High definition TV tuners or HDTV tuners are designed to receive high definition programs by connecting to an external antenna. HDTV tuners will not only show movies and DVDs at high definition, but will improve the viewing of normal TV. It is because of the improved definition or color and picture quality of DVDs and programs that make HDTV tuners very popular with viewers.
Television sets often come with HDTV tuners already built into them, these are called integrated HDTVs. If you are considering buying an external high definition TV tuner for your television, make sure that your TV set is HDTV compatible. A separate tuner may also be needed. This can be either a cable or satellite box for watching high definition programs.
Most people have heard that there is a mandate on televisions to make integrated HDTVs. This is not entirely correct. Certain televisions that are for sale after a certain date will be required to have built in tuners. The tuners required wont be HDTV. The mandate is actually referring to ATSC tuners. It is not even necessary that TVs be able to display HDTV resolutions without either an internal or external tuner. This new mandate will not...