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In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
  WQOW TV :: Eau Claire, WI
Digital television is new technology television, yielding clearer pictures, better sound, more network channels, and more viewing excitement that traditional analog television.
Until the total conversion to Digital TV is made, broadcasters will generally simulcast the same programs on two different channels - one in a digital format and one in analog.
Digital TV signals have better resolution than analog TV, which has been in use for more than 50 years.
www.wqow.com /Station/digitaltv.php   (1175 words)

  
 Wired News: Surviving the Digital TV Shift
Digital technology, however, uses encoded streams of zeros and ones to send information to TV antennas, largely eliminating interference and degradation.
Federal authorities have let the TV stations broadcast in both analog and digital over a number of years to give new digital TV sets a chance to make their way into the nation's living rooms.
Digital TV, or DTV, consists of 18 different formats, of which only two are widely considered to be high-definition.
www.wired.com /news/digiwood/0,1412,68091,00.html   (766 words)

  
 Digital TV @ WVIZ/PBS
WVIZ-DT, the digital television (DTV) service of WVIZ/PBS ideastream signed on the air August 16, 2004 and is now providing northeast Ohio with access to a wide range of programs in standard definition, wide screen and high definition formats.
With digital’s capacity for multiple channels, WVIZ/PBS will now be able to serve young children, teachers and students in public schools, those interested in college credit and the general audience, all simultaneously.
Television broadcasting is changing from analog to digital, where images and sounds are transported using the same digital code found in computers - ones and zeros.
www.wviz.org /digitaltv/index.asp   (911 words)

  
 O'Reilly -- Digital TV without the Subscription
A standard analog TV channel requires a 6MHz bandwidth, which is a vast amount of spectrum for the data it carries.
With a digital tuner, I could feed my TiVo flawless standard-definition signals to record, but recording digital TV off the air is not (yet?) a typical use case for the TiVo.
Digital channel numbers consist of a main channel number and a subchannel identifier, usually written with either a dash (2-1) or a dot (9.1).
digitalmedia.oreilly.com /2004/10/14/digital_tv.html   (1988 words)

  
 Digital television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Digital television (DTV) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analog signals in analog (traditional) TV it uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressed and requires decoding by a specially designed television set or a standard receiver with a set-top box.
However, digital television picture technology is still in its early stages and there are many advances yet to be made in eliminating picture defects not present on analogue television or motion picture cinema.
Each TV station uses subchannels to carry multiple broadcasts of video, audio, or any other data, and can distribute their so-called "bit budget" as necessary, such as dropping one sub-channel down to a lower bitrate in order to make another one available to show higher quality video.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Digital_television   (1612 words)

  
 Digital Television
Digital switchover will involve converting the current television broadcasting network, as well as encouraging everyone to convert or upgrade their TV and recording equipment to receive digital television.
Digital UK is an independent, not-for-profit organisation established by the broadcasting industry to lead the switchover programme.
The Government wants everyone to enjoy the benefits of digital TV and key to this is to ensure that everyone has a greater choice of affordable digital TV options.
www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk   (493 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Digital Television Works"
The set-top box does receive a digital signal from the satellite or cable; but once received, the signal is converted to an analog signal and sent to your analog TV on channel 3 or 4.
In reality, however, an analog TV displays half of those lines in a sixtieth of a second, and then displays the other half in the next sixtieth, so the whole frame is updated every thirtieth of a second.
The drive toward digital TV is fueled by the desire to give TV the same crispness and detail as a computer screen.
www.howstuffworks.com /dtv.htm/printable   (2457 words)

  
 Digital Television (DTV)
Analog TV has an aspect ratio of 4 by 3, which means the screen is 4 inches wide for every 3 inches high.
TV stations serving all markets in the United States are airing digital television programming today, although most will continue to provide analog programming through February 17, 2009.
At that point, full-power TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.
www.fcc.gov /cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html   (1319 words)

  
 Current Briefing: Public TV goes digital and high-definition
Primer: the headlong rush toward improved TV To the viewer, America is not moving TV very quickly into the digital age, but the broadcasting and electronics industries are rushing to wrap up a million details of the transition.
Fourteen public TV licensees (and many more commercial stations) may get unexpected help: They may have the option of giving up one of their duplicate channels earlier than expected and earning large sums from the cell phone industry.
Public TV stations generally expect to multicast during the day and do HDTV at night, but by 2002 some were planning to air HDTV and a separate standard-definition channel simultaneously.
www.current.org /dtv   (2668 words)

