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Describes HDTV, the high-definition television due to hit the American market in the mid-90s and thought to transform the industry. Threatening established players and creating opportunities for new ones; Movie-quality video at home; Glass tubes; Forty-three inch set weighs 600 pounds; The ultimate display device. INSET: The shape of things to come; Turning on, tuning in.;What's hot....

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including an article on certification, "HDTV and the Computer Industry," in the November 1989 issue, and an article on the recipient of the 1989 A.M. Turing Award.

This article presents information on the high-definition television (HDTV) industry in the U.S. HDTV has been a high priority in the year 1989 for congressional committees in the country. Ten hearings concerning HDTV have been held or proposed and nine bills that relate to it directly or indirectly have been introduced. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance is most specifically concerned with HDTV. Before Congressman Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Chair of the Telecommunications and Finance Committee, first heard testimony in 1987, he thought HDTV was only important to the mass media industry. After his committee's first hearings, he realized that HDTV would impact far more than just the U.S. broadcast, cable, and direct broadcast satellite industries. Speaking at the First Annual HDTV Conference, sponsored by the HDTV Newsletter, Advanced Television Publishing in Portland, Oregon, Markey said that they have learned that HDTV may represent the convergence of the television, computer, and telephone industries. It is virtually a certainty that HDTV receivers, monitors and videocassette recorders will be semiconductor-intensive. U.S., semiconductor manufacturers will be excluded or reduced to a very small market share of the very large HDTV market unless U.S.-owned manufacturers of HDTV products exist and unless they purchase componentry from U.S. semiconductor manufacturers.

Focuses on high-definition television (HDTV) and the need of manufacturers to develop a better screen for the average consumer. Description of HDTV; Problem facing manufacturers in Europe; Drawbacks to HDTV.

Focuses on the development of high definition television (HDTV). Advantages of HDTV; Costs of producing HDTV; Function of HDTV. INSETS: Big, bright and... by Paul E. Burrows, Stephen R. Forrest et al;The competition.

Reports on the preparations being made for the introduction of high-definition television (HDTV) into the consumer market. Timetable of digital broadcasting; Problems in settling on one form; Difference between interlaced scanning and progressive scanning; Possible government standards to be issued.

The article offers brief information on several products that make up a home theater package in 1998 including the LX 110/HD screen from Stewart, the Runco 991 CRT projector and VFC 4400 video format controller, and the Sonus Faber and REL theater speakers.

The article discusses transformations concerning mass media in the world of rapidly developing information technology with special attention paid to newspapers and television (TV). The author focuses on comments from Roger Fidler, official at media company Knight-Ridder, the law of the microcosm, and the digital content of newspapers. Topics include forecasts concerning the future of broadcast TV industry, field emission displays (FEDs), and high definition television (HDTV).

Reports that with its R&D and technology, Japan leads in the HDTV (high-definition television) screen wars--but the race is still wide open. Promising technologies from US companies; Tough barriers; The ultimate test. INSET: COMPETING DESIGNS FOR HDTV SCREENS.

The advent of high-definition television may change electronics the way jet planes transformed aviation. But it may be too late for the US to catch up to Europe and Japan in HDTV. At stake: potential sales totaling $10 billion a year worldwide by the year 2010, with $11 billion in the US alone. INSET: Some US developers of advanced television..

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Digital D-day," in the October 26, 1998 issue, "The Best B-schools," by Doug Rosien in the October 19, 1998 issue and "Why Hemispherx could take sick," by Ronald R. Gilbert in the September 28, 1998 issue .

Focuses on the November 1998 United States debut of high-definition television (HDTV) broadcasting. Number of US stations that will transmit digital broadcasts; Impact on the computer industry; Number of US households that get their TV signal from satellite broadcasters by digital transmission; Advertiser skepticism about HDTV; High price of HDTV sets; Market prospects and hurdles; Cashing in on digital convergence. INSETS: Defining Terms on High Definition;Will They Rope 'Em With Digital in Dallas?.

A report on America's answer to the High Definition Television (HDTV) being developed in Japan--video computers; The technology and who is developing it.

With its wood panelling, high-definition TV and chic furniture, it looks like the board room of a successful Mayfair hedge fund. It isn't. The meeting room is one of a [...]

Information was provided by the individual companies and has not been independently verified. CAD=computer-aided design FTE=full-time equivalent HD=high-definition LED=light-emitting diode The Athenaeum 401 E. Michigan St., 46204 317-655-2755 Website: athfound.org [...]

Those are the questions we asked in the May issue, and here are some of the responses we received. BYOE I always use my own equipment; I just take the [...]

Andrew Zobler, CEO of the Sydell Group, caught the design bug early, drawing maps and creating imaginary cities as a young kid. Trips to Europe with his grandmother sparked his [...]

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