High definition television has more lines making up the picture(pixels for the computer monitor people there) than a standard definition television. Thus, it produces a more vivid and clear picture. It is not just the television that adds to the cost though. You need to plug some high-definition equipment into it.
Now, as we mentioned, HD-DVD or BluRay equipment is expensive and unproven in the marketplace, but a simple solution is an HD upscaling or upconverting DVD player. This will take the DVD output and scale it up to match the high-definition inputs of the screen. There are varying qualities of thi.
The simplest way to get HD is to call your television service provider and tell them you want to upgrade your service to HD. Hopefully it won’t be too much. That will at least get you the big networks to start your HD adventure on.
