Digital set top box? Whats the difference between high definition and standard definition?
Answer:
High definition has a higher resolution. What that means is that it shows more pixels across the screen, more detail per inch. standard definition is everything up to 480 lines of horizontal resolution. High definition is up 720 or 1080 lines of resolution. Basically, with twice as much information on screen, the pixels are half the size, making it harder for eyes to see the indivual dots.
If your looking to "clear up the picture", first make sure that your standard definition set is showing the best picture it can. If the picture appears slightly staticy, kinda like getting bad reception with old rabbit ear antennas, you may be getting a bad signal coming in. If the signal coming in to your house is of poor quality, no TV in the world is going to make it look sharp, high definition or otherwise.
With cable, if you split the signal to multiple TV's in your house, you lose signal each time it's split. Sometimes the cable company can boost the signal coming in to your house. If they can't do that for you, try using a cable amplifier. Stores like radio shack have these. They can be as cheap as 20 or 30 bucks, and will compensate for a low signal. This won't give you High Definition, but it will ensure that your standard signal is the clearest it can be.
One is in High definition and the other is in standard. I can't remember which is which
get high definition because as of Feb 17th, 2009, the government will require ALL televisions in the country to be digital HD.
(TV stations serving all markets in the United States are airing digital television programming today, although most will continue to provide analog programming through February 17, 2009. At that point, full-power TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.)
Don't you love our government?
Depends on your TV. If your TV is high def, go with the digital hd box. HD is an upgraded signal. Standard def TV is 480i. DVD is shown in 720i. High def TV's can show a signal in 1080i/1080p. The i means "interlaced", and p means "progressive". But if your TV cannot show 1080, you are wasting money. Most high def TV are very well priced. You can find them for under $1000 for modestly sized units.
the only real difference is a hd tv much more sharper and has a clearer picture
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