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HDTV High Definition Televison Information 



All stations are currently broadcasting in crystal clear digital HDTV or High Definition USA.

If you are subscribed to satellite or cable,you will need not do anything.If you disconnect from a service, You will need to purchase a HDTV or Digital converter box & Godar antenna to receive digital High Definiton channels from over the air broadcasts.

All current TV sets are High Definition and have built in HD tuners.Older CRT(picture tube TV) require a digital converter box.
For free off the air HD reception. All you will need is a indoor/outdoor TV antenna(see the Godar Model Hd-3/4 Model 2A deluxe and model 1
 
If you own a Television set pre 2001.You will need to purchase a digital converter box that retails around $50.00.
The HD converter box is smaller in size to a DVD player and easily hooks up to the TV's antenna connection or video input.  Your new digital box becomes the TV tuner.Your converter box will need an antenna connected to it for digital TV reception.Box will Not receive channels without an antenna.

Results with your new digital converter box:

You have a crystal clear picture with no ghosts or interference.  The picture will not be in high definition.  It will still be flawless and near perfect over what you were watching years back with analog reception.You can also connect to your VCR and record flawless pictures as never before.
 
If your set is HD ready.  It is advised to purchase a High Definition converter over the basic digital box.  These boxes retail in the $200.00+ price range.  They deliver High definition pictures.  Many big screens manufactured 2000 to 2006 are "HD" ready and will show a superior picture in High definition.
Yes, you can use a basic digital converter box with your HD set.

 
Important:

Hook the HD box to the"DTV"inputs.  Most HD ready sets from 2001 have a DTV input for 1080i HD pictures.

HD sets with standard component only will be limited to 480i HD.
They will still receive High Def pictures, just at a lower picture resolution.

If you own a TV that has a HD tuner built in, you need not purchase a box.

Just hook up the antenna to the coax antenna jack and set the "auto program" feature on your set or converter box for your local HD channels.
IMPORTANT!!!!!
It is important that you  "set the menu "AUTO PROGRAM" as this will "locate" and "set" the new digital TV channels and sub channels.  All TV sets and converter boxes have the auto program feature.

With HD reception, one will have double or triple the channels over what they are currently receiving.

Each main channel has multiple sub channels. Lets say you tune in on channel 8.1. Now hit the remote "up" button and you will have 8.2., Channel 8.2.  Will have a different program from 8.1. Press the remote button again.  Now you are at sub channel 8.3. Again another program.

In the Phoenix, Arizona area.  Channel 8 has 4 sub channels with programing.
Channel 21 has 6. Using your remote will be the same as before. You will have more channels to view and it's all free.   The local ABC & NBC networks have a second 24 hour weather channel with live programs.Our channel 3 has a second channel with 24 hours of movies.
It is nice to catch the weather at any time of the day.

The advantage of HDTV is crystal clear.  Your pictures are flawless and super clear.  It is like looking threw a window.  No more Ghosting or line images that analog TV once had.  It is great living in the digital age.

Att: ALL Flat screen owners. Warning!!!

 

All LCD and Plasma sets run super hot and most have NO cooling whats so ever. Heat is the number one enemy of semiconductors.  It can lower the life span of your TV investment.

Your flat screen can and will most likely break down within 2-3 or 4 years.Naturally after the warranty runs out. 

Repair costs??   Try $650 on average with a 2-3 week wait depending on repair shop and parts availability.  Other sets with modules tied to the LCD screen can have a repair cost twice what you payed for it.  These end up in the land fills.

It is not like the old days when an American built RCA or Zenith set ran 15 years before its first repair call only to have it going for another 10 years.

 

Inexpensive solution.  Electric Fans.

You need to place a large fan on the back vents and have air to force the heat out.  Larger Flat panel sets require 2 or 3 fans to cover all three areas of circuit boards.  Muffin fans found in computers are ideal for wall mounted flat panel.  You can connect your fans on an automatic timer so they come on during your viewing times.  Common store Fans are also ideal. You can also add a carbon fiber pad on the back of the fan. This will collect dust and clean the room air.Also keeps dust from blowing into the TV.Another tip is to add a timer to the fan. This way you can set viewing times and save electricty.

 

This tip can add years of life to your flat panel.  This is for all Plasma and LCD sets and all brands.

DLP and LED projection sets have there own INTERNAL fans and need no additional cooling.



                                                                             By Michael Godar