What Is High Definition Television (HDTV or Hi-Def TV)?
Better television … crisper, cleaner and clearer pictures with much more detail than standard TV … you know, the kind you’ve been watching all of your life. The size of the HDTV screen is different, too. Instead of the square-ish TV you’re used to, the HDTV picture is wide screen (a 16 X 9 ratio). The HDTV signal is also different. Your old sets are called “analog.” HDTV signals are digital. But, remember, all digital signals are NOT High Definition! On February 17, 2009, there will no longer be analog (the old kind of) signals over-the-air; only digital. Be sure you know you can receive HD signals whether over-the-air or from a multichannel video provider … and you know you’re on the right track using whereishd.com!
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