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Tech_HDTV.sPubDate = "2/6/2006 8:27:09 PM GMT";
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Tech_HDTV.appHeader = "TECH TRANSLATED|Digital television";
Tech_HDTV.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press";
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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Standard-definition TV. A basic digital TV that displays fewer than 480p scan lines in a 16x9 or 4x3 format. This kind of set usually displays 480i, the same quality as today's analog TVs. SDTV provides 150,000 to 300,000 pixels.";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Enhanced-definition TV. A better quality picture with 480 progressively scanned lines, or 480p, which is the quality used by most DVD players. Delivers Dolby digital surround sound. Could be in a 16x9 or 4x3 format. Provides 300,000 to 400,000 pixels.";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>High-definition TV. The highest-resolution of DTVs with a widescreen format and scanning lines of 720p, 1080i or higher. Some of the newest sets on the market are 1080p. Delivers Dolby digital surround sound. Provides 900,000 to 2.1 million pixels.";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Describes TVs that can display high-definition TV but only when connected to a separate HDTV tuner. An HDTV-ready TV \+may\+ sometimes be referred to as an \"HDTV monitor.\"";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>An HDTV set that has the digital tuner built in so it can receive over-the-air DTV signals without a separate set-top box.";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Refers to the width and height of a display. A traditional TV is 4x3. A widescreen TV is 16x9.";

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Tech_HDTV[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>escribes how vertical lines are scanned onto a TV picture. Interlace scans all the odd lines first, then instantaneously fills in the even lines. Progressive scans all lines consecutively. The corresponding notation, \"i\" or \"p,\" follows the number of lines scanned, such as 480i or 480p.";

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