News tagged with hd
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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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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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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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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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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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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Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improves
(AP) -- Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback - features that are now common on digital media devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Microsoft taking pre-orders for next-gen Zune HD
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday a new generation of its Zune music player will go on sale Sept. 15, but eager customers can pre-order the gadget online now.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 13, 2009 |
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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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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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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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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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Top gadgets at consumer electronics trade show
Tablets may have been all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, but with tens of thousands of products on display, there was something for everyone.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2011 |
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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: Box brings HD programming to your analog TV, computer
Just as the sign says on HDTV displays in electronics stores, you must have an HD signal sent to the TV in order to get HDTV-quality programming.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 03, 2010 |
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