A story about the power of HDTV

• About seven years ago, I had arranged for an HDTV demonstration for PBS Staff and PBS Station Managers. One of the people that I urged to attend was an attorney who was starting to work on FCC issues. She had never seen HDTV. We were fortunate to have a clip of a CBS made for TV movie that was shot in HDTV. The story was about children with AIDS. At one point in the clip, there is a close-up of a father watching his son in an emergency room. The ability of HDTV to convey human emotion is extremely powerful and my colleague began to cry. [Now certainly any time you can make a lawyer cry, it’s a good thing]. Seriously, I do think that this is the kind of viewing experience that HDTV can bring to the home. It is that vision of HDTV that inspires me.

  • The Vision of HDTV, HDTV ‘96 Keynote Address, Mark S. Richer, Executive Director of ATSC

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