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HDTV, a digital broadcasting standard that offers picture and audio superior to that of traditional standard-definition television (SDTV). By the early 1990s, long-running international development efforts aimed at creating a higher-quality television signal had converged on digital transmission in place of traditional analog radio waves. In 1998 John Glenn, a former astronaut and then U.S. senator, went on a spaceflight with the launch broadcast live in high definition to specially equipped museums, electronics stores, and other locations. By the middle of the next decade, many broadcast networks and cable outlets offered HDTV channels, and HDTV sets were widely available to ...(100 of 395 words)

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