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See All that You Can See: Video Monitors for the HDTV Age

It's 1953. The National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) has released a comprehensive set of technical parameters for color television broadcasting and display. Everything from the specific mathematical values for color and luminance components to phosphor color coordinates is contained in this document. The only problem is that no monitors exist with enough resolution, correct phosphors, and sufficiently accurate color decoding to show an NTSC signal-a problem that will not be overcome for nearly two decades. It's 1999. Digital television is coming, and broadcasts have commenced in major markets. Studios are purchasing equipment for HDTV acquisition, editing, and postproduction.

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