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Analog TV: Today's TV system using radio frequency waves to transmit and display pictures and sound.
Aspect
Ratio (4x3): Traditional TV "aspect ratio", that is, the screen's width as compared to its height.
For example, a "32 inch TV screen" would be 25 inches wide and 19 inches tall.
Aspect
Ratio (16x9): "Wide screen TV" aspect ratio which is more like a movie screen than a traditional
TV. For example, a "32 inch TV screen" would be 28 inches wide and 16 inches tall.
Digital
TV (DTV):
Television
delivered
and displayed
using
radio frequency
waves
that contain
information that is digitally encoded for improved quality and efficiency.
Enhanced
Definition
TV (EDTV): A better digital television transmission than SDTV with at least 480P,
in a 16x9 or 4x3 display and Dolby digital surround sound. 480P is the quality used by most DVD players.
EDTV provides 300-400,000 pixels.
HDTV Monitor (sometimes
called HDTV Ready): A set that can display HDTV programming if you have
a separate HDTV tuner, HD Cable Set-Top Box or HD Satellite Set-Top-Box Receiver,
HDTV Tuner (also decoder,
receiver,
set-top
box): A device capable of receiving and outputting HDTV
signals for display.
It may be stand-alone or integrated in the set,
High-Definition
Television
(HDTV): The best quality picture, wide screen (16x9) display with at least
720 progressively scanned lines (720P) or 1080 interlaced lines (1080i) and Dolby digital surround sound.
HDTV provides 900,000-2,1 million pixels,
Integrated
HDTV: An HDTV that has the digital tuner built into the set, It does not need a separate set-
top box to receive over-the-air DTV signals,
Interlace
Scan: A way to scan vertical lines onto a TV picture by scanning all the odd lines first, then
filling the in the even lines (this happens instantaneously),
Plug-and-Play
or Digital Cable Ready: A DTV or other device for digital cable consumers that plugs
directly into the cable jack and does not require a separate set-top box,
Plug-and-Play TV owners must
obtain a CableCARD from their cable company in order to view scrambled programming services.
Progressive
Scan: A way to scan vertical lines onto a TV picture by scanning all the lines consecutively
(progressively),
Standard
Definition
TV (SDTV): Basic digital television transmission
that may be displayed with fewer
than 480 progressively scanned lines (480P) in 16 x 9 or 4 x 3 format, 480 interlaced (480i) is the quality
of today's analog TV system,
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