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Everybody has heard the television system is in transition, but does the average person understand what is really going on behind the scene in this digital era? Most likely it seems to the consumer that things are changing but the understanding of why is not obvious. HDTV is a buzz word to most people and it means a good TV picture, but nothing more.

Digital TVs can receive and display television broadcasts that are sent using one of eighteen digital signal methods. HDTV is really called High Definition TV, but did you know there are about 17 types of signals sent out to the TV. If a person doesn’t have HDTV they can still get the signals, but you won’t have the best quality image that can be produced.   

All televisions build in the past are equipped to receive analog signals. The analog system was developed over 50 years ago so all televisions produced were designed to receive the analog signals. As the move to switch the signal type from analog to digital is upon us, a person with an older television set will need to get a box to place between the signal and the television set in order to convert the signal to the correct format. The box you will need is called a digital-to-analog converter. The problem is that the converter box will not always yield the best possible results depending on what type of signal your TV is set up to receive.

The simplest way to talk about HDTV formats is to talk about how the signal will display on your TV screen in a way that is understandable. The signal being broadcast boils down to how many lines of image will fit on your screen and the method in which the signal is displayed on your TV. As a consumer you will have the choice of 480 lines of display all the way up to 720 lines of display. Add to that the fact that an HDTV will progressively scan the images or lines to insure a quality picture and that is where the HDTV will out perform other types of televisions.

So to sum up this whole conversion process from analog to digital, it boils down to resolution formats and your ability to see the image on the TV screen in its best possible clarity. If you are into your TV programs and quality is an issue you will want to upgrade your set.