What's HDTV?
HDTV stands for High Definition Television. In straightforward terms, what it means is that the picture is generally bigger, and much clearer and sharper - enough so that in certain situations, it can almost fool you into thinking that what you're looking at is real. HDTV is already on offer in the USA, the Far East, and Australia, and has already launched in Europe. BSkyB's service launched on May 22nd, while the BBC's launched on May 11th.

HDTV-quality pictures are also imminently due to become available on DVD through two new types of DVD player with incompatible formats: Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.