  
 Digital TV, DVB and ATSC Tutorials - The Interactive TV Web
Instead, this tutorial will concentrate on what makes a digital TV signal special, the terminology used to describe a DVB digital TV signal and generally helping you to understand what the hell people talking about digital TV actually mean.
A digital TV signal is transmitted as a stream of MPEG-2 data known as a transport stream.
As the screenshot shows, digital TV video signals are usually coded at 3-5 megabits/sec for standard-definition video, with the total data rate of a service being 4-6 megabits/sec.
www.interactivetvweb.org /tutorial/dtv-intro/dtv-intro.shtml   (4677 words)

  
 Introduction to Digital TV Applications Programming
Java TV applications enhance the broadcast and viewing experience by providing such features as programming information and announcements, selectable applications such as the ability to play along with a game show, broadcast data such as a stock ticker banner running across the screen, or media control such as an interactive program-related survey.
Developers working for licensed companies that specialize in creating digital TV content will use the Java TV API to write digital television applications that either reside on or are downloaded to Java-enabled digital TV receivers.
While there are a wide variety of digital television receivers with varying capabilities, the Java TV API lets developers access their common features and scales across different receiver implementations.
java.sun.com /developer/technicalArticles/javatv/apiintro   (1713 words)

  
 Technology Review: Digital TV Terms
The digital TVs that will eventually replace today's analog system bring a whole new language, leaving consumers who are eyeing or buying new sets scratching their heads.
One more thing to note: Although the federal government has mandated a nationwide switch to an all-digital TV system by Feb. 17, 2009, that doesn't mean old, analog TV sets will become obsolete.
Digital converter boxes, whether sold separately or provided through your cable or satellite operator, can be attached to a TV, allowing viewers to get a digital picture -- but it won't be able to show high-definition pictures.
www.technologyreview.com /TR/wtr_16291,323,p1.html   (632 words)

  
 Digital TV - A Cringely Crash Course
I'm Robert X. Cringely, host of PBS's introduction to the future of television, "Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course." If you haven't heard, television is going digital, and how we watch television is going to change forever.
Let me show you where TV came from and where it's headed.
And if you want to purchase any of my specials, including "Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course", you can shop PBS.
www.pbs.org /opb/crashcourse   (133 words)

  
 NASA - Digital NASA TV
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal via satellite on AMC 6, Transponder 17C in continental North America.
Digital NASA TV system provides higher quality images and better use of satellite bandwidth, meaning multiple channels from multiple NASA program sources at the same time.
Digital NASA TV is on the same satellite (AMC 6) as the analog NASA TV was, but on a different transponder (17).
www.nasa.gov /multimedia/nasatv/digital.html   (2328 words)

  
 Digital-TV
And it means, finally some of the uncertainty that has contributed to public confusion concerning the Digital TV Transition has been removed.
Each time the TV Signal is "converted" - from Digital to Analog, or the reverse - some picture quality is lost.
Individual TV Viewers will have to decide, whether it is worth holding on to their traditional Analog TV, with degraded picture quality, or to go "digital" and see what they have been missing.
www.hdtvinfoport.com /Digital-TV.html   (1024 words)

  
 Digital TV
Analogue TV pictures received through an aerial can suffer snow, ghosting, cross-channel interference and other effects, depending on where you live and how your aerial is installed.
Digital versions of BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News 24 are available plus BBC Choice which carries new programmes to supplement those on the main two channels as well as repeats.
With a digital video recorder, it might be possible to record all of the channels from a single multiplex at the same time.
625.uk.com /digital   (6862 words)

  
 BBC - Digital - Homepage
The whole country is going digital over the next few years.
Digital radio means easy tuning, more stations to choose from and better quality sound.
TV in the whole of the UK is being switched over to digital by 2012.
www.bbc.co.uk /digital   (121 words)

  
 Digital TV DesignLine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Digital TV Design How-To Main profile H.264 codec: A low power implementation for consumer applications
As the transition from analog to digital content continues in the AV (audio-visual) world, the number of new consumer devices supporting digital audio and video processing, including TV-sets, and DVD players, continues its rapid climb.
If the pursuit of digital cinema drove the focus on picture quality over the last decade, today the home cinema industry has picked up the charge.
www.digitaltvdesignline.com   (707 words)

