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ARD and ZDF began testing HD broadcasts on 15 August 2009, with full simulcasts in HD from 12 February 2010. [59] The SD versions of the German channels One, tagesschau24, Arte and Phoenix were closed in November 2022. [60] ARD will follow on 7 January 2025, when Das Erste and the regional channels will discontinue their SD feeds. [61] [62]
High-definition television (HDTV) in the United States was introduced in 1998 and has since become increasingly popular and dominant in the television market. Hundreds of HD channels are available in millions of homes and businesses both terrestrially and via subscription services such as satellite, cable and IPTV.
The switch-off was noticed by few, since the overwhelming majority receive TV via cable and only around 74,000 households relied on terrestrial over-the-air broadcasts. [2] The switch-off was helped greatly as cable continued to use analog distribution, and thus consumers' old tuners continued to be useful.
While full-power broadcasting ceased on June 12, 2009, 120 full power stations would maintain a "nightlight" service (under SAFER Act provisions) usually displaying a program about the DTV transition, ending no later than July 12, 2009. [4] Low-power broadcasting would continue for some time. Initially scheduled to shut down on September 1 ...
Bell Satellite TV, a Canadian satellite company, Rogers Cable and Vidéotron provide somewhat more than 21 HDTV channels to their subscribers including TSN HD, Rogers Sportsnet HD, Discovery HD (Canadian Edition), The Movie Network HD, and several U.S. stations plus some PBS feeds and a couple of pay-TV movie channels.
Mexico began converting to ATSC in 2013; [30] a full transition was scheduled for December 31, 2015, [9] but due to technical and economic issues for some transmitters, the full transition was extended to December 31, 2016. Saint Lucia opened on Saint Lucia on ATSC on March 5, 2024. Trinidad and Tobago will convert to ATSC 3.0 instead of ATSC 1 ...
In November 2017, the FCC approved ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV), an updated version of the ATSC standards that supports High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), video resolutions of up to 4K ultra high-definition (4K UHD), 120 Hz frame rate, high-dynamic-range (HDR) color, datacasting, and mobile television. Unlike the original digital transition, ATSC 3 ...
(Full HD) 1920×1080 1920 × 1080: 2,073,600 2.1 16:9 1:1 Standard HDTV resolution, used by full HD and HD ready 1080p TV displays such as high-end LCD, plasma and rear projection TVs, and a typical PC resolution (lower than WUXGA); also used for 1125-line video, as defined in SMPTE 274M, ATSC A/53, ITU-R BT.709