HDTV is a digital signal that dramatically improves your viewing experience. The picture is 25% wider, twice as bright and 5 times sharper than “analog” TV signals. Watching an HD signal provides astonishingly life-like images, with brighter, bolder colors and amazing clarity. HDTV is WIDESCREEN like a movie theatre with rich sound.

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Digital Television (DTV) is an innovative new type of over-the-air broadcasting technology that provides dramatically clearer pictures and better sound quality along with more programming choices. High-Definition Television (HDTV) is the highest quality of DTV and delivers movie-quality pictures and sound that far surpasses the abilities of a traditional analog TV set. HDTV takes on a vivid brilliance that simply has to be seen to be appreciated.

Congress set February 17, 2009 as the nation’s transition date from analog to digital TV. All analog signals (the current standard) will stop. Digital HDTV will be the NEW and ONLY broadcast signal available. Everyone will be affected.

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Analog over-the-air TV broadcasts take up a great amount of space. The range of frequencies used, bandwidth, is very valuable, especially in today's ever increasing dependence on wireless capabilities. Digital signals can transmit more information in a smaller slice of the available frequencies. Switching to narrower digital signals (which are also of superior quality), opens up a lot of the bandwidth. Congress ordered the transition and will allocate up to $1.5 billion for a digital-to-analog converter box program to be administered by the Department of Commerce. An older, non-digital television without cable or satellite service will need a special converter box to receive a picture... meaning viewers that receive free over-the-air (OTA) television signals through outside antennas or indoor "rabbit ears" will be affected. The good news is if you've purchased a TV in the last two or three years, there's a good chance your TV already has a digital tuner inside. All TVs over 25-inches have been required to be manufactured with a digital tuner. Since 2005, and as of March 2007, retailers are forbidden to sell any TVs that do not have digital tuners.

All over-the-air signals are FREE. KSL 5 Eyewitness News is Utah’s FIRST and ONLY HD news broadcast and it’s FREE.

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It's FREE! All over-the-air digital signals come at no cost! However, paid subscriptions with cable or satellite providers come at a cost.

To experience HDTV you need 3 things: an HD television, an HD decoder or tuner and an HD signal (like KSL’s).

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1. If using an existing analog TV, purchase a digital-to-analog converter box and antenna for reception of FREE broadcast TV. Two $40 government coupons are now available to assist television owners in the cost of the converter boxes.
2. Purchase a new television with a built-in digital tuner for reception of FREE broadcast TV in HD.
3. Continue with a PAID subscription to a television service (i.e. Cable, satellite) with digital and HD upgrades.

KSL is Utah’s HD leader, having made the switch to Digital broadcasting in 1999. KSL provides Utah’s FIRST and ONLY local HD newscasts. You can enjoy KSL 5 Eyewitness News HD, SportsBeat HD and NBC programming in HD NOW!

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