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HDTV tuner (also known as Decoder or Receiver)

Entertainment; TV

A device capable of receiving and decoding HDTV signals. HDTV tuners can either be built into a TV set (called an Integrated Digital TV Set) or be a stand-alone device, such as a set-top box.

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 ...

IEEE 1394

Entertainment; TV

A way to transmit compressed data and video between components on one cable. Also called Firewire or I-link, IEEE 1394.

digital channel (post transition)

Entertainment; TV

A communications path that handles only digital signals. All voice and video signals have to be converted from analog to digital in order to be carried over a digital channel. In regard to the DTV ...

digital monitor

Entertainment; TV

Digital monitors are TV sets that can display a digital signal, but lack an integrated tuner (unlike an integrated digital TV set), and thus cannot receive a digital broadcast signal without an ...

digital-to-analogue converter box

Entertainment; TV

Also referred to as a "converter box" or a "digital converter box," this is a stand-alone device that receives, decodes, and converts over-the-air digital programming into analog. When connected to ...

digital-to-analogue converter box coupon programme

Entertainment; TV

To help defray some of the cost for consumers who are transitioning to DTV, the Government established the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program. The NTIA, a part of the Department of ...