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Article: HDTV Sets Still Fall Short.(high-definition television limited by display quality and cost issues)
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- Multichannel News
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- January 18, 1999
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The barriers to popular acceptance of HDTV came into sharper focus than ever at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, thanks, ironically, to an unprecedented demonstration of state-of-the-art display technology.
Companies displayed a plethora of direct-and projection-based high-definition television systems, including the first large-scale flat-panel display to be offered commercially. But there was something about virtually every category of HDTV set in evidence that suggested that the optimal system has yet to materialize, even for the very high-end home-theater market.
Using the Japanese experience with the analog "Muse" HDTV system as a ...