Digital TV (DTV) Standard Definition (SD) or High Definition (HD) what does it all mean?
You may be wondering what the difference is between Digital TV (DTV) Standard Definition (SDTV) and High Definition (HDTV), and should it be of concern when choosing your videographer.
First of all, don't get DTV confused with HDTV, it’s easy to confuse the issue. On February 17, 2009, federal law requires that all full-power television broadcast stations stop broadcasting in analog format and broadcast only in digital format. Here’s what these requirements will mean for you and your television viewing. If you have an analog television connected to an antenna or rabbit ears, you will have to purchase a digital-to-analog set-top converter box to attach to your TV set to be able to view over-the-air digital programming. You will not need an HDTV to view free over-the-air digital programming. As long as your television equipment contains a digital tuner, you will be able to view over-the-air digital TV. An HDTV is only necessary if you want to view digital programming in “high definition and or if you want to view the new DVD disk format, Blu-Ray disk.
In reality however, most people are now purchasing HDTV's. By the end of this decade, more households than not will contain an HDTV. It's oblivious too, once you've watched HDTV programming, you won't want to watch standard definition SDTV if it can be avoided. The picture quality of HDTV is simply much more pleasing.
HD should be a consideration when determining how much you want to invest in your wedding video because HD will be the standard when your grandchildren want to watch your wedding video.
It’s important to note that if your videographer doesn't currently shoot your wedding in HD, there’s no way it can be edited and delivered in HD later. So you might want to ask your videographer if that is an available option. If it is, he or she will most likely shoot your wedding in HD and deliver it in SD for now. Then, once a practical, and economical method of delivery is available, he/she can re-author and deliver your video in Blu-Ray.
It’s also very important to understand that just because a videographer states that he/she will shoot your wedding using HD cameras, it doesn’t necessarily mean they will deliver your video in HD. Also, another major misconception is if it’s seen in 16:9 widescreen format, than it must be HD. This is simply not accurate. Your videographer might well be shooting weddings in HD and displaying HD content on his/her website which would be in a 16:9 screen radio. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he/she is capable in delivering HD content at the present time. So insure that you get the complete details from your videographer so you won’t be disappointed later.
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