Although HDTV has a very short history, in it has been playing a major role in the transformation of digital home entertainment space. The credit goes to the satellite TV service providers, who have made HDTV such a hot cake today.
It all started almost 15 years ago in 1987, when FCC (The Federal Communications Commission) issued a rule stating that that HDTV standard must be compatible with existing NTSC service. However, later in 1990, General Instrument Corporation proposed for an all-digital HDTV system. By the end of 1990, four serious contenders in the United States, ATRC, Zenith HDTV, AT&T, and MIT, announced their digital entry in HDTV system.
Then 1993 was a remarkable year in the history of HDTV in the US, when a grand Alliance was formed. The alliance included major players such as, AT&T, GI, MIT, Phillips, Sarnoff, Thomson, and Zenith.
Their task was to take the best features from the four HDTV systems and develop a standard HDTV system. They successfully tested it in 1995 and the FCC set it as the HDTV standard.
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