HDTV is an acronym for High Definition Television, which is Digital TV in its highest and best form. The current NTSC television signal is made up of 525 lines that are scanned horizontally with 480 lines being dedicated to the actual picture information. HDTV pictures are created by scanning 1,125 lines with 1080 lines of picture. Adding twice the lines multiplies the amount of pixels (the small dots that create a clearer and more detailed picture). The screens of the older analog sets contained about 300,000 pixels, while the wider HDTV screen is composed of more than 2 million pixels. The movie theater-like format (16x9 versus 4x3 like on today's sets) and separate surround sound channels more closely resemble your vision and hearing, thus drawing you deeper into the experience and enhancing your viewing pleasure. The pictures are clearer, crisper and more detailed, involving the viewer in an almost three-dimensional feeling.