HDTV

Historically speaking, not so long ago we were breathless and speechless over small black-and-white television screens, watching pictures coming from a neighbourhood TV station. The boxes that housed those small screens were the size of huge cupboards, and to see what was actually happening, we had to strain our eyes beyond belief.

Today we have high definition TV which offers a crisp, wide screen, digitally perfect picture with cinema-like surround sound.

However the technology can be baffling even to the most seasoned user. To help you understand what the salespeople are selling you, so you can make better-informed choices, here's a series of questions answered in language as plain as it can get.


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• The faster the refresh rate, the better the picture

Response time is better measurement than refresh rate, but in both cases it remans a fact that crisper viewing means less tired eyes, fewer headaches.


• High-definition changes with each passing day

It makes no sense to delay and procrastinate: the HDTV set you buy will be obsolete by the time you leave the store, anyhow.


• Computer screens ahead of the times

It's the content you download that may or may not be high-definition compliant, but your computer's resolution capability is right there.


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