Home theater systems have long been a dream of many middle class Americans, but unfortunately unless you happen to be Bill Gates or George Lucas or Danny DeVito, you've just had to be content with your little square TV screen. Until now that is. Now with HDTV technology cheap and affordable to the general public, just about anyone can have their own home theater system. That's because there's now the right combination of affordable big screen TV's and special programming that's specifically designed to look great on them.
There are basically three things that make HDTV programming and display technology significantly different from normal TV. The most obvious difference is the shape of the TV screen. Traditional TV sets and most of the programming that goes on them have an almost square screen with an aspect ratio of 4:3. HDTV sets and all of the programming that's designed to be shown on them has a screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio which is almost twice as wide as it is tall. This is the same aspect ratio, incidentally that major movies are filmed in and that an increasing number of normal television shows are produced in (largely in accommodation to the fact that people watch a lot of normal TV shows on high def TV sets). The least obvious difference between HDTV and normal TV is that HDTV has Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound as its native sound format and normal TV has no sound format in particular. Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound is designed to use a specific speaker configuration in order to make you feel like you're surrounded by the action on the screen.
As already hinted at above, all of these differences mean that you need special HDTV programming that supports all of these differences. HDTV programming needs to be in the 16:9 aspect ratio, have a high resolution picture, and utilize Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.
The good news is that you can get exactly that kind of programming from Dish Network. It's even better news that you can get more high definition programming from Dish Network HDTV than you can get from any other TV service provider. This high definition TV programming comes in a lot of different forms. You'll have channels that bring you movies, channels devoted to sports, channels with news and drama, and lots of different channels that will appeal to your special interests.
HDTV is a great way to watch movies, in fact the format was originally conceived in order to watch movies and that's one of the reasons it has a 16:9 aspect ratio and such a high resolution picture. Dish Network offers definitely don't disappoint when it comes to providing channels with lots of movies. For example, you'll get Majestic HD, which has all of the classics remastered to look great on a modern HDTV screen. You'll also get HDNet Movies which provides plenty of recent movies from all of the biggest studios and all in the glory of HDTV.
With all of this variety, Dish Network is the company that can make the programming side of your home theater dream come true.
