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	ABC.com - HDTV FAQ's
		The transition from standard definition analog television to high-definition has been compared to the transition of fl and white to color television: HDTV is expected to become the new standard.
		Televisions being sold are capable of displaying the digital signals produced by broadcasters like ABC.
		Standard Definition TV (SDTV): Basic digital television transmission that may be displayed with fewer than 480 progressively scanned lines (480p) in 16x9 (widescreen) or 4x3 format.
	abc.go.com /site/hdtvfaq.html (1396 words)

	Television receiver compatible with both standard system television signal and high definition television signal - ...
		A television receiver according to claim 4, wherein said interpolation circuit means enables interpolation between scanning lines of each field of the received high definition television signal to thereby make a number of scanning lines per field substantially equivalent to that of the received high definition television signal.
		A television receiver according to claim 7, wherein said discriminating means discriminates a standard television signal or a high definition television signal from the received signal according to a horizontal scanning of the received signal.
		A sequential scanning conversion circuit of a high definition television signal according to the present invention has a feature that the MUSE signal is not completely decoded to reproduce the interlace high definition television signal but a sequential scanning television signal of one field is produced by using an interlace television signal of one field.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5132793.html (5625 words)

	Standard-definition television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems.
		The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same (or similar) resolution as analog systems.
		The latter two were originally developed for HDTV, but they have proved to be more often used for their ability to deliver multiple SD video and audio streams via multiplexing, than to use the entire bitstream for one HD channel.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Standard_definition_television (182 words)

	Digital television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All early SDTV television standards was analog in nature, and SDTV digital television systems derive much of their structure from the need to be compatible with analog television.
		In particular, the interlaced scan is a legacy of analog television.
		Today most viewers receive digital television via a set-top box, which decodes the digital signals into signals that analog televisions can understand, but a slowly growing number of TV sets with integrated receivers are already available.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Digital_television (1655 words)

	Enhanced-definition television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Enhanced-definition television, extended-definition television, or EDTV is a CEA marketing shorthand term for certain television formats.
		A standard definition television signal is broadcast with interlaced frames and is commonly referred to as "480i" or "576i".
		Prior to the 2004–2005 television season, the Fox Network was broadcasting in EDTV in the U.S. As of the 2004–2005 season, they have begun broadcasting in 720p, an HDTV format.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/EDTV (143 words)

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		This standard is a modification of the ATSC DTV Standard proposed in the Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making and is consistent with a consensus agreement voluntarily developed by a broad cross-section of parties, including the broadcasting, consumer equipment manufacturing and computer industries.
		The DTV Standard we are adopting not only does not impose any impediment to the display of films in their original aspect ratios, but to the extent that resolution of displays is improved and a wide aspect ratio is adopted by consumers, the display of films in their original aspect ratios might be promoted.
		We estimate that the total number of commercial television stations with 4 or fewer employees is 132 and that the total number of noncommercial educational television stations with 4 or fewer employees is 136.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1996/fcc96493.txt (10952 words)

	Apparatus for receiving and selecting high-definition television (HDTV) signals and standard television (NTSC) signals ...
		A second signal converter is for converting the NTSC standard television signals into second quasi-high-definition television signals identifying a second displayed image corresponding in horizontal length to a horizontal length of the high-definition display screen device.
		A television signal of the conventional standard television system is input through a conventional standard television signal input port 11 and then converted into a quasi-high-definition television signal by a signal converter 12 as the scanning lines are doubled from 525 to 1050 by scanning conversion.
		A high-definition television receiver according to the present invention employs a high-definition television display having a screen of different aspect ratio than that of a conventional standard television system for selectively displaying a television picture from television signals of either a conventional standard television system or a high-definition television system.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4984081.html (1553 words)

	Standard definition television
		Standard definition television or SDTV is one of the formats used in digital television broadcasting.
		SDTV can be broadcast in 704 pixels × 480 lines (16:9 and 4:3 ratios) or 640 pixels × 480 lines (4:3 ratio).
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/Standard_definition_television.html (97 words)

	FCC
		The arrival of digital television ("DTV") this fall promises to be one of the most significant developments in television technology since the advent of color television in the 1950's.
		DTV is a new "over-the-air" digital television system that will be used by the nearly 1600 local broadcast television stations in the United States.
		Television stations will operate two channels during the transition: an existing analog channel as well as a new DTV channel.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Factsheets/dtv9811.html (2916 words)

	Standard-definition television - Internet-Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Standard-definition television or SDTV is one of the video formats used in digital television broadcasting.
		Both digital television standards (ATSC and DVB) are capable of transmitting SDTV.
		While both were originally developed for HDTV, they have proved to be more in demand for their ability to deliver multiple video and audio streamss via multiplexing, than to use the entire bitstream for one channel.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/s/st/standard_definition_television.html (291 words)

