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unusual facts about Enhanced-definition television


ED TV

Enhanced-definition television, American shorthand for certain digital television (DTV) formats and devices


A Drink and a Quick Decision

The album was first released as a digital download on 18 June 2007, then released on CD and 12" vinyl 11 September 2007 in the US, and 8 March 2008 in the UK. The US edition of the album comes with the bonus track "Old Man," a Neil Young cover, a music video by Steven Compton for "Old Man" consisting mostly of the band recording the song, and an enhanced video of "By the Time I Get Home There Won't Be Much of a Place for Me.

Albhy Galuten

As an inventor, Galuten is noted for having created the first commercial drum loop ("Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees), the enhanced CD and patents on content distribution and resolution, on customer care and on User Interface design.

Anamorphic widescreen

MGM: "Enhanced for 16:9 TVs" or "Enhanced for Widescreen TVs;" includes aspect ratio since 2001; uses Fox’s format since 2004.

Another Journal Entry

It featured acoustic tracks and a 360p version of BarlowGirl's "Never Alone" music video in QuickTime File Format.

Back into Your System

Enhanced CD also features a playable demo of the PC game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

Canal Indigo

Canal Indigo PPV service consists of 11 standard definition channels and two high definition channels.

Capture of Owerri

The Capture of Owerri was a major victory for the Biafrans because the victory opened up telephone lines, enhanced road telecommunications, and showed that with stiff resistance Biafra could defeat Nigerian forces.

Ceradyne

Ceradyne is also the producer of ceramic Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts (E-SAPI) for the US Army's Interceptor body armor, and the blast-proof components of the Ceradyne BULL MRAP/MMPV vehicle project.

Charles McGraw

His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in that very stylistic genre, and provided him many roles as cop (The Narrow Margin (1952), Armored Car Robbery (1950)) or gunman (The Killers).

Château d'Oiron

After Pascal died, Charlotte Gouffier married Francois d'Aubusson, the duc de La Feuillade, who enhanced the castle with his wealth and connections to Louis XIV.

Crazee Rider

An enhanced version was included for the BBC Master which included more circuits, extra in-game graphics (including extra animation and different coloured opponents) and music by Martin Galway.

Deuce Martinez

He also interrogated Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after "enhanced interrogation techniques" had been used on them.

DVD Show

The series made a move to HD in 2009., the series reviews movies and television programs newly released on DVD and re-releases on Blu-ray, suggesting viewers to Buy, Rent, or Skip.

Economy of Belgium

The postwar boom years, enhanced by the establishment of the European Union and NATO headquarters in Brussels, contributed to the rapid expansion of light industry throughout most of Flanders, particularly along a corridor stretching between Brussels and Antwerp, which is the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam.

Felicity Montagu

Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her film performance alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague.

Fuel injection

By virtue of better dispersion and homogeneity of the directly injected fuel, the cylinder and piston are cooled, thereby permitting higher compression ratios and more aggressive ignition timing, with resultant enhanced power output.

G77

Group of 77, a loose coalition of developing nations designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations.

George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley

The wealth of the Cholmondeley family was greatly enhanced by Cholmondeley's marriage to Sybil Sassoon (1894–1989), a member of the Sassoon family, a Jewish banking family with origins in Baghdad and India, and heiress to her brother Sir Philip Sassoon.

Ghostwalker series

Ghostwalker Series is the name for a collection of paranormal/romance novels by the American author Christine Feehan which feature the a group of men in the Special Forces and young women who have had their psychic abilities enhanced in a secret experiment.

Headend in the Sky

As of 2010, HITS offers 6 standard-definition multiplexes on SES Americom's SES-1, 12 standard-definition multiplexes and 8 HD multiplexes on AMC-18, 1 standard-definition multiplex on AMC-10, and 1 standard definition multiplex on Intelsat's Galaxy 17.

History of Internet Explorer

Bi-directional text, ruby text and direct XML/XSLT support were included in this release, along with enhanced support for CSS Level 1 and 2.

KNVN

KNVN airs all NBC-produced and most syndicated shows in HD, such as Live! with Kelly and Michael, Anderson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, NUMB3RS, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Without a Trace.

KRSU-TV

It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (or virtual channel 35.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter located to the adjacent southeast of Oologah Lake in northern Rogers County.

KZJO

Owned by the Tribune Company, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 (virtual channel 22.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the studio facilities that the station shares with Fox-affiliated sister station KCPQ on the west shore of Lake Union in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood.

