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ATSC
Advanced Television Standards Committee -- industry group formed to standardize advanced television (DTV) in the United States and the 8VSB transmition system they established

ATV
Advanced Television -- an early name for digital television

COFDM
Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing -- the European DTV standard, transmitting many streams of data simultaneously in a tiny space

HDTV
High Definition Television -- the highest quality of picture available in digital television. HDTV is one presentation format in DTV. In the United States, two HDTV formats are 1080i and 720p, both of which include 5.1 channels of surround sound audio and are displayed in a 16:9 aspect ratio

JPEG
Joint Picture Experts Group -- a digital compression scheme for still pictures

MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group -- a digital compression scheme for video and moving pictures

NTSC
National Television Standards Committee -- the analog television system currently in use in the United States, often humorously referred to as the “Never-Twice-the-Same-Color” system

SDTV
Standard Definition Television -- digital television formats that don’t achieve the quality of HDTV, but are still better than NTSC pictures. The twelve SDTV formats all feature surround sound audio and may be viewed in either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios

VSB
Vestigial Side-band -- the analog modulation system currently used in NTSC broadcasting and cable

8VSB
Eight (discrete amplitude level) Vestigial Side-band transmition system used to carry the new U.S. digital standard

4:3
Aspect ratio of the NTSC TV screen, with a four unit width corresponding to a three unit height proportionally, regardless of the actual TV screen size

16:9
Aspect ratio of widescreen DTV formats for all HDTV and some SDTV video. Sixteen unit width corresponding to a nine unit height proportionally, regardless of the actual TV screen size



DIGITAL KOCE About Digital TV \| Fact Sheet \| Digital ABCs \| FAQs Digital Stills \| Digital KOCE Map Digital ABC ATSC Advanced Television Standards Committee -- industry group formed to standardize advanced television (DTV) in the United States and the 8VSB transmition system they established ATV Advanced Television -- an early name for digital television COFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing -- the European DTV standard, transmitting many streams of data simultaneously in a tiny space HDTV High Definition Television -- the highest quality of picture available in digital television. HDTV is one presentation format in DTV. In the United States, two HDTV formats are 1080i and 720p, both of which include 5.1 channels of surround sound audio and are displayed in a 16:9 aspect ratio JPEG Joint Picture Experts Group -- a digital compression scheme for still pictures MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group -- a digital compression scheme for video and moving pictures NTSC National Television Standards Committee -- the analog television system currently in use in the United States, often humorously referred to as the “Never-Twice-the-Same-Color” system SDTV Standard Definition Television -- digital television formats that don’t achieve the quality of HDTV, but are still better than NTSC pictures. The twelve SDTV formats all feature surround sound audio and may be viewed in either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios VSB Vestigial Side-band -- the analog modulation system currently used in NTSC broadcasting and cable 8VSB Eight (discrete amplitude level) Vestigial Side-band transmition system used to carry the new U.S. digital standard 4:3 Aspect ratio of the NTSC TV screen, with a four unit width corresponding to a three unit height proportionally, regardless of the actual TV screen size 16:9 Aspect ratio of widescreen DTV formats for all HDTV and some SDTV video. Sixteen unit width corresponding to a nine unit height proportionally, regardless of the actual TV screen size	KOCE-TV Awards Pledge Sponsors Digital KOCE
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