	High Definition Television
		Unless you've been marooned on a desert island for the past few years, you've surely heard the hype about the new television standard to be phased in over the next ten years or so.
		Popularly known as high-definition television or HDTV, this is a system of transmitting and viewing images (and hearing audio) vastly different from the old NTSC system we've come to know and love over the past 50 years.
		Its goal was to come up with both a higher resolution and widescreen version of television, and they've done that in several different ways that leave the ultimate standard defining to the producers and broadcasters who buy the equipment.
	svconline.com /mag/avinstall_high_definition_television (1599 words)

	The ATSC Standard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The conventional TV standards (525/60 and 625/50) and the related monochrome-compatible color encoding concepts (NTSC, PAL and SECAM) represent a cost/performance choice based on the technologies of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
		The development of the advanced television concepts was entrusted to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), a private-sector organization of corporations, associations and educational institutions.
		The ATSC standard was adopted and is being implemented by the FCC.
	www.ibcnews.com /html/2000/July/features/ATSC_Standard.htm (697 words)

	SDTV
		Standard definition television (SDTV) is the basic quality of digital television.
		SDTV is better than conventional definition television (CDTV also called NTSC and analog color TV) by a few hundred horizontal pixels.
		Of course these images would be stretched across the television screen, but this shows the images with equal sized pixels.
	www.broadent.com /DTV/SDTV.htm (294 words)

	DTV and HDTV: Digital Television Explained
		In 1929, experimental television was in the hands of ham radio operators and electronic tinkerers (counterpart to today's computer nerds) and not much was at stake.
		The circuitry will have to assure that whatever signals are received in high or standard definition, and regardless of picture shape, and regardless of how many channels of audio are transmitted, something will appear on the TV screen and something will come out the speaker.
		The 1080i high definition standard to be used by NBC and CBS when it broadcasts DTV will be interlaced as opposed to progressive scan.
	videoexpert.home.att.net /artic3/253dtv.htm (4647 words)

	SDTV: Standard-definition television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Standard-definition television (SDTV) refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered high definition.
		The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same (or similar) resolution as analog systems.
		In ATSC, SDTV can be broadcast in 704 pixels × 480 lines with 16:9 aspect ratio (40:33 rectangular pixel), 704 pixels × 480 lines with 4:3 aspect ratio (10:11 rectangular pixel) or 640 pixels × 480 lines with 4:3 ratio (and square pixels).
	www.javvin.com /hardware/SDTV.html (99 words)

	Panasonic Consumer Electronics - HDTV Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In order for conventional television technology to display digitally transmitted TV data, the data must be decoded first and then converted back to an analog signal.
		Television is broadcast in frequencies ranging from 54 MHz to 216 MHz (VHF) and 470 MHz to 806 MHz (UHF).
		In a television display, interlaced scanning refers to the process of re-assembling a picture from a series of electrical (video) signals.
	www.panasonic.com /consumer_electronics/tv/glossary.asp (1276 words)

	Question 2/9 - Digital transmission of standard-definition television and high-definition television signals for ...
		ITU-T and ITU-R are studying the standards to be used for the digital standard-definition and high-definition television signals.
		Bit-rate reduction processing of such digital signals are widely used both in studio installations and for direct broadcasting from terrestrial or satellite transmitters as well as for transmission, including transmission for contribution and for primary and secondary distribution.
		The revision of Question 2/9 in title and contents was made to allow it to encompass television transport for contribution, primary distribution and secondary distribution, in consideration of the fact that the same technologies are used across the three applications.
	www.itu.int /ITU-T/2001-2004/com09/sg9-q2.html (490 words)

	HDTV - a Whatis.com definition - see also: , high definition television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HDTV (high definition television) is a television display technology that provides picture quality similar to 35 mm.
		HDTV and standard definition television (SDTV) are the two categories of display formats for digital television (DTV) transmissions, which are becoming the standard.
		New television sets will be either HDTV-capable or SDTV-capable, with receivers that can convert the signal to their native display format.
	whatis.techtarget.com /definition/0,,sid9_gci213996,00.html (460 words)

	SDTV - StanDard Definition Television
		There may be many popular meanings for SDTV with the most popular definition being that of StanDard Definition Television
		If you have more information or know of another definition for SDTV, please let us know so that we can review it and add that information to our database.
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	www.auditmypc.com /acronym/SDTV.asp (167 words)

