HDTV standard could be here by end of '95. (high-definition television)

Multichannel News, October, 1994 by Ellis, Leslie

Results of a summer-long field trial of vestigial sideband modulation technology for future high-definition television signals received a satisfied nod from the FCC Advisory Committee, paving the way for more tests next year and a possible HDTV standard as early as next Christmas. "The field test results show that the digital HDTV transmission technology proposed by the Grand Alliance performs well in real-world conditions," said Richard Wiley, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission's Advisory Committee on advanced television, in a statement.

Wiley called the effort an "important milestone" in recommending a system to the FCC. Specifically, the field tests were designed to compare the Grand Alliance system's broadcast coverage and cable...

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