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HDTV

FOR

DUMmIES

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by Danny Briere and Pat Hurley

HDTV For Dummies ®

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About the Authors

Danny Briere founded TeleChoice, Inc., a telecommunications con-

sulting company, in 1985 and now serves as CEO of the company.

Widely known throughout the telecommunications and networking

industry, Danny has written more than one thousand articles about

telecommunications topics and has authored or edited ten books,

including Internet Telephony For Dummies , Smart Homes For Dummies

(now in its second edition), Wireless Home Networking For Dummies,

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 PC For Dummies, and Home

Theater For Dummies . He is frequently quoted by leading publica-

tions on telecommunications and technology topics and can often

be seen on major TV networks, providing analysis on the latest

communications news and breakthroughs. Danny splits his time

between Mansfield Center, Connecticut, and his island home on

Great Diamond Island, ME, with his wife and four children.

Pat Hurley is Director of research with TeleChoice, Inc. specializing

in emerging telecommunications and digital home technologies, par-

ticularly all the latest consumer electronics, access gear, and home

technologies, including wireless LANs, DSL, cable modems, satellite

services, and home-networking services. Pat frequently consults

with the leading telecommunications carriers, equipment vendors,

consumer goods manufacturers, and other players in the telecommu-

nications and consumer electronics industries. Pat is the coauthor

of Internet Telephony For Dummies , Smart Homes For Dummies ,

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, Windows XP Media Center

Edition 2004 PC For Dummies, and Home Theater For Dummies. He

lives in San Diego, California, with his wife, new baby girl named

Annabel, and two smelly dogs.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

Danny wants to thank his wife for not freaking out when he’s gotten

big TV sets and lots of equipment, and for accepting his bribes of

absolutely everything he could think of to buy the extra time to

research this book. She’s a trooper. However, this “Thank You” is not

about her, but about co-author Pat, who’s been so much fun to work

with on these For Dummies books over the years. While Pat lives on

the other coast of the U.S., and we rarely actually see each other, we

work side by side through videoconferencing, IM, and e-mail, and

(oh, yes) voice calls. I’ve heard his new child’s voice and wife’s pleas

for dinner in the background, and feel I know his house by the loca-

tion of the different devices we so often write about (“I’m IMing you

from the Media Center PC in the living room . . .”). Pat’s wife is used to

Danny calls after hours and on weekends, and has been nice enough

to let those slip by — well at least occasionally — and Danny thanks

her immensely for never chewing him out on the phone (she chews

out Pat instead, I’m sure, but Pat’s too Navy to tell his superior about

that). When Pat went in the hospital in the early stages of the book,

it simply was not as much fun writing a book without Pat’s incessant

rantings about how stupid people are in the marketing of their prod-

ucts, and about how nobody’s Web site is worth a hoot (being a good

former Navy man, he actually never says hoot ). These books are

always a pain in the ruckus to do, but are made all the more pleasant

with a co-writer who has a sense of humor (or the smarts to laugh

at his boss’s bad jokes, whichever applies).

Pat dedicates this book to his beautiful little girl, Annabel Stone

Hurley. You’re never too young to enjoy a little TV, Annabel! Now if

they would only start broadcasting Sesame Street in HD! Pat also

profusely thanks his wife Christine, without whom none of this good

stuff (babies, books, and the like) would be possible. Pat also must

give a nod to Dr. Bard Cosman, surgeon par excellence at the U.C.

San Diego Medical Center. Thanks, Dr. Cosman, for getting me back

on my feet to finish this book!

We would also like to thank Jenny Miller at the Consumer Electronics

Association (CEA), for her assistance and guidance.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following:

Acquisitions, Editorial, and

Media Development

Project Editor: Pat O’Brien

Acquisitions Editor: Melody Layne

Senior Copy Editor: Barry Childs-Helton

Technical Editor: Dale Cripps,

HDTV Magazine

Editorial Manager: Kevin Kirschner

Media Development Supervisor:

Richard Graves

Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth

Cartoons: Rich Tennant

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Production

Project Coordinator: Emily Wichlinski

Layout and Graphics: Andrea Dahl,

Lauren Goddard, Joyce Haughey,

Stephanie D. Jumper, Jacque Roth,

Heather Ryan, Rashell Smith

Proofreaders: Joe Niesen, Carl William

Pierce, Rob Springer, TECHBOOKS

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Indexer: TECHBOOKS Production Services

Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies

Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher

Mary Bednarek, Executive Acquisitions Director

Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director

Publishing for Consumer Dummies

Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher

Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director

Composition Services

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Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services

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