HDTV Takes Off After Initial Hiccups This article deals with the high definition televisions getting delayed in entering the consumer market because of multiple standards. At a recent broadcasting conference it was said that high definition television is gaining momentum all over the world for entertainment. The article explained what high definition television was about, saying the images are sharper and wider, with digital sound quality. According to Dr. Ramani, a project manager in India, he says that more than five million households in the United States are capable of receiving high definition TV signals. Cable operators are already providing HDTV services in eighty percent of the US market. For digital television there are two formats, standard and high definition. The difference between the standard and high is that standard uses less bandwidth and its possible to broadcast multiple programs in a multi-channel mode, where high definition require much higher data rates due to higher resolution. For transmission of HDTV the signals vary depending on the profile and resolution. A typical HDTV distribution requires twenty to forty-five mbps depending on the compression ratio. By producing satellite applications with higher modulation it can increase HDTV’s number of channels per transponder and improve the quality of the signal. HDTV is growing very quickly and possibly make the televisions you have now obsolete.
