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DVD players & recorders: watch for some big changes.
Great picture and sound quality plus relatively low prices made the digital video disc one of the most successful consumer-electronics formats ever. But conventional DVDs may soon seem quaint as high-definition (HD) television programming becomes the norm.
While DVDs remain the clearest, sharpest medium for viewing recorded movies and programs on regular TVs, they can't deliver HD picture quality. A new generation of DVD formats and a looming change in the way TV broadcasters transmit their signals could have a profound effect on what digital video hardware you should choose, as well as when you should buy it. The details:
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