Technology / Television (TV) / Tuner: A unit similar to today's cable boxes, which is capable of receiving and decoding DTV broadcasts. A DTV 'Certified' STB can receive all (18) ATSC DTV formats, (including HDTV) and provide a displayable picture.
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Technology / Home Audio / Automatic Tuner Activation (ATA): A feature that allows the tuner to be accessed while a tape deck is rewinding or fast forwarding. MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Diversity Tuner: An FM tuning method which employs two antennas. The tuner can switch between the two antennas in order to attain better reception. MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Digital Tuner Or Digital Receiver: A digital tuner serves as the decoder required to receive and display digital broadcasts. Some digital tuners can convert broadcasts for an analog TV or provide a digital signal to a digital televisio MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / PVR: A Personal Video Recorder PVR satellite receiver) has a built in hard drive for digital recording of satellite television programs: these come with a typical 35-hour recording capability and two inter MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Over-The-Air: Referencing analog or digital signals sent out in the open air by broadcast staions, and received most likely by an antenna or internal tuner on a television. Over-the-air signals are regulated by the MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC): An acronym for Advanced Television Systems Committee, and the name of the DTV system used by broadcasters in the U.S. In European they use the COFDM standard. A digital tuner made for use in Europe ca MORE