News tagged with hd
Richest planetary system discovered (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using ESO's world-leading HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180. The researchers also have tantalising ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Father and son send iPhone and HD camera into stratosphere (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A father and young son from New York have succeeded in sending an HD camera and iPhone 19 miles high into the upper stratosphere and recording the flight.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Astronomers spot cosmic dust fountain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with their observations of distant stars. And yet space dust also poses one of the great mysteries of ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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A TV 4 times sharper than HD
Now that you've got a high-definition TV, you may want to start saving up for a super-high-definition one.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 26, 2012 |
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New look at HD 10180 shows it might have nine planets
(Phys.org) -- Astronomer Mikko Tuomi of the University of Hertfordshire, has found after looking at data regarding the solar system surrounding the star HD 10180, that it likely has nine planets making it ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Sea level stargazing: Astronomers make key sighting with Florida telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- This summer, University of Florida astronomers inaugurated the world's largest optical telescope on a nearly 8,000-foot mountaintop 3,480 miles away. But it was a far more modest observatory, located just ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Sony Intros New Touch-Screen HD PC/TV
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony today unveiled its new touch-enabled, multi-media machine— the VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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HARPS tunes in on habitable planet
Using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a team of scientists at University of Geneva, Switzerland, led by the Swiss astronomer Stephane Udry made a sound discovery… an Earth-like ...
Sep 05, 2011 |
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New Vizio HD-TV breaks wide-screen barrier for movies, apps
The shape of TVs to come might be even wider than wide-screen. Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard is in ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Toshiba launches Blu-ray after DVD setback: report
Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Sony develops 'IPELA Engine' capable of an industry-first 130db wide dynamic range in Full HD quality
Sony Corporation today announced the development of the industry’s highest picture quality “IPELA ENGINE”, capable of the industry’s first 130dB wide dynamic range in full HD quality at ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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HD camcorders shoot great video but it's not easy to watch
If you want to buy a high-definition camcorder, no problem -- you have a range of options.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 27, 2009 |
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For music buffs, Zune HD strikes right tune
In the two years I've been reviewing gadgets, I've never tested Microsoft's digital music and video player, called the Zune. The device only accounts for a tiny fraction of the market, and it had always struck ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (4) |
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Staggering options complicate TV purchases
Shopping for a television set these days is anything but easy. I know because I just bought an HD TV.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Gadgets: WD media player makes watching your own HD video easier
Producing your own high-definition video has become increasingly easier with today's line of HD video cameras. But transferring the content from your computer to a TV can be a challenge.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 22, 2009 |
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