1) What is High Definition?
"High definition" or HD is the highest form of the new kind of television called digital television. Digital HDTV is a whole new viewing experience, like a movie theater in your home, even on smaller HDTV sets. HDTV means a widescreen TV picture with 5 times more information on the screen than conventional analog TV. What's more, HDTV offers 5.1-channel digital surround sound, like a movie theater.
You can enjoy FREE over-the-air HDTV on Channel 9 (and other local stations). Virtually all local TV stations are now broadcasting digitally and there's lots of programming to watch, like ABC's popular Desperate Housewives and Monday Night Football as well as NFL on CBS and Fox on Sundays and most primetime programming on all of the major networks. Please visit http://www.wftv.com/tvlistings/index.html and click on the WFTV-DT tab to view the complete HD program listing for WFTV.
All you need is an antenna (a rooftop, attic or indoor antenna) and an ATSC receiver. This can be a separate set-top box (like LG's LST-4200) that will work with an HDTV monitor or an INTEGRATED HDTV that includes the ATSC receiver built-in. (Many are available from various brands including LG and Zenith, see lgusa.com or zenith.com).
2) How many channels are in High Definition?
More than 1,400 TV stations around the country (including all of your local channels) are broadcasting DIGITALLY. Digital TV broadcasts mean snow-free, ghost-free pictures.
The highest form of digital TV is high-definition TV or HDTV. You can enjoy FREE over-the-air HDTV on Channel 9 (and other local stations). There's lots of programming to watch, like ABC's popular Desperate Housewives and Monday Night Football as well as NFL on CBS and Fox on Sundays and most primetime programming on all of the major networks. Please visit http://www.wftv.com/tvlistings/index.html and click on WFTV-DT tab to view the complete HD program listing for WFTV.
There also are other HDTV channels on cable and satellite, like ESPN-HD, Discovey HDTV Theater and HBO-HD to name a few.
3) Can I get HD off the air?
Absolutely. You can enjoy FREE over-the-air HDTV on Channel 9 (and other local stations). Virtually all local TV stations are now broadcasting digitally and there's lots of programming to watch, like ABC's popular Desperate Housewives and Monday Night Football as well as NFL on CBS and Fox on Sundays and most primetime programming on all of the major networks.
All you need is an antenna (a rooftop, attic or indoor antenna) and an ATSC receiver. This can be a separate set-top box (like LG's LST-4200) that will work with an HDTV monitor or an INTEGRATED HDTV that includes the ATSC receiver built-in. (Many are available from various brands including LG and Zenith)
A good rule of thumb is if you can receive a good over-the-air regular (analog) signal with your existing antenna, you should be able to receive a superb digital HDTV signal. Thanks for writing.
4) What is the real difference in High Definition from the TVs we have always owned?
HDTV is a whole new viewing experience, like a movie theater in your home, even on smaller HDTV sets. HDTV means a widescreen TV picture with 5 times more information on the screen than conventional analog TV. What's more, HDTV offers 5.1-channel digital surround sound, like a movie theater.
You can enjoy FREE over-the-air HDTV on Channel 9 (and other local stations). Virtually all local TV stations are now broadcasting digitally and there's lots of programming to watch, like ABC's popular Desperate Housewives and Monday Night Football as well as NFL on CBS and Fox on Sundays and most primetime programming on all of the major networks.
All you need is an antenna (a rooftop, attic or indoor antenna) and an ATSC receiver. This can be a separate set-top box (like LG's LST-4200) that will work with an HDTV monitor or an INTEGRATED HDTV that includes the ATSC receiver built-in. (Many are available from various brands including LG and Zenith)
5) Is HDTV clear when you are close to it the screen?
Many of us remember our parents telling us, "Don't sit too close to the TV." Sitting close wouldn't hurt your eyes, but as your question indicates, old analog TV doesn't look so good up close.
That's one of the beauties of HDTV: you can sit closer to the screen and will not see the scan lines and interference that you see on analog TV. It doesn't mean that consumers are moving their sofa closer to the screen; it means they're getting bigger, widescreen sets that help create a home theater experience.
Experts call this the HDTV holiday season as millions of consumers make the transition from old analog TV to new digital HDTV.
6) Does the HD TV completely fill the screen of a HDTV or does it have black bars on the top and bottom?
Answer: The answer is yes (and no). If your 60-inch screen is in the widescreen 16:9 format (which most high-definition sets are), Channel 9's stunning HDTV images will fill the screen beautifully without so-called "letterboxing." Old squarish 4:3 displays will display the widescreen TV picture with black bars on the top and bottom.
7) Are there lots of channels available in HD?
Yes, there are lots of channels now. Channel 9 does a great job in high-definition with everything from Monday Night Football to the Oscars to Desperate Housewives.
Other broadcast channels offer FREE over the air HDTV if you have an HDTV receiver and antenna. Cable and satellite also offer HDTV channels like HBO-HD, ESPN-HD, Discovery HD Theater, etc.
8) What size do HDTVs come in?
HDTVs range from 17-inch LCDs to 30-inch CRT (picture tube) models, to rear-projection HDTVs (in the 40- to 70-inch range) to hang-on-the-wall plasma HDTVs in 42-, 50- and 60-inch sizes.
A visit to a local retailer like Best Buy, Circuit City or Absolute Sound in Winter Park should help put all this in perspective.
9) I heard plasma HDTVs only last 5 years then the picture is gone. Is this true?
That's a great question. The short life of plasmas is an urban myth. In fact, LG Electronics now has 60,000-hour plasma panels. That equates to about 27 years of normal TV viewing.
10) Do you need a special cable connection to receive HDTV?
No you don't need a special cable connection to receive HDTV.
While you can receive HDTV by paying your cable or satellite operator to deliver it to you, one of the best ways to receive HDTV is FREE using an antenna to pick up Channel 9's digital broadcast signal using a new HDTV receiver.
11) Having trouble picking up WFTV Channel 9 in HD?
WFTV-DT and WRDQ-DT (along with several other stations) recently changed our program ID settings to come into compliance with an FCC rule that becomes effective January 1. Try doing a re-scan of your receiver channels. This should fix it.
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