	Quality Audio For Australian Digital Television
		Among the Australian free-to-air television stations introducing digital television with Dolby Digital capabilities, the 9 Network have been equipping for Dolby Digital transmission with a quantity of transmission encoders and decoders.
		The DVD player, with Dolby AC-3 as the standard audio decoding system, is proving to be a hit in the Australian market and the numbers of players in Australian homes are expected to exponentially increase in the coming years.
		Broadcasters now have the choice to provide a sound quality within the Standard Definition broadcast that is comparable to the DVD experience that is becoming popular in Australian homes.
	www.digitalprosound.com /Htm/Articles/2000/Oct/DolbyAu.htm (552 words)

	What is standard definition television? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: SDTV
		SDTV and high definition television (HDTV) are the two categories of display formats for digital television (DTV) transmissions, which are becoming the standard.
		New television sets will be either HDTV-capable or SDTV-capable, with receivers that can convert the signal to their native display format.
		When the United States decided to make the transition from analog television to DTV, the Federal Communications Commission decided to let broadcasters decide whether to broadcast SDTV or HDTV programs.
	searchsmb.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci331607,00.html (432 words)

	RadioShack Products Glossary: S
		The advantage of SACD over standard compact discs is that it uses a new method of encoding audio, called Direct Stream Digital (DSD), rather than Pulse Code Modulation or PCM.
		It is called symmetric because the data rate when receiving (downstream rate) is the same as the data rate when transmitting (upstream rate).
		SMS is the first phase of message service development and was introduced as part of the GSM standard.
	support.radioshack.com /support_tutorials/glossary/glossary-s.htm (5135 words)

	Learn more about Standard definition television in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/st/standard_definition_television.html (178 words)

	Glossary of Digital Television Terms: KCTS Seattle
		For the purposes of digital television signals, bits are counted in groups of a million each (Megabits, or Mb).
		Analog television, which was developed in the 1940s, receives one continuous electronic signal.
		Enhanced television (also known as "datacasting" or "interactive television") is still based on a broadcast technology, meaning that one source sends out information to many recipients.
	www.kcts.org /digital/glossary/index.asp (959 words)

	NBC.com/Footer/HDTV
		In 1992, we performed the world's first simultaneous transmission of digital HDTV and analog television from our TV station in Washington, D.C. We later participated in establishing the final technical standard, and we hosted an industry testbed for digital HDTV broadcasting, again at our station in Washington.
		Traditional televisions use a 4 by 3 aspect ratio, which means the screens are 4 units wide by 3 units high.
		The FCC approved the digital television standard on December 24, 1996.
	www.nbc.com /Footer/HDTV (1213 words)

	AudioVideo101.com - Audio/Video Dictionary
		The wider aspect ratio featured with some forms of SDTV (16 units wide by 9 units tall versus the more square 4 units wide by 3 units tall used with NTSC analog television programming) allows movies to be presented in their full width, widescreen format.
		Movies for theater release are filmed in a wide aspect ratio different from that used in analog television sets.
		In order to fit a movie picture on a "square" television screen, portions of the image are cut off and discarded (pan-and-scan) or the movie is presented in its full width with fl bars above and below the image (letterbox).
	www.audiovideo101.com /dictionary/sdtv.asp (476 words)

	SONY MIGRATES TO ALL-DIGITAL LINE OF ACQUISITION EQUIPMENT
		For standard definition television the family includes three digital formats - all squarely based upon the well-established international 4:2:2 standard - that span all of the needs for creating the diverse programming genres of the digital era.
		In the high definition realm, the now well-established HDCAM—also on the same ½-inch tape platform - has just introduced a second generation acquisition family that is smaller, lighter, lower-power, and bristling with features and facilities requested by the many worldwide pioneers using the first generation products.
		For example, Time Warner Cable is standardizing on DVCAM technology for all-digital ENG operations at six electronic news bureaus under development.
	news.sel.sony.com /pressrelease/1439 (1136 words)

	HDTV : High Definition Television
		Terayon Communication Systems is demonstrating how cable television operators can deliver multiple high definition (HD) digital video streams in a single analog channel through rate shaping, the real-time adjustment of digital video bit rates to accommodate a given amount of bandwidth.
		HD television (HDTV) offers far superior picture quality compared to standard definition television (SDTV), but requires substantially more bandwidth to deliver.
		The monitor's 1280 x 768 W-XGA resolution, suitable for television and computer display, is enhanced by a high 400:1 contrast ratio, an exceptional peak brightness of 450 candles/square meter, and broad 170 x 170-degree viewing angles that make it easily seen from almost anywhere.
	www.webdesk.com /hdtv (1365 words)

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