Thursday, November 27, 2008

HDTV

By Jimmy Johnson

Is your TV still a domed screen huge square box? Then it's time you started considering an upgrade. With the price of TV's coming down considerably and many bargains ready for you to choose from your greatest problem is likely to be which model should you go for. So when you look at the information on the sets you may be interested in you will see many are labeled HDTV ready. So do you know about HDTV? Do you need it? And what does it means for TV quality?

HDTV is a development in technology that allows higher resolution signals to be broadcast than has been possible until recently. HDTV will send digital signals which means greater clarity and quality of picture. TV broadcasting is produced in a high definition format and now it is possible for HDTV models to receive those programs as they were really intended to be. It's like seeing a movie but with a viewing ratio of 16:9. In layman's terms that is a screen of 16 units wide and nine units high and the resolution of 1920 x 1080. That really is high definition.

If you are watching your favorite sporting event, don't you want to feel like you are in the stadium with the crowd? HDTV can give you that feeling, and the bigger your television set is, the more you will feel like you are there. The beauty of an HDTV set is that you will no longer have those pesky black bars that you normally see on a wide screen movie. How great would that be?

Due to the greater amount of bandwidth, the colors on an HDTV set will look more realistic. An HDTV set is 2 to 5 times more detailed visually than normal television sets. You'll barely be able to see the scanning lines, if you can see them at all. This increase in clarity and detail makes high definition television more pleasing to watch. What would this kind of television viewing be without surround sound? Most broadcasters broadcast in HDTV with surround sound.

I know that a lot of so-called technological innovations are just so much hype, but I can swear from personal experience that HDTV is the biggest step forward since the advent of color. So good you could invite all your fellow sports fans around to watch the big game and charge them admission. - 15275

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