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Hdtv

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that broadcasters, computer manufacturers and consumer electronic companies have agreed on a standard for future TV and computer screens. This opens the way for the large-scale production and retailing of digital High Definition Television by 1998. HDTV features wide, very sharp, movie-like images on the screen.

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