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Nielsen: HD Sets in Over Three Quarters of U.S. Homes, Yet 71% of primetime broadcast viewing still done in standard definition

Despite 61 percent of primetime viewing experienced on an HD set in May, only 25 percent of cable primetime and 29 percent of English-language broadcast primetime occurred in "true HD" -- when an HD set is connected to an HD signal and HD channels are being viewed.

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