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High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). HDTV is digitally broadcast, because digital television (DTV) requires less bandwidth if sufficient video compression is used. HDTV technology was introduced in the U.S. in the 1990s by the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance, a group of television companies.
In 1949, France launched 819 lines television, first high definition public television network (778 active lines). This 819 lines network remained operational until 1983.
In 1958, the U.S.S.R. created Трансформатор (Transformer), the first high-resolution (definition) television system capable of producing an image composed of 1,125 lines of resolution for the purpose of televison conferences among military commands; as it was a military product, it was not commercialised.[3]
In 1969, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) first developed commercial, high-definition television, [4] yet, the system was not commercialised until late in the 1990s.
Currently, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R BT.709) defines three high-definition television systems: (i) the 1080i (1,080 actively-interlaced lines of resolution), (ii) the 1080p (1,080 progressively-scanned lines), and (iii) the 720p (720 progressively-scanned lines), each system produces a 16:9 aspect ratio image.
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Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image.
High-definition television refers to the image resolution and, loosely, to photo- and videographic media capable of such image resolution, i.e. photographic film and digital video. Current HDTV broadcast standards are in the ATSC and DVB specifications. HDTV is capable of cinema-quality audio, because it uses the Dolby Digital (AC-3) format to support the 5.1 surround sound system.