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Digital TV: Glossary

With all the new Digital TV, HDTV, Enhanced TV information out there, we thought it would be good to give you a glossary of what these terms actually mean.

Mouse over a term in the left column to see the definition

Analog TV
Aspect Ratio
ATSC
Barn Doors
Codec
Compression
Computer Input
Datacasting
Decoder
Digital
Digital Cable
Digital Monitor
Digital Television (DTV)
Digital Tuner
Dobly Digital
Enhanced-Definition Television (EDTV)
HDTV Monitor (sometimes called HDTV Ready)
HDTV Tuner (decoder, receiver, set-top box)
High-Definition Television (HDTV)
Integrated HDTV
Interlace Scanning
Letterbox
Multicasting
Must-carry
NTSC
Pixel
Plug-and-Play or Digital Cable Ready
Progressive Scan
Standard Definition TV Format (SDTV)
Set-top Converter Box
Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA)
Terrestrial Broadcasting
Upconverting
Video Graphics Array (VGA)
Wide screen

Analog TV:
Analog technology has been in use for the past 50 years to transmit conventional TV signals to consumers. "Standard" television broadcasts in analog TV. Analog signals vary continuously, creating fluctuations in color and brightness.

Information provided by www.dtv.gov

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www.dtv.gov

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