HDTV, what can it do for you?
HDTV is quite simply the biggest thing to happen to TV since it went colour. A High-Definition TV (HDTV) is a type of digital TV that not only offers a much higher screen resolution than a standard TV – which makes for a noticeably better picture – but also delivers vastly superior sound. With HDTV, you’ll enjoy richer colour, deeper blacks, and sharper images when watching your favourite programmes, films, and sports.
Also, if you watch films on Blu-ray Disc, you’ll see the difference compared to DVDs immediately. Many high-definition TV programmes are broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, which is the same high-fidelity audio found in movie theatres. With an HDTV, you’ll enjoy cinema-quality surround sound in the comfort of your own home.
1080p? 720p? HD Ready? Full HD?
What does it all mean?
The first thing you should know is that “resolution” is the term used to describe the number of dots, or pixels, used to display an image. Higher resolutions mean that more pixels are used to create the image, resulting in a crisper, cleaner image.
When you see a TV described as “1080p”, that means it has 1080 rows of pixels running horizontally along its screen. 1080p, also known as Full HD, provides the highest resolution in the HDTV standard and is the only way to fully experience the true potential of high definition gaming and Blu-ray. A 1080p TV gives you up to four times more detail and ten times the sound quality of DVD.
A 720p is known as HD Ready. An HD Ready 720p TV will give you much better picture quality from your DVDs than your old TV ever could and is suitable for HD television programming. However, a 720p TV is not capable of getting the most out of all HD content, such as Blu-ray Discs.
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