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DTV receiver, the Glossary

Index DTV receiver

A DTV receiver is a set-top box that permits the reception of digital television.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Analog television, ATSC standards, ATSC tuner, Broadcast television systems, Cable television, China, Common Interface, Digital radio, Digital television, Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast, Digital terrestrial television, DVB, DVB-T, High-definition television, Interactive television, MPEG-2, Satellite, Set-top box.

  2. Set-top box

Analog television

Analog television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio.

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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. DTV receiver and ATSC standards are digital television.

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ATSC tuner

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. DTV receiver and ATSC tuner are digital television and set-top box.

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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.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Common Interface

In Digital Video Broadcasting, the Common Interface (also called DVB-CI) is a technology which allows decryption of pay TV channels. DTV receiver and Common Interface are set-top box.

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Digital radio

Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum.

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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.

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DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast) is the digital TV standard for mobile and fixed devices, developed in the People's Republic of China. DTV receiver and digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast 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. DTV receiver and digital terrestrial television are digital television.

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DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television. DTV receiver and DVB are digital television.

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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.

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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. DTV receiver and high-definition television are digital television.

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Interactive television

Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.

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MPEG-2

MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information".

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Satellite

A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.

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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.

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See also

Set-top box

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTV_receiver