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  2. Digital television - Wikipedia

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    Changes in signal reception from factors such as degrading antenna connections or changing weather conditions may gradually reduce the quality of analog TV. The nature of digital TV results in a perfectly decodable video initially, until the receiving equipment starts picking up interference that overpowers the desired signal or if the signal ...

  3. Digital television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The five main ATSC formats of DTV currently [when?] broadcast in the U.S. are: . Standard definition—480i, to maintain compatibility with existing NTSC sets when a digital television broadcast is converted back to an analog one [citation needed] —either by a converter box or a cable/satellite operator's proprietary equipment

  4. QAM (television) - Wikipedia

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    QAM is a digital television standard using quadrature amplitude modulation. It is the format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable television providers. QAM is used in a variety of communications systems such as Dial-up modems and WiFi.

  5. Television transmitter - Wikipedia

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    A television transmitter is a transmitter that is used for terrestrial (over-the-air) television broadcasting.It is an electronic device that radiates radio waves that carry a video signal representing moving images, along with a synchronized audio channel, which is received by television receivers ('televisions' or 'TVs') belonging to a public audience, which display the image on a screen.

  6. Technology of television - Wikipedia

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    The elements of a simple broadcast television system are: . An image source. This is the electrical signal that represents a visual image, and may be derived from a professional video camera in the case of live television, a video tape recorder for playback of recorded images, or telecine with a flying spot scanner for the transfer of motion pictures to video).

  7. Social media and television - Wikipedia

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    Social media and television have a number of connections and interrelationships that have led to the phenomenon of Social Television, which is an emerging communication digital technology that centers around real-time interactivity involving digital media displayed on television. The main idea behind Social Television is to make television ...

  8. Digital terrestrial television - Wikipedia

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    Thus far, besides simulcasting Modernine TV and Television of Thailand, MCOT is test-airing MCOT 1, MCOT 2 and MCOT 3 exclusively on the digital TV platform, transmitted at UHF channel 44, modulated at 64QAM. MCOT was also expected to launch regional channels for each province and/or territory in Thailand, making it 80 MCOT television channels.

  9. Standard-definition television - Wikipedia

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    In North America, digital SDTV is broadcast in the same 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio as NTSC signals, with widescreen content often being center cut. [ 5 ] In other parts of the world that used the PAL or SECAM color systems, digital standard-definition television is now usually shown with a 16:9 aspect ratio , with the transition occurring ...