London Buses route 108

Since takeover by Harris, the 108 has been diverted via North Greenwich, but reverted to a more direct route across Blackheath via Prince of Wales Road; the frequency has been further enhanced to every 10 minutes, utilising four earlier Excels made redundant by the loss of car park services at Lakeside Shopping Centre, but this is still not as good as the 5 minute double deck service provided in 1933.

Low-definition television

The PlayStation 2 generates 240p/288p if a PlayStation game calls for this mode, as do many Virtual Console emulated games on Wii.

Neato Robotics

In 2011, a more expensive enhanced version was developed under contract for German appliance maker Vorwerk Kobold, distributed only in Germany as the Vorwerk VR-100, with some slow expansion later into other European locations.

Never Miss a Beat

Channel Ten used the song during advertisements promoting its 2009 Australian Football League coverage on its main channel as well as its High Definition channel One HD

OMG HGB DVD ROTFL

Secondly, OMG HGB DVD ROTFL contains a 40-minute concert, filmed in high-definition at the band's stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California on July 14, 2005, during their tour with Houston Calls, JamisonParker and The Rocket Summer.

Opsound

Lawrence Lessig has often mentioned Opsound when discussing Creative Commons, citing its structure and licensing as a positive aid to enhanced collaboration and communication between artists.

Pastor Greg

The series was initially co-produced by Uplifting Entertainment and Cornerstone Television; when the series debuted, it was one of the first regularly scheduled religious television series to be produced in High Definition.

Pentecostal Churches of Christ

A notable characteristic of the Pentecostal Churches of Christ is that they have sought to combine Pentecostal Holiness teaching and practice with a much enhanced sympathy and openness towards the teachings and practices of the worldwide Christian community, including the teachings and practices of the ancient church over the two thousand years of Christian history.

Polycarbonate

This either can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.

SETI@home beta

It is expected that this project will use a slightly modified version of the SETI enhanced client, as the Parkes Observatory has a feedhorn with more beams than the Arecibo Observatory.

Shangqiu

This standing is greatly enhanced following the construction of the Beijing-Kowloon (Hong Kong) railway in 1996, which crosses with Longhai railway at Shangqiu.

SheerVideo

SheerVideo supports all standard resolutions and frame rates, including the NTSC and PAL or SECAM SD formats and all HD formats, as well as arbitrary resolutions and frame rates.

SK Group

SK's subsidiary companies all operate under the SK Management System (SKMS) which was developed, articulated and enhanced by SK’s Chairman, Chey Tae-won.

Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble

The SIPE, configured as a head-to-toe individual fighting system, demonstrated considerable potential for enhanced soldier capabilities and operational effectiveness.

Stallior

Stallior has superhuman powers as a result of his genetically superior Inhuman physiology enhanced and mutated by the Terrigen Mist.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch

Section 31: Abyss, (Jeffrey Lang and David Weddle, July 2001): Dr. Bashir is sent by shadowy intelligence agency Section 31 to deal with a rogue S31 agent who has taken control of a Jem'Hadar cloning facility abandoned by the Dominion after the war, and who, like Bashir, is genetically enhanced.

Sugarscape

John Conway's agent-based simulation "Game of Life" was enhanced and applied to Schelling's original idea by Joshua M. Epstein and Robert Axtell in their book Growing Artificial Societies.

Take My Life, Please

It was the first episode of The Simpsons to air in 720p high-definition television, though not the first time The Simpsons appeared in high-definition, as The Simpsons Movie was rendered in HD.

The Comics We Loved, Selection of 20th Century Comics and Creators from the Region of Former Yugoslavia

"In this book, these intrepid, discriminating compilers have realised an exceptional achievement by combing diligently through thousands of pages of comics and comics reviews to distil a captivating alphabet of artists and writers who have shaped and enhanced not only the comics of their homeland but in several cases the comics of the world." — Paul Gravett, writer, curator, international comics historian, director of Comica Festival, London

Thermobaric weapon

Thermobaric and fuel-air explosives have been used in guerrilla warfare since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon, which used a gas-enhanced explosive mechanism, probably propane, butane or acetylene.

Tiger penis soup

In 1996, the Wildlife Conservation Society, an organization that focuses upon wildlife conservation, ran an international advertising campaign stating that claims of sexual potency being enhanced from consuming tiger penis soup are fraudulent.

VMAX

Vmax cinemas of Village Cinemas, features larger screens and enhanced visual and audio quality

VMB4

The repeater's image was enhanced by a voice ID played every 15 minutes which was voiced by Sydney CB personality "JD" who previously owned SYD01 in Hurstville.

W. S. Salmon House

Development in the area was enhanced by completion of the Morrison Bridge over the Willamette River and the subsequent eastward extension of street car lines.


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