DD going HD

When conductor Zubin Mehta will take the stage on Saturday on the banks of the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar, India will make its world high-definition broadcast debut.
The country’s public broadcaster — Doordarshan (DD) — will telecast the concert live on high definition (HD) to 40 nations and without any foreign help.
An HD signal has a visual clarity six times that of a normal standard definition signal (used by DD and other private broadcasters).
The Bavarian State Orchestra’s concert, a first for Kashmir that has sharply divided opinion, is being organised by the German embassy.
Ehsaas-e-Kashmir was an effort to “reach the hearts of the Kashmiris with a message of hope and encouragement”, German ambassador to India Michael Steiner has said.