No. Analog televisions are not capable of displaying high-definition resolution, but the picture will generally be better with a converter. If you want to view high-definition TV, then you will need one of the newer sets rated for "high-definition" resolution. Applicants must meet the Census definition of a household as consisting of "all persons who currently occupy a house, apartment, mobile home, group of rooms, or single room that is occupied as separate living quarters and has a separate U.

NO! this is a major misconception, and your new HD ready TV won’t magically turn standard-definition into HD. You need to feed your new HD ready TV with a High Definition source, i.e Sky Digital HD. As we are aware not many people want to subscribe to a subscription service but HD is a premium service and will more than likely remain so as the cost of making HD programmes is expensive.

High-definition television channels/programming, it is available from major satellite carrier (DirecTV and Dish Network). Most cable companies are also offering HD programming. If you don't want to pay for anything, you could check to see if your local television station is broadcasting in HD. More than 1,300 local television stations broadcast over-the-air high-definition signals, meaning that about 99 percent of U.S. households are in range of at least one HDTV station.

No. A digital receiver or digital cable box are all that is necessary to receive the additional channels on your basic television set.

Yes, your cable TV line can carry the TV signal while you send and receive information on the Internet. Depending on how many TVs you have connected to the cable coming into your home, you may also be in need of a Signal Splitter to allow more cable connections to areas within your home. Click here to learn more about our Signal Splitter and Signal Booster products. Currently, most Internet service providers do not provide cable Internet access.

It is a TV format that contains upto five times more detail than the standard definition TV. This improvement is staggering, the impact dramatic - just like the move from black and white to colour TV. This is because of the increased picture resolution that HD broadcasts deliver and HD ready displays are able to receive. Pictures are broadcast in widescreen.

To receive high-definition programming transmitted via satellite, you will need an HD satellite receiver, and a new, larger dish. Most receivers are equipped like most DVD-Video players, that is, with a built-in, two-channel Dolby Digital decoder with analog stereo out puts, and a Dolby Digital output for 5.1-channel sound with an external 5.1-channel Dolby Digital decoder unit.

Provided you have a HD Ready television you can connect a Sky HD receiver and watch several Sky channels in High Definition now. Terrestrial HD reception is not available at the moment, as there will not be adequate bandwidth until the analogue signal is turned off. In the future, terrestrial HD receivers will become available, which will connect to your HD Ready television and enable HD terrestrial reception.

No. DigiTV-HD is the new name for the DigiTV application and is intended to convey that it is capable of High Definition reception, rather than being used soley for that purpose. The DigiTV-HD application software represents the cutting edge of our software development and all users will be able to benefit from the new features that are being added as part of our continuous improvement program.

A display's ability to fully resolve all the details in a broadcast is dependent upon its resolution. An HDTV-capable flat panel monitor has higher resolution capability than an EDTV model, which allows it to display more of the detail in an HDTV broadcast. EDTV flat panel monitors must convert HDTV signals into a lower resolution that's compatible with the display capability of the flat panel monitor.

Yes. In fact you will need both a TV that is capable of displaying HDTV as well an HDTV tuner (if your set is not integrated).

No. The Digital TV system used in the UK is the same resolution as analogue - 625 lines. However, the digital technology greatly enhances the picture quality you actually receive using this resolution. HDTV gives an even better picture, but requires new, expensive television sets. The American Digital TV system uses HDTV, and, due to the significantly higher costs involved, is not taking off nearly as quickly as digital TV in the UK.

HDMI is the all-in-one, standardized, universal connector for audio/video applications. HDMI is set to unify all digital media components with a single cable, remote, and interface. HDMI is built with a 5 Gbps bandwidth limit, that is over twice of HDTV (which runs at 2.2 Gbps). It is an interface built for the future technologies. The connectors are sliding contact type just like FireWire and USB instead of screw-on like DVI.

Yes, this is possible. The MultiTasker can be set up to feed any kind of signal via a freely configurable Matrix switcher. This unit can then be controlled and accessed with AVSnap from a local PC, wall mounted control buttons or touch panel screen.

Through experimentation, we've found that the following is needed to view this signal. It appears that the Dobly Digital audio format is causing problems. To fix this, grab "AC3Filter". It is a free filter that will decode Dolby Digital (AC3) audio. http://ac3filter.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=1

To really enjoy HDTV you will require a 26” or 32” LCD TV. If you are going for a larger screen, 37” + then a Panasonic Plasma television would be our first choice. Never rush out and buy the first HD Ready TV you see ~ You will regret it. Call into our showroom and we can highlight the differences between a LCD and a Plasma, or see our separate link on this issue. We will only recommend the TV’s that we would watch in our own homes.

Yes. however you need separate satellite receivers as part of a dual LNB Satellite System to accomplish this. The dual LNB Satellite System or multi room system allows you to use additional receivers so the members of your household can watch different channels or pay per view programs in different rooms at the same time.

With the Dish 500 digital satellite system and BYU-TV channel 9403 you will be able to watch General Conference in April and October (all sessions except for Priesthood session). Womens Conference from BYU, Education Week, Live Tuesday devotionals and Forums. Music and the Spoken Word from Temple Square each Sunday, and other live broadcasts like the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.

The format of Shaw On Demand titles is determined by the studios that send us the films, and, at this time, very few studios provide Video On Demand selections in HD format. As the demand increases and more people worldwide utilize the the HD standard, more studios will begin supplying Video On Demand selections in HD. We will make them available to our clients as soon as they do.