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Black is the New Black for HDTVs

On-screen contrasts are the focus of new design

Screen resolution is so early-2007. At the CEATEC show in Japan this year, the big TV news is contrast—the difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest parts of the screen. The higher that difference, the easier details are to see and the more images pop off the screen. Nearly every TV maker is trying to push contrast higher, and they are doing it in many different ways.

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