You probably have heard of HDTV, but you may be confused by all the new terminology. The maximum resolution on a standard analog TV is 720 x 480 pixels, which is about 337,000 pixels in total. HDTV is a specification for digital television has many video resolutions. The two main resolutions of concern are 720p and 1080i. The “P” means progressive and “i” means interlaced, in both resolutions, every second has 60 frames of video.

Progressive resolution puts 60 full frames on the screen every second. Interlaced resolution puts 30 frames of only odd lines and lines only up to 30 frames per second. Some people believe that the interlaced video causes flicker.

The 720p video resolution is 1280 x 720 pixels, for a total of 921,600 pixels and the 1080i resolution is 1920 x 1080, which gives a huge 2,073,000 pixel.

This is a personal choice on what resolution you prefer, the best way to learn is to go down to the local dealer, and yourself.

The sound will be heard on HDTV better than it did on your analog TV, some HDTV programs include Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, but will require stakeholders to be able to take advantage of that.

You must purchase a new HDTV. Some HDTVs come with built-in tuner, while others do not. The tuner converts the signal into something your television can recognize. HDTV does not come from a tuner are commonly called “HDTV Ready”. Without an HDTV tuner is useless.

And ‘can display HDTV images on your PC, you can do with ATI HDTV Wonder, which comes with its own antenna to receive HDTV plane, but also has inputs for cable and satellite signals. One advantage of this is that you can play and record any program you want on your computer.