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...Until now, Slingbox couldn?t get at the growing mass of high-definition programming available from cable or satellite providers. That was a problem in my house, since we record most primetime shows in HD using a cable company-rented Scientific Atlanta DVR set-top box. The new Slingbox Pro can stream any standard or HD show stored on my cable box, at a reduced quality, wherever I happen...
...dock with an S-Video output, and connected that to a 42-in. high-definition Panasonic plasma. I didn't expect a miracle picture, but I was happy to see that it was as good or better than standard-definition broadcast TV, if not as good as DVDs or HD broadcasts. I would not mind watching iPod-based movies on my TV, provided they weren't movies whose visual effects and subtleties were crucial. I used the $39 Apple dock, but you can also use other video-capable docks, like the one I recommended last spring from...
...sink. This planet would float high, like a beach ball,” Noyes said, explaining that HAT-P-1 has a density that is a quarter that of water’s. It’s not the only low-density, large-mass planet—in fact, HD 209458b was detected in 2000—but HAT-P-1 turned out to be the most baffling. Noyes said that current methods of calculating planetary dimensions significantly underestimate the size of HAT-P-1. “Now we have two oddballs, and we’re beginning...
Rather Goes HD...
...grittier mood than he was in the days when Vice was a sensational TV presence. And he does not have a taste here for the muted tones that made Collateral so seductive in 2004. He's more in the dark-of-night Heat mode. He uses high-definition (HD) digital cameras, since HD imparts more visual information than film stock, especially in low light. In terms of cinematography, Mann may embody the future of large-scale commercial movies...