The two operators of cable television's most important Argentina this week announced the official launch of its services in HDTV (High Definition TV), which will allow users for the first time with programming in high definition.
Both DirecTV and Cablevision announced at the same time offering of this new form of transmission that has a higher image resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) and supports Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Surround.
To assess these new signals will be essential to have an LCD or Plasma TV with support for High Definition (HD).
According confirmed the press department of Cablevision, "The service, in principle, be available in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Zarate, Campana and Mercedes."
DirecTV has started with a bid of 4 channels integrated with HBO HD, Movie City HD, Fox HD and DirecTV HD , while Cablevision will do so only with the first two signals listed.
In both cases, to enjoy these benefits should be provided with a special decoder (which is in the market for over a year) that allows additionally record more than 100 hours of HDTV and 400 on conventional TV, pause and rewind programming, etc..
For now the offers are limited and content as well. Hopefully, gradually adding the signals can be contained and that the cost of decoders may be falling (it currently offers on free Cablevision for $ 600 and $ 1999 for the sale), accompanying the low notorious in the prices of LCD and Plasma TVs Supported HD.
For more info about the microsite Cablevision.
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