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...would have believed it? After what seems like an eternity of tantalizing hype about "high-definition" television, the first digital sets are actually on their way from Sony, RCA, Panasonic and about 10 other manufacturers to showroom floors--and the first digital broadcasts will begin in a little over a month. This much anticipated debut would seem to be terrific news for tube lovers. As promised, the sets deliver supersharp digital pictures, wide-format movie-style screens and magnificent stereo surround sound. And thanks to the content-neutral nature of digital signals--"Bits are bits," they like...
...should everybody rush out to buy one? Well...maybe not. HDTV's obvious advantages over conventional sets are offset by significant disadvantages. For openers, there's the price tag. Sony's smallish set, with a 34-in.-diagonal screen, lists for a largish $8,999. RCA's 55-in. projection-screen set goes for $6,999. Panasonic's 56-in. projection model might appear to be a bargain at $5,999, but it can pick up only nondigital broadcasts--unless you buy the optional $1,700 digital decoder. Prices will eventually drop, of course, but Bill Mannion, general manager...
There are previous period recordings of Schumann's symphonies (notably a superb 1994 set by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band on RCA), but these performances are the most brilliant, penetrating and communicative. They may even force Grove, in the new edition now being prepared, to reverse its judgment...
Bertelsmann is now one of the largest non-American players in the American media scene. In addition to BDD, its U.S. holdings include music labels such as RCA and Arista and magazines such as McCall's. The company plans to raise not only its U.S. profile but its revenue too, from a third of its bottom line to 40%. "The U.S. is a very big market," says Middelhoff. "Our position is O.K., but our properties must strengthen our position...
...student what he or she thinks of upon hearing the word "radio." For many, the work conjures up images of a dark past when broadcasters couldn't send pictures through the ether, an age when torchsingers from Chicago and political party conventions in Cincinnati mesmerized listeners huddled around dusty RCA units in the parlor...