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The NewsHour Switches to High-Definition Broadcasting Format

The NewsHour is moving from standard-definition video to the higher-definition HD video format. Jeffrey Brown goes behind the scenes at The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to explain the technology and its impact on viewers.

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  • JIM LEHRER:

    And finally tonight, starting next week, the NewsHour will have a new look, part of a national change in television technology. Jeffrey Brown explains.

  • JEFFREY BROWN:

    Once upon a time, the TV viewing experience looked like this. A big change came with color. The first national broadcast was the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade.

  • TV ANNOUNCER:

    … Big Ten representatives meet UCLA in the Rose Bowl on this New Year's Day.

  • JEFFREY BROWN:

    Now, television technology is going through a new revolution, one that can be seen in store showrooms and, already for some of you, in your own homes.

    Beginning Monday, the NewsHour jumps into this new era, broadcasting in what's called high-definition, or HD. Steve Howard is the director of our nightly broadcast.

    STEVE HOWARD, Director, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: And HD in general is exciting, because it's a wide-screen format, it's higher resolution, it's a more vivid picture, it has better color. It's the wave of the future. I mean, that's the way television is going.