Digital television system

A high definition digital television system, comprising:

• circuitry operable to receive a video signal and to provide a plurality of digital video signals;
• circuitry responsive to said receiving circuitry and operable to divide a line of said digital video signals into a plurality of channels for each digital video signal;
• circuitry responsive to said dividing circuitry and operable to simultaneously process said channels of digital video signals;
• and
• a spatial light modulator responsive to said processing circuitry and operable to display said processed digital video signals by controlling individual elements of an array of said modulator.

A method for creating a high definition video display from a standard video signal, comprising the steps of:

• separating a standard composite video signal into a plurality of video signals;
• sampling the separated video signals to create digital video signals;
• dividing said digital video signals into a plurality of channels;
• processing the plurality of channels of digital video signals in parallel;
• and
• displaying the processed digital video signals as a high definition display, by using processed data from said plurality of channels to control individual elements of a spatial light modulator array.