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A. Pretty much everything. Digital signals' startling improvements in visual detail and color produce a picture that looks almost 3-D compared to analog. For programming suited to a wide screen--movies and sports in particular--the leap from analog to digital could well be as striking as that from...
For broadcasters, meanwhile, digital TV promises vast new revenue streams, of which high-quality HDTV is only the most obvious. There will be room on the new, highly efficient digital channels to offer pay-per-view, paging, home shopping and even data traffic from the Internet.
Every nation gets the TV it deserves. And 1990s America, a land replete with both couch potatoes and high-tech capitalists, surely deserves high-definition television (HDTV), the digital TV signal whose aesthetic pleasures and economic efficiencies will transform the shows we watch and the boxes we watch them on...
Q: What's so great about digital TV?
Cable companies grumble that they will be shelling out while broadcasters will receive new digital licenses--valued at almost $70 billion by some estimates--at no charge. Of course, cable systems will pass the costs on to you and me, so ignore the tears right now.