HOW DOES HDTV BROADCASTING APPLY TO TV SETS?
First, there’s HD-ready. This means that the TV can handle HD-quality video coming in from a separate satellite, cable or antenna-based HD tuner. Look for 720p/1080i compatibility, meaning the TV recognizes the video coming in, and then “upconverts” or “downconverts” it to the screen resolution. Again, think of a computer monitor when you look at a video clip or even a still picture in full-screen mode, your computer has merely optimized that image to fit. The upconverter is a smart processor that also amps up lower-quality video, say standard analog cable or even DVD content. These often have a picture expander that takes the 4:3 aspect ratio of standard TV and stretches it or zooms and crops the image to fit the wide-format HDTV screen. Just be warned that a clearer nicer picture of low quality video has a tendency to show just how bad the video really is; to borrow the overused phrase: “Garbage in, garbage out.” HOW DOES VIDEO GET INTO THE TV? You may have taken the time to learn th
