide high definition service will launch next year, BSkyB has said. The company will use its current satellite network to broadcast high definition pictures on a range of channels, and will run HD versions of Sky One, Sky Sports, Sky Movies and Artsworld. Programmes will include premiership football, rugby, movies and US TV [...]
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High Def, Low Cost: HDTV Prices Plunge
November 28th, 2005 · No Comments
The interesting article from abcnews: The most casual of HDTV shoppers know that prices fall each year, but price cuts over the past 12 months have finally brought large LCD and plasma models within reach for mainstream shoppers as the holiday-buying season gets into full swing. Prices for LCD TVs have declined in part because [...]
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National Geographic joins Sky’s HDTV lineup
November 28th, 2005 · No Comments
National Geographic has launch a new channel as part of Sky’s upcoming HDTV service. The station is the first from a third-party broadcaster to join the HD lineup. Previously announced channels include HD versions of Artsworld and Sky One, two Sky Movies screens, one Sky Sports channel and one Sky Box Office channel. National Geographic [...]
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Sharp AQUOS Named Official High-Definition Television of NBC Experience Store
November 21st, 2005 · No Comments
Sharp Electronics announced today that they have entered into a 5-year partnership with NBC Universal that will make the Sharp AQUOS the official high-definition television of the NBC Experience Store. More than 150 Sharp AQUOS LC-TVs have been installed throughout the store and selected areas of the NBC Studio Tour. Sharp’s stunning 65-inch AQUOS, the [...]
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High-definition TV prices descend to as low as $700
November 21st, 2005 · No Comments
High-definition TV has been coming for a long time. These TVs offer wider screens, sharper pictures and better sound that make you feel like you’re sitting in a theater in your living room. Sales are finally taking off because they’re more affordable for the mainstream. Norcent Technologies has a 27-inch HDTV that sells for $700 [...]
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MTV launches HDTV
November 16th, 2005 · No Comments
MTV Networks has announced today that they had plans set to launch a high definition (HDTV) channel from January. MTV, the US based company, will base its studios in the ski resort of Vail during the winter months and hopes to provide round the clock high definition programming. Tony Dunaif, an MTV executive, believes HDTV [...]
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China to Launch HDTV Channel in January 2006
November 14th, 2005 · No Comments
News from China: Chinese state television will launch the country’s first digital high-definition TV channel on New Year’s Day. The pay channel will broadcast 18 hours a day and carry events such as the 2006 soccer World Cup in Berlin, the official Xinhua News Agency said. High-definition images offer viewers clearer, more vivid images than [...]
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Feature: A High Definition Christmas 2005
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments
Although broadcast High Definition Television still seems to be a few months away, that is no reason not to have your Christmas celebrations in High Definition. As reported over the summer, Sony have released the ??1,500 Handycam HDR-HC1E (street price ??1,300), a delightful little camera which I have been playing for the past week or [...]
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Arrow and Innor Unveil Advanced HDTV Solution
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments
Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. (Arrow) has just announced an exclusive partnership agreement with leading Independent Design House (IDH), Innor Tech (Innor), a rapidly growing Hong Kong-based company. Arrow will collaborate with Innor to market an advanced High Definition Television (HDTV) solution based on a Texas Instruments core chip. “The consumer electronics industry has been evolving [...]
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