Washington, D.C.
(April 20, 2007) -- High-Definition TVs are now in roughly
30 million U.S. homes and the industry appears ready to boom
again later this year.
With HDTV finally taking off, the term itself is becoming a part of our everyday language. Whether it's high-def, HDTV, HD or High-Definition, people are talking about it or using the concept to illustrate a larger meaning.
So we thought that it would be interesting to list some of the more notable recent quotes that refer to High-Definition TV in one way or another.
"Pat Robertson in HD. Lord help us all."
-- David Brody, a reporter for Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, which will soon switch to high-def.
"Young Henry VIII lived a life that was positively high-def-TV-ready."
-- Time Magazine on the unusually beautiful cast of Showtime's The Tudors, which is in HDTV.
"I can't even watch anything but HD now. It's fantastic. It's night and day. You can't even make the comparison."
Jon Cassar, director of Fox's 24.
"Families have made one big purchase for a really glorious set. They're all tending to gather around it."
-- Maureen Smith of Discovery's Animal Planet on the impact of high-def.
"I got my propaganda / I got revisionism / I got my violence in high-def ultra-realism."
-- Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor from his latest song, Survivalism.
"It's like watching projection TV for 27 years and turning the High-Definition on."
-- Race car driver Brian Brown after getting Lasix surgery for his eyes.
"The graphics are beautiful in HD, man"
-- Tennessee Titan quarterback Vince Young (and Madden 2008 cover boy) on his XBox 360.
"Consumers are hungry for more HD content."
-- Samsung executive vice president Dongsoo Jun.
"We wanted to make the change because you don't want to start looking old."
-- KFSN station director Tracey Watkowski on why her station is switching to high-def newscasts.
With HDTV finally taking off, the term itself is becoming a part of our everyday language. Whether it's high-def, HDTV, HD or High-Definition, people are talking about it or using the concept to illustrate a larger meaning.
So we thought that it would be interesting to list some of the more notable recent quotes that refer to High-Definition TV in one way or another.
"Pat Robertson in HD. Lord help us all."
-- David Brody, a reporter for Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, which will soon switch to high-def.
"Young Henry VIII lived a life that was positively high-def-TV-ready."
-- Time Magazine on the unusually beautiful cast of Showtime's The Tudors, which is in HDTV.
"I can't even watch anything but HD now. It's fantastic. It's night and day. You can't even make the comparison."
Jon Cassar, director of Fox's 24.
"Families have made one big purchase for a really glorious set. They're all tending to gather around it."
-- Maureen Smith of Discovery's Animal Planet on the impact of high-def.
"I got my propaganda / I got revisionism / I got my violence in high-def ultra-realism."
-- Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor from his latest song, Survivalism.
"It's like watching projection TV for 27 years and turning the High-Definition on."
-- Race car driver Brian Brown after getting Lasix surgery for his eyes.
"The graphics are beautiful in HD, man"
-- Tennessee Titan quarterback Vince Young (and Madden 2008 cover boy) on his XBox 360.
"Consumers are hungry for more HD content."
-- Samsung executive vice president Dongsoo Jun.
"We wanted to make the change because you don't want to start looking old."
-- KFSN station director Tracey Watkowski on why her station is switching to high-def newscasts.
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"The gorgeously photographed Planet Earth...will probably make even the most reluctant technophobe covet those massive new High-Definition sets."
-- The Times Herald-Record of Delaware on Discovery's new miniseries.
"Some of the cameras now include loudspeakers. That allows camera operators, when they see a lawbreaker, to scream at the person, "Stop! … or I'll shoot you in high-def."
The Dallas Morning News, poking fun at the recently installed police surveillance cameras in England.
"The US has 28 million HD homes at the moment and we are expecting that to rise to 63 million over the next five years.”
-- Adam Thomas of the Informa research group.
"Customers are interested in High-Definition content, but the format war is keeping most people on the sidelines."
Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson on the high-def format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD.
"Travelers want more than just the words before they make their vacation plans and it is important to get a true sense of any international destination. Nothing speaks to these interests better and more accurately than high-def video."
-- In The Know Traveler co-founder Devin Galaudet on why his travel site will now use HD cameras.
"High-def has become an unexpected hot ticket internationally."
-- Ellis Entertainment CEO Stephen Ellis on the spread of High-Definition TV in Europe and elsewhere.
"You really have to be able to let go of your ego in high-def."
-- Actor Marley Shelton on being filmed with a crystal-clear High-Definition camera in the new movie, Grindhouse.
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"The gorgeously photographed Planet Earth...will probably make even the most reluctant technophobe covet those massive new High-Definition sets."
-- The Times Herald-Record of Delaware on Discovery's new miniseries.
"Some of the cameras now include loudspeakers. That allows camera operators, when they see a lawbreaker, to scream at the person, "Stop! … or I'll shoot you in high-def."
The Dallas Morning News, poking fun at the recently installed police surveillance cameras in England.
"The US has 28 million HD homes at the moment and we are expecting that to rise to 63 million over the next five years.”
-- Adam Thomas of the Informa research group.
"Customers are interested in High-Definition content, but the format war is keeping most people on the sidelines."
Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson on the high-def format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD.
"Travelers want more than just the words before they make their vacation plans and it is important to get a true sense of any international destination. Nothing speaks to these interests better and more accurately than high-def video."
-- In The Know Traveler co-founder Devin Galaudet on why his travel site will now use HD cameras.
"High-def has become an unexpected hot ticket internationally."
-- Ellis Entertainment CEO Stephen Ellis on the spread of High-Definition TV in Europe and elsewhere.
"You really have to be able to let go of your ego in high-def."
-- Actor Marley Shelton on being filmed with a crystal-clear High-Definition camera in the new movie, Grindhouse.
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