Defining Vision: How Broadcasters Lured The Government Into Inciting A Revolution In Television, Updated And Expanded

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joel Brinkley gives readers a no-holds-barred account of a multimillion dollar gold rush, a race in which some of the world's largest corporations hurtled toward a high-tech prize they weren't even sure they wanted--the digital, high definition television.

In this account of the political wrangling and technological breakthroughs that led to the creation of HDTV, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter "does for television...what Tracy Kidder did for computers" (Kirkus Reviews). Index.