High-Definition Imaging Systems

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	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: New High-Speed ATM Standard; Significant e-Cinema Boost from Disney; Big U.K. Government Boost for e-Cinema
October -		Recent Developments: DTV Labeling Decision from FCC; Copyright Protection Resolution; Holdup for HD DVD
September -		Recent Developments: First 3-Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor; U.S. Legislature versus HDTV Market; Reprieve for ATSC Standard
August -		Recent Developments: Online HDTV; Trouble for B2C Video Streaming?; DTTV via PC; Longer-Term Hope for B2C Applications?
July -		Recent Developments: Broadband Fuelling Demand for Compression Technology; More Good News for E-Cinema; More Bad News for HDTV
June -		Possibilities for 3-D e-Cinema?; Glossy DTV Sales Figures
May -		Recent Developments: Victory over DTT Standards for Sinclair?, Datacasting: Darkening HDTV Prospects?, New Storage for HDTV Movies?
April -		HDTV Standards Review
March -		Recent Developments: HDTV via Internet2, HDTV DVD, Right Price for HDTV?, E-Cinema at Sundance Film Festival
February -		Electronic Cinema: Prospects and Players

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		U.S. HDTV's First Year
September -		Developments in Telemedicine
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
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July -		All That Glitters
June -		Recent Developments: New Memory Chip • Solid-State Flat-Panel Display • HDTV in China • A Patent Row
May -		Recent Developments: Boost for Electronic Filmmaking from George Lucas • Exaggerated Reports of Film's Death • Home: Where the battle is • Fat Pipe Access Wars
April -		Recent Developments: Digital Watermarking Solution in Sight • Organic FPDs? • Pretty Pictures and Datacasting
March -		Recent Developments: USSB Takeover by Hughes • Hard Drive for HDTV? • Flat Prospects for Flat Screens? • High Res on the High Street
February -		Recent Developments: Global DTV Juggernaut • 3-D HDTV? • HDTV via PCs?

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Upheaval in U.S. Military Display Market • Displays for Mass-Market HDTV
October -		Recent Developments: European DVB over U.S. ATSC in Australia • HDTV Sets on Sale in the United States • Interactive TV: HDTV's Friend or Foe? •
September -		Picture Archive and Communications Systems: A Net Extension? • Satellite Broadcasters Pushing HDTV • Softimage to Avid • New Chip Developments
August -		Conquering Chaos and Confusion: End of a Genteel Era
July -		Seeing through Digital X Rays
June -		U.S. Broadcasters's Plans • VCRs for HDTV
May -		The Technology in Brief: Thin Displays with Sharp and SEL System-on-Panel Technology Commercial Development Parameters: Competing Technologies: Live Graphics TV Applications: Digital Distribution for Cinemas • Fingerprints at Home
April -		Sure Shot for Digital Cameras
March -		Outstanding Issues for DTV Services Recent Developments: HDTV by Satellite • "Dumbed Down" HD for Cable?
February -		Recent Developments: HDTV for Korea? • DTV Team: Things Fall Apart? • HDTV versus Set-Top Boxes • DTV Standards Export Drive: ATSC versus DVB

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Recent Developments: U.S. Cable Industry Backing for HDTV • No Digital-Cable or DBS on First HDTV Sets • Single-Chip MPEG-2 Codec on the Market • HDTV Industry Forecasts • U.S. HDTV Standard on Marketing Drive • Low-Cost HDTV Camera Developed
October -		Recent Developments: Consortium to Develop Large Flat-Panel Displays • HDTV Developments in China • HDTV Chicken: Home to Roost for U.S. Broadcasters
September -		Recent Developments: New Prototype HDTV Display • Companies' Interest in New 3-D Video Display • Computer Makers' Hollow Threat to HDTV • Green Light to Go Slow for Broadcasters
August -		Recent Developments: Samsung Announces High-Resolution LCD Screen • Hope Still Exists for HDTV in Europe • Mitsubishi Announces Plans for HDTV Receiver • Sony Brings HDTV Quality to Ordinary TVs • Toshiba Develops HDTV-Compatible DVD • Integrated Electronic Information Systems to Gain Foothold in U.K. Hospitals
July -		New Openings for Telemedicine?
June -		FCC: All Systems Go for DTV
May -		3-D Displays Using Holographic Optical Elements
April -		NEC Launches 42-inch PDP for HDTV • dpiX Introduces High-Resolution Cockpit Display Unit • Universal Display Corp. Demonstrates Organic Light-Emitting Device • Digital Projection Receives Venture Capital Backing to Promote DMD Technology • Panel Recommends Switch from Analog to Digital Japanese HDTV
March -		Intel launches MMX processor • Softimage and Mental Images Agree on 3-D Software • Researchers Seamlessly Splice Compressed HDTV Images • NBC Says It Will Buy HDTV Transmitters from Comark
February -		Recent Developments in U.S. HDTV

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		U.S. HDTV Industry Developments
October -		Special Effects of Personal Workstations
September -		Digital Micromirror Devices: A Bright Future?
August -		The Future of HDTV in Japan: Analog, Digital, or Diminished?
July -		3-D Realism on PCs • New Graphics Interface for Intel • 3-D Medical Imaging
June -		Market Opportunities for High-Definition Displays in Medical Imaging
May -		FCC Moves Closer to Adopting Grand Alliance HDTV Standard
April -		Silicon Graphics's Planned Purchase of Cray Research, Inc. • New System for High-End Content Development • New HDTV Format Unveiled
March -		HDTV: Current European Union Efforts
February -		3-D on the PC: Growing the Market for CAD
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996