Confusion over high-definition TV

According to the BBC, just because a TV set is being sold as HD does not mean that it actually is. The problem stems from these sets being sold as HD without the needed adapter to make this happen. While some people may know to ask about this, many more do not realize that is can be an issue.

In most corners of TV and technology industries, high-definition (HDTV) is being heralded as the biggest thing to happen to the television since colour.

High-definition essentially makes TV at least four times better than now.

But there is real concern that people are not getting the right information about HD on the High Street.

Thousands of flat panel screens - LCDs (liquid crystal displays), plasma screens, and DLP rear-projection TV sets - have already been sold as “HD”, but are in fact not able to display HD.

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“The UK is the largest display market in Europe,” according to John Binks, director of GfK, which monitors global consumer markets.