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From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics,comp.graphics,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: U.S. HDTV STANDARDS DELEGATION SCUTTLES 1920x1080 COMMON IMAGE FORMAT
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Date: 7 Mar 90 13:41:26 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fl.
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In article <132563@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> poynton@vector.Sun.COM (Charles A. Poynton) writes:
>In an unrelated story, Tektronix of Portland, Oregon announced its intention to
>sell its Grass Valley Group subsidiary to Sony.  GVG is world-famous for
>manufacturing high-quality television studio production equipment.  The sale of
>GVG would leave Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, Calif. as the sole remaining
>major U.S.-controlled manufacturer of broadcast television equipment.  Ampex
>introduced the world's first videotape recorder in 1956.

     Doesn't Harris Corporation build broadcast TV equipment?  I work for
Harris, but in the Defense sector, not the commercial side.  I thought we
should at least get a mention :-)  Perhaps someone from Harris Broadcast
Division in Quincy, Illinois could comment further.

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