What is the difference between High Definition (HDTV) and current Digital TV services?
Television sets loaded with new HDTV technology is quite different from the televisions loaded with standard definition. Current TV sets have low resolution in comparision of HDTV sets. HDTV has high resolution of one or two million per frame that is five times more than the resolutions found on HDTV sets. HDTV sets offers sharp viodeo and clear audio resolution that is basically absent in current digital TV services. It offers theater like experience even at home.
HD is the new standard of television technology. It provides 1080 lines of resolution compared to the 480 lines of resolution on standard Digital service. HDTV offers wide-screen picture viewing with quality similar to 35mm film along with compact disc (CD) sound quality. From a viewer’s perspective, High Definition translates to better visual and acoustic enjoyment when watching TV. Wide screen is defined as 16:9 ratio of width to height. An analog TV has a 4:3 ratio.
