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white-field uniformity -
The evenness of a field of white across a television screen.
wide-screen
- Image with an aspect ratio greater than 1.33:1 or a picture wider and narrower than a standard television image. Typically refers to TVs in the 16:9 aspect ratio.
windowbox bars
- The blank bars on the left and right of a 4:3 image when displayed on a wide-screen 16:9 display. They can often be adjusted in intensity from black to gray; gray bars help exercise CRT and plasma displays more evenly across the screen. More info
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 Here are Senior Editor David Katzmaier's top picks among HDTV shows.
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Tennis: U.S. Open
(UniversalHD, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. ET, 1080i)
South Georgia Island: Life Under the Furious Fifties
(Discovery, Wednesday 8:00 p.m. ET, 1080i)
Crater Lake, The Mirror of Heaven
(PBS, Wednesday 10:30 p.m. ET, 1080i)
Tennis: U.S. Open
(UniversalHD, Thursday 7:00 p.m. ET, 1080i)
The O.C.
(Fox, Thursday 8:00 p.m. ET, 720p)
NFL: Oakland vs. New England
(ABC, Thursday 9:00 p.m. ET, 720p)
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