HDTV: the American Agenda

A US agenda for high-definition television (HDTV) is formulated. Attention is given to the FCC's agenda and to myths concerning HDTV. The wealth of bad information on the subject of HDTV really starts with the so-called experts, those who are trying to create an American Agenda out of HDTV. Two recent examples of such 'expert' misinformation are: the General Accounting Office's HDTV report to Congressman Edward Markey's House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee (dated March 1990, but released publicly in late April), and an extensive Booz Allen Hamilton study, commissioned by the American Electronics Association's HD Systems Task Force, a study also released in April. The author refers to these reports as he tries to clear up many of the misconceptions about HDTV's American Agenda, by addressing some of the HDTV myths and gives his views of the realities.<
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