ATSC tuner, the Glossary
An ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) tuner, often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner, is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television (DTV) television channels that use ATSC standards, as transmitted by television stations in North America, parts of Central America, and South Korea.[1]
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82 relations: Active Format Description, Analog passthrough, Aspect ratio (image), ATSC standards, Audio-to-video synchronization, Baseband, Best Buy, Bookmark (digital), Broadcast television systems, Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Carrier wave, Central America, Code of Federal Regulations, Coordinated Universal Time, Coupon-eligible converter box, Dark (broadcasting), Data compression, Daylight saving time, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Demodulation, Digital broadcasting, Digital channel election, Digital subchannel, Digital television, Digital television in Canada, Digital television transition, Digital terrestrial television, Digital video recorder, DirecTV, Display aspect ratio, DVB-T, DVD recorder, Electronic program guide, Enumeration, Error detection and correction, Federal Communications Commission, Frame rate, FTA receiver, Guide Plus, Hexadecimal, High-definition television, High-definition television in the United States, Home Hardware, Image scaling, Interlaced video, Letterboxing (filming), Lip sync, Lossy compression, Metonymy, ... Expand index (32 more) »
- ATSC
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Active Format Description
In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and other active picture characteristics. ATSC tuner and active Format Description are digital television and television technology.
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Analog passthrough
Analog passthrough is a feature found on some digital-to-analog television converter boxes. ATSC tuner and Analog passthrough are television technology.
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Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height.
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ATSC standards
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards are an International set of standards for broadcast and digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable and satellite networks. ATSC tuner and ATSC standards are ATSC, digital television and high-definition television.
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Audio-to-video synchronization
Audio-to-video synchronization (AV synchronization, also known as lip sync, or by the lack of it: lip-sync error, lip flap) refers to the relative timing of audio (sound) and video (image) parts during creation, post-production (mixing), transmission, reception and play-back processing.
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Baseband
In telecommunications and signal processing, baseband is the range of frequencies occupied by a signal that has not been modulated to higher frequencies.
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.
Bookmark (digital)
In the context of the World Wide Web, a bookmark is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that is stored for later retrieval in any of various storage formats.
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Broadcast television systems
Broadcast television systems (or terrestrial television systems outside the US and Canada) are the encoding or formatting systems for the transmission and reception of terrestrial television signals. ATSC tuner and Broadcast television systems are television technology and television terminology.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
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Carrier wave
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.
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Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
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Code of Federal Regulations
In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.
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Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.
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Coupon-eligible converter box
A coupon-eligible converter box (CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy "coupons" from the United States government. ATSC tuner and coupon-eligible converter box are set-top box and television technology.
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Dark (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a dark television station or silent radio station is one that has gone off the air for an indefinite period of time. ATSC tuner and dark (broadcasting) are television terminology.
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Data compression
In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. ATSC tuner and data compression are digital television.
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Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
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Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the federal budget that became law in 2006.
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Demodulation
Demodulation is extracting the original information-bearing signal from a carrier wave.
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Digital broadcasting
Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital signals rather than analogue signals for broadcasting over radio frequency bands (radio broadcasting).
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Digital channel election
A digital channel election was the process by which television stations in the United States chose which physical radio-frequency TV channel they would permanently use after the analog shutdown in 2009. ATSC tuner and digital channel election are digital television.
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Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. ATSC tuner and digital subchannel are ATSC, digital television, high-definition television and television technology.
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Digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. ATSC tuner and digital television are television technology and television terminology.
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Digital television in Canada
Digital terrestrial television in Canada (often shortened to DTT) is transmitted using the ATSC standard.
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Digital television transition
The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is converted to and replaced by digital television. ATSC tuner and digital television transition are digital television.
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Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format. ATSC tuner and digital terrestrial television are digital television.
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Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canada and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. ATSC tuner and digital video recorder are set-top box and television terminology.
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DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. ATSC tuner and DirecTV are high-definition television.
Display aspect ratio
The display aspect ratio (DAR) is the aspect ratio of a display device and so the proportional relationship between the physical width and the height of the display.
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DVB-T
DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in February 1998.
DVD recorder
A DVD recorder is an optical disc recorder that uses optical disc recording technologies to digitally record analog or digital signals onto blank writable DVD media. ATSC tuner and DVD recorder are television terminology.
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Electronic program guide
Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for current and upcoming broadcast programming (most commonly, TV listings). ATSC tuner and Electronic program guide are digital television and television terminology.
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Enumeration
An enumeration is a complete, ordered listing of all the items in a collection.
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Error detection and correction
In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction (EDAC) or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
FTA receiver
A free-to-air or FTA Receiver is a satellite television receiver designed to receive unencrypted broadcasts. ATSC tuner and FTA receiver are set-top box and television technology.
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Guide Plus
Guide Plus+ (in Europe), TV Guide On Screen, TV Guide Daily, TV Guide Plus+ and Guide Plus+ Gold (in North America) or G-Guide (in Japan) are brand names for an interactive electronic program guide (EPG) system that is used in consumer electronics products, such as television sets, DVD recorders, personal video recorders, and other digital television devices. ATSC tuner and guide Plus are digital television.
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen.
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. ATSC tuner and high-definition television are ATSC, digital television, television technology and television terminology.
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High-definition television in the United States
High-definition television (HDTV) in the United States was introduced in 1998 and has since become increasingly popular and dominant in the television market. ATSC tuner and High-definition television in the United States are high-definition television.
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Home Hardware
Home Hardware Stores Ltd. is an independent home improvement retailer located in Canada.
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Image scaling
In computer graphics and digital imaging, image scaling refers to the resizing of a digital image.
