The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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Something I read about on the AVS Forums the other day is that about half the venues don't actually have true HDTV for the pool feeds. That means that what NBC is showing many of times (snowboarding, the alpine skiing events in particular) is not TRUE HD. The pool cameras are 16x9 format SD cameras and the signal is being upconverted. So you have 2 issues: 1) not true HD, and 2) NBC has to upconvert it.
I did have the sound issues, but when you consider that for logistic reason (according to the Torino organizing committee) it's actually pretty good. Those 16x9 format SD cams upconverted to HD looks pretty good when you consider what it is.