With the release of the PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too early to predict an outright winner. Not the least of all because Paramount ...

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Following is a summary of high-definition (HD) digital video formats, which provide 720 or 1080 lines of resolution. In the past, high-definition analog TV systems were developed; however, their usage ...

Stunning picture and audio quality is only part of what the HD DVD format has to offer. The combination of HD video, interactivity, connectivity, and dynamic content integration is what enables HD DVD ...

A slowly simmering probe by the European Union into the format war has taken a new turn. EU antitrust regulators have requested that a number Hollywood studios turn over information about their ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Selecting an in-house HD format can sometimes be an easy decision. However, for one network ...

They say that time flies when you're having fun, and they certainly are right. In a few short months, I'd have been reviewing home video releases for a total of 15 years. It's a role that's not been ...

When we consume our music online via streaming services it is easy to forget the days of recordings being contained on physical media, and to overlook the plethora of competing formats that vied for ...

In what has become a depressingly common ritual, three major Hollywood studios -- Viacom Inc.’s Paramount, General Electric Co.’s Universal and Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. -- recently committed ...

A Chinese industry consortium is moving forward with plans to launch its own high-definition disc format, and the group has announced the beginning of volume production by the end of the year, ...

Many formats are presented as high definition. Yet in the ATSC standard, there are only two raster sizes: 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720. Both are in a 16/9 aspect ratio. Scanning is either progressive or ...

(1) For HD surveillance interfaces, see HD Analog. (2) Over the years, there were several high-definition analog TV/video formats. The most notable was the Hi-Vision system in Japan that broadcast ...