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Stands for "High Definition Television". A kick ass video format with resolutions of 720p (1280x720 pixels progressive), 1080i (1920x1080 pixels interlaced) and 1080p (1920x1080 pixels progressive). Can be up to 6 times the quality of standard definition video. Using a proper HDTV (not an EDTV) viewing medium, it can be as good as looking through a window.
If you cannot get high definition television channels in your area, purchase a WMV HD DVD. Visit www.wmvhd.com for more info.
HDTV by hdtv April 25, 2005
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Hey cool, an HDTV to play the latest seventh gen (Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3) console games and HD movies on!! Oh wait...It's priced at $3000. Can't imagine the tax. Well, fuck that!
HDTV by someone named everyman June 26, 2006
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An abbreviation for Hot Drunk Topless Virgin.
-I just got an HDTV in my room last night.
-Kool, how much did it cost
-Oh, she only costed a few drinks.
HDTV by Scribbz September 16, 2007
Stands for High Definition TeleVision. Widely believed to be anything better than SDTV, however, that is not the case. HDTV and SDTV are infinitely the same and HDTV only beats it out slightly on things like sharpness and MAYBE color. If you honestly can see a difference your brain is playing some serious tricks on you and is basing itself on the facts that everyone else thinks it looks better, so that's obviously the case. It's not.
I bought a HDTV, unfortunately, the quality I was getting when properly hooked up to a HDTV feed was so minimal a change in comparison to my old SDTV, that I exchanged it for my sixteen hundred dollars back.
HDTV by Zee May 3, 2006
"HIGH DRAMA TELEVISION": When people put on a "show" for others, or "show-out" in front of others-- always unnecessary, and always to draw attention to themselves.
"The Jerry Springer Show"; A person calling someone else out in front of a number of other people;
hdtv by S. Richard Alfred May 13, 2005

HDTV dinner 

An upscale, gourmet version of a conventional TV dinner.
Honey, it's date night! Let's nuke a couple of HDTV dinners.
HDTV dinner by PBSPinchback June 21, 2010

HDTv moment 

When everything is so clear it's almost annoying.
Carrie: "When he said 'we need to talk' it was such an HDTv moment."
Anna: "Oh, I know what you mean!"
HDTv moment by carsielee July 23, 2011
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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