Word: convertibility
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, why couldn't they convert some of the Harvard-owned apartment rooms into off-campus housing for seniors, or even into a new satellite housing unit...
That's where Sony's recent introduction of digital Hi8 cameras comes in, I explained to my wife. The cameras are backwards compatible and can play 8-mm or Hi8 tapes. You can even connect your old 8-mm camera to the Digital8, convert your old analog Aunt Sonya movies to digital and inflict them on future generations. The new Sony cameras have CD-like sound recording as well. And the four models are relatively cheap, starting at $799 and running as high as $1,299. The high-end unit, which features a nifty still-image feature and comes bundled...
...Where this team truly excels is in special teams, as Luongo captains the nation's best power-play unit. The 'Cats convert an astounding 35.4 percent of their man-up opportunities, and UNH ranks third in the ECAC in penalty killing...
...sappy soundtrack land, The Deep End of the Ocean could easily have degenerated into a cliched and shamelessly melodramatic style a la Stepmom. But director Ulu Grosbard thankfully manages to avoid melodrama in most (though not all) scenes. This, along with excellent performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Jackson, convert the Deep End into a sophisticated and genuinely touching film which manages to be interesting without the requisite sex or violence scene. How innovative...
...filmed images online is relatively easy. A pirate simply carries a digital camcorder into a movie theater, tapes a film, then uploads the file to his PC and personal website back home. Or she hooks a standard VCR up to her computer and uses a video capture card to convert the film to a digital format. For now, DVD movies are tough to pirate because the files are encrypted. Big movie companies are working to develop a similarly secure format that would allow them to offer pay-per-view films online...