High- Definition Television and HDTV Products
High definition television is a television broadcasting system that may come in digital and analog formats. Broadcasting of high definition television is made digitally. The HDTV technology was introduced commercially by the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance in the United States in the last decade of the twentieth century.
There are different HDTV products that can help display or produce greater resolution in less bandwidth. They can come in various features, sizes and technologies.
Televisions and monitors are common HDTV products. The prominence of large size screen technology and flat panel display has gradually decreased the prevalence of standard definition television. Televisions can be found in different features particular in panel display. Plasma TV and LCD TV are increasingly preferred by more and more consumers because of their flat panels and chic features. CRT TV has gradually been decreasing in popularity perhaps because of its bulk size.
Other HDTV products with display features include projection TV and DLP projectors. Projection TV is a large-screen size television that can come in size similar to plasma and LCD televisions. This kind may include CRT projector, LCD projector and DLP projector.
DLP projector used in home theater system is an HDTV product that displays high-definition television image on a projected screen.
Other HDTV products include home theatre systems, HDTV tuner box and HDTV antennas. Blu-ray and HD DVD are HDTV products that have HD video content while Xbox, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 can produce an HD signal. DVD players are considered HDTV product because of the HD feature they have.
There are various manufacturers of HDTV products. They are manufacturers of flat panel televisions such as Sony, Samsung, LG, Phillips, Sharp, Panasonic, Sanyo and JVC.
Gateway, NEC, Syntax and Toshiba are manufacturers of HDTV LCD while Microsoft produces Console Games such as Xbox and Xbox 360 and HDTV DVD players.
HDTV has gradually replaced the traditional broadcasting system and format in television in several countries. Standard definition television and analog broadcasting system could become a thing of the past.
There are various countries in Europe that have switched from analog transmission to digital television broadcasting. Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, Andorra and Luxembourg are countries which have successfully completed its transition from analog to digital television. Other countries have also followed in making the transition. When the transition occurs, HDTV products would become common items.
HDTV products are among the popular items in the digital world. They can be found in places where flat screen televisions are displayed and computer monitors are commonly used.
