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"Super TV"
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 21:03:30 -0500
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seven groups known as the high-definition television ``Grand Alliance'' selected the final technology Wednesday for a super TV system that will be tested later this year. They chose Zenith Electronics Corp.'s ``VSB'' technology, a transmission system that will enable digitized information to get into people's homes. It won out over General Instrument Corp. ..... Other participants in the alliance are: AT&T; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a consortium composed of Thomson Consumer Electronics, Philips Consumer Electronics and the David Sarnoff Research Center.
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