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high-definition television
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high-def·i·ni·tion television (hdf-nshn)
n. Abbr. HDTV
A television system that has twice the standard number of scanning lines per frame and therefore produces pictures with greater detail.
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Noun1.high-definition television - a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs


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75-inch 8K4K D-ILA device, the world's first device to achieve real Super Hi-Vision definition level.
The BBC plans to use the technology, named Super Hi-Vision by its Japanese makers, to screen coverage of the 2012 Olympics on big screens in city centres across Britain.
MPEG2-TS, the signal compression technology used in Hi-Vision TV broadcasting, is also used in BD, making it possible to reproduce extremely high resolution HD video images.
 
 
 
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