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The Difference Between HDTV's And Regular Televisions?

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    The difference between a HDTV (High Definition TV) and a regular TV set is in the number of lines that is transmitted to and displayed on the screen.

    HDTV is high resolution, working on 1125 lines of resolution. This is over five times the information that a regular 525 line NTSC television set receives. With so much more data being received, the TV picture is much sharper and realistic.

    The downside is that a HDTV set consequently needs a signal that occupies five times more bandwidth. At the moment, HDTV sets are around a third more expensive than regular TV sets. However, this new era of digital TV broadcasts means HDTV sets can display TV output in wide screen mode.
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    Wombat96 

    answered 3 years ago

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