Sony MHC-GX25 The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 13

Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16:9 16:9 16:9 or 4:3 4:3 Picture Rate (frames per second) P = progressive i = interlace 30i, 30P, 24P 60P, 30P, 24P 60P, 30i, 30P, 24P 60P, 30i, 30P, 24P Definition High Definition High Definition Standard Definition Standard Definition Of the eighteen DTV broadcast formats, only the top six are designated High Definition. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over-the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can choose a television with a built-in HD receiver. But most customers are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. HDTV receiver features to look for: ƒ 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. ƒ 480i outputs to serve conventional televisions. ƒ DIRECTV reception. Many receivers that will tune free, over-the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set-top box. ƒ DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from the set-top box to the television. Your High Definition signal is carried with full picture quality. The connection is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from piracy. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13