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The Low-Down on High Definition

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September 19th, 2006
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Watching television is not the same experience it once was. High definition, with digital broadcast technology, the increased data rates and wide-screen formats, provide six times the picture area of standard definition and the clarity that standard analog broadcasts lack. HD screen formats and sound programming provides viewers with a similar experience and quality you would get in a theater. More >

Silver Oaks Holiday Production Rebroadcast On PBS Digital

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December 21st, 2005
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“Magnificent…outstanding…inspirational…wonderful…” a PBS viewer from New York describes “Sing We Now of Christmas!”

“Sing We Now of Christmas!” an acclaimed choir concert by First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa, will be rebroadcast on WQPT and other public television stations across the country this week. More >

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Silver Oaks Spotlights Quad-City Choir in HD

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December 3rd, 2004
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For the first time, Silver Oaks Communications’ high-definition capabilities enabled an award-winning Davenport choir to be showcased on national public television.

The renowned choirs of First Presbyterian Church annually perform a Christmas concert to sold-out crowds. In 1999, Silver Oaks taped the December “Sing We Now of Christmas: A Festival of Carols” for broadcast a few days later on WQPT, the Quad-Cities public television affiliate. More >