Today in America our current broadcast standard is a 525 lines, and 500 dots, field per second based system called the NTSC (National Television systems Committee). It is refreshed m

uch faster than our eye can detect, but this is necessary for the image to change on the screen. This committee was established to insure order in the development process within the industry that would be accepted by the FCC, the committee that controls what is aired on TV and the radio. This standard was created in the 40's and 50's. This resolution, 640x480, was good at the time. But today it is dwarfed by digital signals in computer monitors, where the resolution can reach an average of 1024 X 786 pixels. Each receiver sold in America to the public must be in the regulations to received the NTSC signal. This signal has proved to be a durable way of transmitting information for 50 years. But with today's technology, a new standard has been in the works, HDTV (High Definition Television), a much higher quality signal.

Even though a broadcast standard is a handful of years away, HDTV

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