A traditional, less-efficient and lower quality system that uses radio frequency (RF) waves to transmit and display pictures and sound.
Often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner, allows reception of digital television (DTV) signals broadcast over-the-air by TV stations. May be integrated into a television, VCR, digital video recorder, or set-top box.
The entire range of frequencies used for radio and television transmission.
Using radio waves to distribute radio or TV programs which are available for reception by the general public.
Department whose responsibility is to "foster, serve, and promote the Nation's economic development and technological advancement".
Describes a new, more efficient method of storing, processing and transmitting information through the use of computer code.
The umbrella term used for the new broadcasting system that uses computer code to transmit pictures and sounds. DTV includes all types of digital broadcasting, including High and Standard Definition television, datacasting and multicasting.
A stand-alone device that receives and converts digital signals into a format for display on an analog television receiver.
One type of digital television signal that is broadcast at a higher resolution than the others, providing a higher-quality picture.
All of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other people in the building and that have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall.
The ability to transmit multiple standard-definition programs at the same time using a single digital broadcast channel.
The President's principal adviser on telecommunications and information policy issues.
A device built-in to a TV that allows reception of analog broadcasting.
Refers to the transmission and reception of information in a wireless communication system.
A V-shaped set-top antenna that is adjustable in length and angle.
Amount of detail that can be seen in a broadcast image.
An antenna mounted on the roof of a structure.
A stand-alone device that connects to a television and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen.
The basic digital television format closest in quality to traditional analog TV.