Is your HDTV giving you HDTV?

Chances are, if you're like many consumers, the answer is no. Many who buy HDTVs take them home, turn them on and think what they’re seeing on the screen is HDTV. It may very well not be. One in six U.S. households now have at least one HDTV but only half of them are actually watching high definition. A quarter of the households think they are watching HD but they're not; they are still watching standard definition content. These consumers don't realize you have to have both a high definition source to watch (an HD-DVD or Blu-ray player; over the air HD signal; or subscribe to HD cable or satellite) and the TV connected correctly to that source to see HD.

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