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What Is Digital Television?

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Digital Television (DTV) is a new standard established in both Canada and the U.S.A. for the broadcast of television pictures, sound, and data. In November 1997, Industry […]

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How Is DTV Different From What We Have Today?

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For the past 40 years televisions signals have employed a standard known as NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) for production, transmission and display. The NTSC […]

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Why Would I Want To Buy An HDTV?

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There is no question that HDTV is much better than the analogue system we’ve been used to. Vastly Superior Picture Performance. Broadcasters are now be able to transmit […]

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Is DTV the Same as High-Definition Television?

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HDTV is DTV at it’s finest. HDTV is the best option in the range of DTV transmission formats. Each of the eighteen possible broadcast formats […]

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What Does “HDTV Ready” Mean?

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All televisions are Digital TV-Ready when connected to a DTV set-top box. This will produce an NTSC (analogue) quality picture. As a result, it is important to understand […]

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What are the Minimum Features a TV Must Have to Qualify as a High Definition TV (HDTV)?

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The minimum performance attributes for HDTV are:  Picture Quality: vertical display resolution of 720p,resulting in 921,600 pixels per frame, or 1080i or higher delivering a […]

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Why Are There Different Forms of DTV?

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Networks and other over-the-air broadcasters have a specific amount of broadcast capacity, or bandwidth, in which to carry DTV signals. If a broadcaster wants to […]

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Why so Many Formats Within DTV?

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Analogue broadcasting is a world without choices. Every analogue television uses 480 lines, the same interlaced scanning at 30 frames (complete pictures) per second and […]

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The ATSC Table 3 Formats for HDTV and SDTV Transmission. How will my HDTV be able to display all these formats?

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Digital TV broadcasts will be received and decoded by your DTV’s ATSC compliant built-in tuner or set top box. Set manufacturers will design their TV’s […]

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How will I Receive HDTV?

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In the US, digital TV initially arrived through over-the-air (OTA) (terrestrial) broadcasts in previously unused portions of the VHF/UHF spectrum. Standard VHF/UHF antennas will provide […]

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  • What Is Digital Television?
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Technically inclined? Here we get detailed!

Please note that in the ever-changing world of HDTV, the examples we use in this section will not necessarily apply to all situations. Therefore, we are committed to continue to refine and supplement the information on these pages on an on-going basis.

There are many brands and models of HD equipment on the market. HD-Ready displays, HD set-top boxes, and audio equipment are all designed to enhance the HD experience. There are also many different configurations for inter-connecting these devices and it can be quite complex to do so easily. The following pages outline, in significant detail, some of the key properties and methodologies involved.