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The digital difference. (Remote Patrol).
The first rule of Fight Club: You don't talk about Fight Club. But now that little fraternity of high-definition TV (TSN, 10/24/01), heretofore honing its wares quietly and privately in quest of the ultimate sports theater experience, is throwing punches in public.
Brace for Fox Sports to become as loud as a consumer electronics salesman. Fox will make NFL history within a month by televising two games per Sunday in "enhanced digital" format (cue fanfare) ... Fox Widescreen!
For the underprivileged few hundred million who haven't plunked down $,$$$ for upmarket sets and/or don't live near the 30 cities where Fox transmits digitally, telecasts will look normal. For the lucky millionsomething homes properly wired, this'll he the greatest advancement since NBC's Peacock shook its booty in full color. Imagine: The NFL, in 16:9 letterbox format, regularly showing all 22 players, with a picture twice as sharp as generated by DVDs.
Fox Widescreen debuted at Super Bowl 36; videophiles complain that it was inferior compared with previous hi-def Super Bowls on CBS and ABC because Fox Widescreen is digital, not true HDTV. Watch the fists fly!
Congress decreed only digital TVs may be sold by 2007, and telecasts must be all-digital; the method is up to broadcasters. CBS, an HDTV pioneer, uses 1,080 lines ...
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