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To: BillyG who wrote (28136)	1/16/1998 12:38:00 PM
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Not HDTV.... HD0..... TCI BACKS PC INDUSTRY'S FORMAT FOR DIGITAL TV 01/15/98 Computergram International (COPYRIGHT 1998 Apt Data Services Ltd. (UK)) Copyright 1998 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. In addition to licensing Microsoft Corp's Windows CE and WebTV technologies for use in next-generation cable set-top boxes (CI No 3,324), Tele-Communications Inc has thrown its weight behind a Redmond-backed format for high-definition television transmission which broadcasters and television makers last year eschewed in favor of an alternative proposal. If other cable companies back the format endorsed by TCI - also backed by Intel, Compaq and Lucent - broadcaster and television equipment companies could be forced to adopt requirements set by the PC industry as the digital format for next-generation television (CI No 3,137). The cable companies deliver television signals to two-thirds of US households. Television maker and broadcaster backs a specification from the ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee, using MPEG 2 and 18 digital formats to be decoded by television sets. Compaq, Intel and Microsoft believe these are both too complex and not flexible enough and propose instead a lower resolutionsubset of the ATSC format for viewing pictures on computer monitors as well as television screens. It also leaves room in the broadcast signal for the transmission of additional data that would enable supplementary information to be supplied in real time alongside television broadcasts. Microsoft calls this format, which really sacrifices the highest quality pictures for more flexible use of services, HD-Zero.

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