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her or both co
oaxial RF conn
the back o
of the Digital
HDTV Tuner,
receive lo
ocal television
n programs.
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ew cable TV p
programming,
progr
ramming sub
scriptions are
requi
ired.
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uipment is re
quired to vie
programm
ming?
To view H
HDTV program
mming, an add
your PHD
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ll need an HD
or televisi
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e digital over‐
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broadcast
ts, you'll need
d either an in
outdoor a
antenna.
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e analog and
digital cable T
programm
ming, you'll ne
eed a cable T
(provided
d by your loca
l cable TV ser
provider).
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Resolutio
on and interla
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hat determin
of a TV pi
cture are reso
olution and in
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resolutio
on uses 480 h
orizontal line
up each
of video.
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es either 720
0 lines, or 108
make ea
ch video fram
me.
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ng
When TV
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video fra
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that is faster
eye can s
see (from 24
to 60 frames
second, d
depending on
n the TV and
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The A
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ontal lines
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dard TV
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rs to whether
mes contains
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video (each la
asting 1/60
mbine them in
nto one fram
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ur eye into th
inking it is se
olution that i
s actually bei
non‐interlace
d video, (refe
ogressive scan
n video), vide
th
played every
1/60
of a se
of the lines of
f video inform
me.
specifications
s for video re
ally stated by
giving the nu
zontal lines, f
followed by e
nterlaced vid
eo, or p for p
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video. Some
V digital TV b
broadcasts us
ATSC specific
cation for HDT
pment requir
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One of the en
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to allow scali
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1
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video has m
more fine pix
m
many high‐en
nd TV display
ut formats
PHD‐VRX, Fu
ll HD 1080p D
V Recorder, R
Receiver and
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ceive broadca
lutions ment
ioned above.
ropriate conv
version from i
mat to genera
l TV display fo
table below d
details the re
h combination
n of input sign
r each of thos
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or
ne. Interlaced
frame 2 fram
es
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of a second),
and
th
e lasting 1/30
0
rlacing tricks
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e
ing displayed
.
erred to as
o frames are
econd contain
ning
mation for ea
ch
esolutions are
e
umber of
either the lett
ter I,
progressive sc
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DVDs and no
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TV broadcast
ts and
80i or 720p.
ures of PHD‐V
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/720p video
up to
uality. The re
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id on
.
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gital
Media Cente
er
asts in any of
the
. It will then d
do the
nput signal
ormat.
sults you get
with
nal format.
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