The year is 1999 and the entire world is looking toward the United States for leadership in technology. Since the end of the cold war, the nations of the world have agreed that the United States is the leader in defense and freedom, but what about technology in the household? Is it possible for the U.S. to remain the world leader if we fall so far behind other countries when it comes to the issue of advanced household technology? Has Japan become so much more technically advanced than America, that the mere idea of ever catching up seems ludicrous? What about the French and Germans; does America have the educational system in place to keep up with these two powerful nations? These are questions that every American should ask themselves. One thing is for certain, when it comes to the issue of high quality television; America falls in dead last against Japan, France, and Germany.

The main reason the U.S. has fallen so far behind is because in the early 1950's when television was beginning to be broadcast across the country, the Federal Communications Commission made several bold and new decisions. First, The FCC had to decide on a bandwidth for which all televisio

Today, all of the engineers (FCC and civilian) want to put the long-standing feud on hold, and look toward the future (Picard 1). American engineers have traveled around the world and they see the progress that other nations are making. Due to their travels, most U.S. engineers have realized that the modern nations of the world are leaning toward a format called high definition television (HDTV). High definition television, described simply, is 1080 lines of interlaced resolution.

2005-Stations must broadcast all programs in both analog and HDTV signals.

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