To get digital image on your TV, no need to buy an HDMI TV, but you will need a receiver. There are two types of receivers compatible with the Brazilian ISDB-TB: those used to pick up HDTV signals, which may be conventional TVs, LCD or plasma, and used to capture the one-seg, responsible for signals received by the mobile and portable phones, TVs or mini penTVs.

To receive the digital signal , you must purchase a digital converter (set-top box) and a UHF antenna. However, your home must be located in an area that has digital coverage. There are two standards for digital converters in Brazil: the high definition, which reproduce images with the maximum setting, ie, 1080 lines, and the converters Standard Definition (SD), which reproduce digital images with the quality of DVDs, with 480 lines.

The digital converter works with any TV set, but image quality will depend on the television. The old tube televisions (CRT) will only have the ability to reproduce images in 4:3 format and a maximum resolution of 480 lines, while the HD Ready screens, plasma and LCD can represent images in 16:9 format, widescreen and with resolution up to 720 lines. However, the screens that have better performance are the Full-HD LCD, plasma and LED, which can reproduce images with a resolution of 1080 lines, the highest quality provided by the Brazilian System of Digital TV.

Gradually, the Brazilians are switching their TVs on most modern TVs that can receive digital signals , however, still need to buy an external converter to have superior qualities of the images.

Types of Digital Converters

There are many models of digital converter boxes for sale in the market and prices range from R $ 150.00 R $ 341.00. They can be found at electronics and appliance stores. For this, we need to do a good research to buy digital converter at the lowest price. However, you should check the functions that each converter is and what the maximum resolution available for each. Sometimes, it pays more to buy a converter that offers more expensive and higher image quality. Otherwise, if you want better quality, will have to buy another conversion device.

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