Race to develop HDTV narrows to five plans

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One of the six groups involved in the competition to develop new high-definition television (HDTV) systems has dropped out of the race. The group is an international consortium led by the David Sarnoff Research Center and includes General Electric's NBC unit, Thomson SA and Philips Electronics NV. Most of the other groups are designing computerized television models that abandon the analog system currently in use. The Sarnoff group had hoped to sharpen up the analog system but learned that FCC Chairman Alfred Sikes preferred to endorse a computerized system. The Sarnoff consortium is also developing a computerized HDTV system that is one of the main four proposals. HDTV equipment is expected to reach US homes by 1995. The four major contenders may also combine forces and come up with one system for use as a standard.

Household audio and video equipment, Motors and generators, Commercial physical research, Aircraft engines and engine parts, Management, Product development, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., General Electric Co., GE, Television equipment, Consortia, Thomson S.A., Consortium, David Sarnoff Research Center

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Zenith, AT&T gain backing on TV system

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Cable-television and satellite manufacturer Scientific Atlanta Inc has agreed to endorse a high-definition television (HDTV) system developed by AT and T and Zenith Electronics Corp. The endorsement means that AT and T and Zenith will be able to deliver their new system via cable and satellite without waiting for broadcast outlets. The move allows Scientific-Atlanta to join rival General Instrument Corp in HDTV. In June 1990, General Instrument debuted a digitally based HDTV system. It is unlikely that any HDTV system will be in place before 1995. Scientific-Atlanta's move is one of many to gain an inside track for when a winning system is finally determined.

Instruments to measure electricity, Standards, Research, Planning, T, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., SFA, Television equipment industry, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Zenith Electronics Corp., ZE, Competition, High-Definition Television

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