After years in development, HDTV is finally here for another select group of custmers. Comcast Corp. this week will launch $5 a month high-definition TV in southern California.
The services will be available to Comcast cable households in southern California including, Santa Clarita, Hollywood, Inglewood, Culver City, Pomona, Bellflower, Costa Mesa, Tustin, Corona, Lake Elsinore, among others.
Comcast customers who have an HD-ready television set will now be able to rent a digital set-top converter and HD tuner, which allows them to view channels broadcast in high-definition.The company’s customers will have access to the programming from KNBC-TV (Channel 4), KABC-TV (Channel 7), KCET-PBS (Channel 3), HBO and Showtime as well as digitally enhanced video from KTTV Fox (Channel 11).
HDTV customers will continue to be able to view standard analog and digital channels on their HDTV sets. The Comcast HDTV service features a wide-screen picture with a width:height ratio of 16:9, which is identical to that of most cinemas; more than two million pixels per picture; color resolution that is twice that of analog television; and picture quality that is up to six times sharper than analog pictures.
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