Practical Implementation of Advanced Television: Update 1996

The official field and laboratory testing is now concluded and their results have yielded new insights as well as confirmed existing information regarding implementation of Advanced Television in the U.S. Concurrently, the FCC has issued a new Notice and the final implementation timetable is being debated. This paper presents summaries leading to more specific practical implementation models and techniques. Specific issues and findings regarding the network/station architecture, local station models, HDTV/SDTV operation, and simulcasting are discussed. The ATSC standard, signal formats, transmission schemes, and new presentation and storage methodology are discussed as the specific challenges are addressed. Finally, implementation cost models revised from previous discussions are presented.

Published

1996-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00462

ISBN

978-1-61482-924-9