Visit the PBS.ORG DIGITAL TV FAQS here.

Read STEVE KOMORI'S blog 'DIGITAL DIALOG' about the latest digital developments here.

The transition from analog to digital television is the biggest advancement in television since color. What it offers you, the viewer, is the capability of watching programs in high definition, a much sharper picture than you are currently viewing, with CD quality sound. Called “PBS Hawaii HD”, this channel will make primetime programs look stunning and nearly three dimensional. Digital television will also allow us to multicast, which means that PBS Hawaii will be able to bring you as many as four unique channels of quality television simultaneously.

Currently, in addition to the “PBS Hawaii HD” channel, we are simultaneously broadcasting the “PBS Hawaii CREATE” channel. It features the helpful “how to” programs you enjoy on Saturdays afternoons on PBS Hawaii as well as other shows which may not make it on to our normal schedule due to time constraints. “PBS Hawaii CREATE” contains shows on travel, cooking, sewing, home repair and more.

“PBS Hawaii CREATE” is limited to the daily broadcast schedule, but "PBS Hawaii HD" is carried 24/7, much the way our children's channel, PBS Hawaii Kids, is carried on digital channel 443. PBS Hawaii Kids features all of the great children's television shows you see on our regular channel, but for 24 hours a day.

The FCC requires all stations to make the transition to digital television by February 17, 2009. On Oahu, we are currently broadcasting digitally, so if you have a UHF aerial antenna and can see the Waianae mountain range, you should be able to receive our digital television signal.