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2006-11-03 09:07:15 · 3 answers · asked by hamco651@verizon.net 1 in Consumer Electronics TVs

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Not sure what you are
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up much about HDTV on Wikipedia...

2006-11-03 09:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

The original time table was Feb, 2006. This was the point in which broadcast companies were supposed to have HDTV channels up and running. The problem was that not enough HDTV's were sold, so the broadcast companies didn't want to waste their money on upgrading. Currently, all of the core channels like ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox and Warner Bros all broadcast in HDTV. Through cable/sattelite, about 25 channels are currently being broadcast in HD. Chances are these are all the channels you regularly watch. December of 2007, nearly every channel will be broadcast in both HD and SD (standard definition).

2006-11-03 17:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by Wiseass 4 · 0 0

There is no HDTV timetable. There is a deadline for TV stations to stop broadcasting analog TV. Those who want to continue in operation will broadcast digital TV. Many stations are now broadcasting both on a digital channel and an analog channel; they will shut down the analog channel at the changeover date (early 2009). Digital TV does NOT mean HDTV, and much television broadcast digitally is not HDTV.

When the changeover occurs, analog TVs now in use will not be able to receive off-the-air broadcasts. Adapter boxes (digital tuners) are supposed to be available for these sets at a low price. This changeover will have no effect on people receiving their TV signals from cable or satellite.

While digital television does not mean HDTV. in fact most of the digital broadcast will conform the HDTV standards. Even now, almost all prime-time programs on the major networks and many on the smaller networks are in HDTV, and that is sure to increase. It is up to the local station whether to transmit these in HDTV format, but certainly almost all of them will.

2006-11-04 02:22:32 · answer #3 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0 0

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