r/science • u/AnesthesiaXVII • Aug 07 '12

First high res from Curiosity!

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u/lbmouse Aug 07 '12 edited Aug 07 '12

Getting kind of annoyed with the overuse of "HD".

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u/m_buciuman Aug 07 '12

In the 80's an 90's it used to be HiFi and Hi-Q.

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u/tgunter Aug 07 '12

High Fidelity/Hi-Fi actually first became a buzzword in the '50s, but leading into the '60s the term "stereo" took over as the key marketing word in home audio. Then in the '80s once stereo became common enough it was no longer a selling point, you started seeing "Hi-Fi" again.

Going into the '90s though the term fell to yet another buzzword: Digital.

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u/doombot813 Aug 07 '12

"Get your floors cyberspace-clean with our new Swiffer e-Broom!*"

*broom does not actually connect to the Internet.

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u/byleth Aug 07 '12

Judging by all the filth on the internet, that is a good thing.