* 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, " high-definition " ( then defined as at least 200 lines ) service.

On 2 November 1936 the BBC began transmitting the world's first public regular high-definition service from the Victorian Alexandra Palace in north London.

** The BBC launches the world's first regular ( then ) high-definition television service.

Network Ten's additional high-definition service, ONE, began broadcasting races from the Nationwide Series live or near live during the 2008 season.

* November 2 – The first regular high-definition ( then defined as at least 200 lines ) television service from the BBC, based at Alexandra Palace in London, officially begins broadcasting ( after test transmissions began in August ).

NTL launched TV Drive, its high-definition television ( HDTV ) and Digital Video Recorder ( PVR ) service in Glasgow and Teesside on 16 November 2006.

The service broadcasts sporting programming from national to international events, documentaries, movies and US programming in high-definition 1080i.

Animal Planet remains a 24 hour service for high-definition viewers.

A high-definition simulcast channel was launched on the Sky + HD service as the 31st HD channel on Sky.

On October 1, 2011, WOWOW expanded their single channel broadcast satellite service to provide three high-definition TV channels:

Designed to be " The People ’ s Palace " and later nicknamed " Ally Pally " ( allegedly by Gracie Fields ), in 1936 it became the headquarters of the world's first regular public " high-definition " television service, operated by the BBC.

It is 84 ft. wide and 105 ft. tall, and was, at the time it entered service, the largest high-definition LED display in the world.

In May 2009, QVC became the first multimedia retailer to offer a native high-definition service.

Cock accepted, and this placed him charge of establishing the world ’ s very first regular high-definition television service from scratch.

The update went on to bring a new menu with higher-quality food and beverages, revamped service techniques, high-definition televisions, and a free guest-accessible Wi-Fi network.

The new COMAND infotainment system includes a 40-gigabyte hard drive, in-dash 6-disc CD / DVD player, GPS navigation, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, harmon / kardon surround-sound system, in-dash memory card reader, high-definition digital radio, and satellite radio with real-time traffic service.

Lattelecom Interactive TV is a high-definition television service that provides diverse functionality, such as virtual rent a video, timeshift, recording of programmes and films, etc.

On 2 December 2009, the site entered service as one of the first DVB-T2 transmitters in the world, carrying a variant of the BBC's Multiplex B broadcasting high-definition TV services.

The convergence of content, technology, and broadband access allows consumers to stream television shows and movies to their high-definition television in competition with traditional service providers ( Cable TV and Satellite Television ).

In January 2012, Sony announced the launch of a high-definition port of The Simpsons Arcade Game on its PlayStation Network online service in February.

Starz operates six multiplex channels, a high-definition simulcast of all six channels, and a video-on-demand service.

In 2006, it was the first North American company to offer high-definition television ( HDTV ) channels over an IPTV service.

Depending on service provider, The Movie Network provides up to twelve multiplex channels — five 24-hour multiplex channels, one of which ( HBO Canada ) is also available on a two-hour delay, all simulcast in both standard-definition and high-definition — as well as a subscription video-on-demand service ( The Movie Network OnDemand ).

On July 1, 2007, VH1 and MHD, the high-definition music channel of MTV ( now called Palladia ), simulcast live the entire Concert for Diana from London, England, on the birthday of Princess Diana, Princess of Wales.

The HLD-X9 was also a MUSE player, capable when properly equipped of playing back high-definition video Laserdiscs, called Hi-Vision or MUSE discs in Japan.

In 2006, SVT launched a high-definition channel called SVT HD, simulcasting HD versions of programmes on the other SVT channels.

Sky also announced that in October 2008, they would launch six new high-definition simulcast channels called Sky Movies Action / Thriller HD, Sky Movies Sci-Fi / Horror HD, Sky Movies Drama HD, Sky Movies Modern Greats HD, Sky Movies Family HD and Sky Movies Comedy HD.

This included a high-definition video board ( commonly called a JumboTron ) by Daktronics at the south end of the stadium.

One and the high-definition simulcast ( Ten's 24 / 7 sports channel ) has announced that they would broadcast a show similar called The WWE Experience starting November 4.

The Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision also operated a satellite television company called Voom, which was shut down on April 30, 2005, but lived on as a series of high-definition television channels named Voom HD Networks.

A high-definition ( HD ) remastered version for the PC, called MDK2 HD, featuring new models, textures and music, has been released on October 12, 2011.

Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog, has developed a high-definition ( HD ) remastered version of MDK2 for Windows called MDK2 HD, featuring a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, high-definition models and textures and remastered music tracks.

Intel High Definition Audio ( also called HD Audio or Azalia ) refers to the specification released by Intel in 2004 < ref name =" hda1 ">< cite > High Definition Audio Specification </ cite >, Revision 1. 0a, 2010 </ ref > for delivering high-definition audio that is capable of playing back more channels at higher quality than previous integrated audio codecs like AC ' 97.

* In August 2010, Eureka released a restored high-definition transfer of the film on Blu-Ray, with special features including a collection of Laloux's short films, and a 27-minute documentary called Laloux sauvage.

Beginning in the late 1990s, and continuing throughout much of the 2000s, home-theater technology progressed with the development of the DVD-Video format, Dolby Digital 5. 1-channel audio (" surround sound ") speaker systems, and high-definition television ( HDTV ).

The term letterbox is sometimes used to emphasize that a widescreen motion picture or video has not been anamorphically encoded for 16: 9 screens, thus not taking full advantage of the resolution provided by DVD, high-definition television ( HDTV ), or other media.

Specifically, this term defines formats that deliver a picture superior to that of standard-definition television ( SDTV ) but not as detailed as high-definition television ( HDTV ).

LCoS technology has the potential to enable the manufacture of big-screen high-definition televisions with very high picture quality at relatively low cost.

Both newscasts the only programs broadcast entirely in the 4: 3 picture format on CNN / US ' standard-definition and high-definition feeds ( the SD feed of CNN / US switched to a widescreen letterbox screen format on January 11, 2011 ).

Accessories products include high-definition television HDTV Antennas ; WiFi antennas ; high-definition multimedia interface HDMI accessories ; home electronic accessories, such as cabling ; other connectivity products ; power cords ; performance enhancing electronics ; Powerline connect system, television universal remotes ; flat panel television mounting systems ; iPod specialized products ; wireless headphones ; rechargeable battery backups ( UPS ) for camcorders, cordless phones and portable video ( DVD ) batteries and accessories as well as digital camcorders, MP3 players, Internet Radio products, digital voice recorders, clock radios, digital picture frames, under-the-cabinet TVs and home and portable shelf systems.

Although very few at the moment, some release groups use high-definition video cameras to get the clearest picture possible.

In his six-part series Ocean I-VI ( 2009-2010 ), Gursky used high-definition satellite photographs which he augmented from various picture sources on the Internet.

For live broadcast applications, a high-definition progressive scan format operating at 1080p at 50 or 60 frames per second is currently being evaluated as a future standard for moving picture acquisition.