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Interlaced video
Interlaced video (also known as interlaced scan) is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming extra bandwidth. ATSC tuner and interlaced video are television technology.
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Letterboxing (filming)
Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.
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Lip sync
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced, the same as the word sink), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals.
Lossy compression
In information technology, lossy compression or irreversible compression is the class of data compression methods that uses inexact approximations and partial data discarding to represent the content.
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Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
MPEG transport stream
MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS, MTS) or simply transport stream (TS) is a standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) data. ATSC tuner and MPEG transport stream are ATSC.
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Multipath propagation
In radio communication, multipath is the propagation phenomenon that results in radio signals reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.
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Multiplexing
In telecommunications and computer networking, multiplexing (sometimes contracted to muxing) is a method by which multiple analog or digital signals are combined into one signal over a shared medium. ATSC tuner and multiplexing are digital television and television terminology.
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the president's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecommunications industry.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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NTSC
NTSC (from National Television Standards Committee) is the first American standard for analog television, published in 1941. ATSC tuner and NTSC are television terminology.
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
In telecommunications, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a type of digital transmission used in digital modulation for encoding digital (binary) data on multiple carrier frequencies.
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Pan-American television frequencies
The Pan-American television frequencies are different for terrestrial and cable television systems.
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Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
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Pillarbox
The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image.
Power-line communication
Power-line communication (PLC) is the carrying of data on a conductor that is also used simultaneously for AC electric power transmission or electric power distribution to consumers.
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Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group, a video and audio industry group) and privately defined program-specific information originally defined by General Instrument for the DigiCipher 2 system and later extended for the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a television station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch by title and description. ATSC tuner and program and System Information Protocol are ATSC and digital television.
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Progressive scan
Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a format of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence. ATSC tuner and Progressive scan are television technology.
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QAM (television)
QAM is a digital television standard using quadrature amplitude modulation. ATSC tuner and QAM (television) are digital television.
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Radio frequency
Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around to around. ATSC tuner and Radio frequency are television terminology.
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Radio spectrum
The radio spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies from 3 Hz to 3,000 GHz (3 THz).
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Set-top box
A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device. ATSC tuner and set-top box are television technology and television terminology.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
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Television channel
A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. ATSC tuner and television channel are television terminology.
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Television licence
A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. ATSC tuner and television licence are television terminology.
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Television set
A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. ATSC tuner and television set are television technology and television terminology.
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Television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
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Terrestrial television
Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna. ATSC tuner and terrestrial television are television technology and television terminology.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes.
TiVo
TiVo is a digital video recorder (DVR) developed and marketed by Xperi (previously by TiVo Corporation and TiVo Inc.) and introduced in 1999. ATSC tuner and TiVo are television terminology.
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
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Tuner (radio)
A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions, such as FM broadcasting, and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usually because a lower frequency is used on the output. ATSC tuner and tuner (radio) are set-top box.
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TV tuner card
A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. ATSC tuner and tV tuner card are set-top box and television technology.
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Videocassette recorder
A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording after rewinding.
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Virtual channel
In most telecommunications organizations, a virtual channel is a method of remapping the program number as used in H.222 Program Association Tables and Program Mapping Tables to a channel number that can be entered as digits on a receiver's remote control. ATSC tuner and virtual channel are ATSC, digital television, television technology and television terminology.
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8VSB
8VSB is the modulation method used for broadcast in the ATSC digital television standard. ATSC tuner and 8VSB are ATSC and digital television.
See also
ATSC
- 8VSB
- A-VSB
- ATSC 3.0
- ATSC standards
- ATSC tuner
- ATSC-M/H
- Advanced Television Systems Committee
- Broadcast flag
- Digital subchannel
- E-VSB
- Grand Alliance (HDTV)
- High-definition television
- List of ATSC standards
- MPEG transport stream
- MPEG user data
- Program and System Information Protocol
- Rec. 709
- Standard-definition television
- Virtual channel
Set-top box
- ATSC tuner
- AV receiver
- Acorn Online Media Set Top Box
- AllVid
- Apple Interactive Television Box
- Cable converter box
- CableCARD
- Common Interface
- Conditional-access module
- Coupon-eligible converter box
- DOCSIS Set-top Gateway
- DTV receiver
- Digital television adapter
- Digital video recorder
- Dreambox
- Enigma (DVB)
- Eurovox
- FTA receiver
- Freebox
- Hard disk recorder
- Hopper (DVR)
- Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV
- Infomir
- Integrated digital television
- Integrated receiver/decoder
- Java TV
- LinuxTV
- MSN TV
- Microsoft Venus
- Motorola DCT2000
- Nano-ITX
- Nexus Player
- Nvidia Shield TV
- Over-the-top media service
- Over-the-top media services in India
- PlayTV
- Set-back box
- Set-top box
- Slingbox
- TV tuner card
- Three-way hybrid
- Tuner (radio)
- Unibox
- V+
- VBox Home TV Gateway
- Vu+
- Whole-home DVR
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner
Also known as ATSC receiver, Digital tuner, Dtv tuner, HD digital tuner, HD tuner, HDTV decoder, HDTV receiver, HDTV set top box, HDTV set-top box, HDTV tuner.
, MPEG transport stream, Multipath propagation, Multiplexing, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, North America, NTSC, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, Pan-American television frequencies, Personal computer, Pillarbox, Power-line communication, Program and System Information Protocol, Progressive scan, QAM (television), Radio frequency, Radio spectrum, Set-top box, South Korea, Television channel, Television licence, Television set, Television station, Terrestrial television, The Washington Post, Time zone, TiVo, Transmitter, Tuner (radio), TV tuner card, Videocassette recorder, Virtual channel, 8VSB.