  
 FCC Strategic Goals: Media - Digital Television (DTV)
TV Station Requests for Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to The Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 to be Filed by November 30, 2005 or February 15, 2007.
Digital Television Presentation from April 19, 2001 Open Meeting.
FCC Adopts Rules For Cable Carriage Of Digital TV Signals; Requests Further Information Regarding Dual Carriage of Analog and Digital TV Signals.
www.fcc.gov /dtv   (1368 words)

  
 DIGITAL TV - Why Xilleon™ 220 is revolutionary
A consumer with Xilleon™ 220-enabled set-top box can install it in the living room and connect it to a TV there, and at the same time wire it up to a TV in the bedroom.
Digital cable, satellite, and terrestrial movies are delivered in a digital (MPEG) format, and therefore require an MPEG decoder to display video on a television set.
Most digital set-top boxes are limited to fewer than five graphics planes thus limiting user interface capabilities.
ati.amd.com /products/dtv/revolutionary.html   (900 words)

  
 WXOW TV :: La Crosse, WI
WXOW - Digital TV What is Digital Television?
WXOW-DT, on digital Channel 10.1 will be operating at full power in early June of 04.
Because Digital Television is new technology, it is new to WXOW.
www.wxow.com /Station/digitaltv.php   (1207 words)

  
 Consultancy: Digital TV, Set top Box, DTV
The set top box (STB) and digital tv (DTV) markets are complex and fragmented.
There are many players in the value chain, and many bodies whose requirements have to be taken into account in order to produce a winning product.
The Digital TV Consultancy was set up to help clients navigate their way through this complexity.
www.dtvconsultancy.com   (99 words)

  
 Digital TV : FUJITSU EMEA
Digital TV Fujitsu offers a comprehensive suite of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) solutions for digital television applications.
The product portfolio includes the "SmartMPEG" Digital TV Decoder Family which is ideally suited for Set-Top Box, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), dual/twin receiver Set-Top boxes, Integrated Digital TV sets (IDTV), and other DVB applications.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has been working closely with UK digital set-top box (STB) manufacturer, TVonics Limited, who is commencing mass production of its stylish, digital terrestrial set-top box for the UK and European markets.
www.fujitsu.com /emea/services/microelectronics/mpeg   (301 words)

  
 PBS Digital Television
As one of the first television services to broadcast programs digitally, PBS stands at the forefront of this technological revolution.
Learn about your local PBS station's plan for digital conversion.
Discover how PBS is incorporating digital television technologies into everything from your computer to your child's favorite doll.
www.pbs.org /digitaltv   (76 words)

  
 Digital TV Group Web Site Home Page
Ministers are now expected to consider the settlement at next week's Cabinet meeting, with a formal announcement due from culture secretary Tessa Jowell soon after that.
The Digital TV Group is the industry association for digital television in the UK.
Copyright © 1997-2007 The Digital TV Group Limited.
www.dtg.org.uk   (100 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Television Works"
Through the device called a television set or TV, you are able to receive news, sports, entertainment, information and commercials.
How will the new digital television signals change things?
If you have ever wondered about your television (or, for that matter, about your computer monitor), then read on!
electronics.howstuffworks.com /tv.htm   (220 words)

  
 KQED | Digital Public TV: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This transformation enables KQED to broadcast up to five different program channels simultaneously and to air programs in high-definition television (HDTV).
KQED's digital channels are available (in some areas) via digital cable and can be received over the air with a special digital receiver.
KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM is now available on Channel 960 on Comcast Digital Television Cable.
www.kqed.org /tv/digitaltv   (192 words)

  
 ViewSonic: Products: Digital TV
ViewSonic brings its visual technology leadership to TV and entertainment.
Choose from LCD TVs or ultra-bright projectors to watch movies, sports, television, and home videos.
Using advanced imaging technology ViewSonic LCD TVs bring stunning picture quality to home entertainment in a beautiful flat panel design.
www.viewsonic.com /products/tventertainment   (173 words)

  
 Digital Television - Weblinks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
CDG Consultants (UK) Extract from their two-volume report on digital television in Europe and digital terrestrial television in particular
Acceptance of a link is based upon the amount of digital television information contained on a site or a site's area.
Non-commercial and Educational links are posted at no charge as part of our mission to help educate an industry and the viewing public.
www.digitaltelevision.com /weblinks.shtml   (425 words)

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