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Description: | Eureka 95 high-definition monitor-receiver, comprising a Philips MatchLine receiver and HD-MAC encoder, 1992. On Bose Home Cinema Sound Stand. The Eureka project was a multi-billion pound European proposal to use the D-MAC satellite television system for hig-definition television broadcasting. HD-MAC was two standard MAC channels, doubled to create one HD channel. The promise of HD television had made the initial take-up of MAC technology more attactive in 1986. Philips abandoned the Eureka project in 1993 whne the European Commission did not offer to subsidize broadcasters to convert to HD-MAC. HD-MAC pictures had 1250 horizontal lines at 50 frames per second (1152 were visible) with a 16:9 aspect ratio. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | television receiver | Temporal: | 1992 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Philips | Identifier: | 2005-5024 | Go to resource |
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