Practical Implementation of Digital Television: Update 1996
The official field and laboratory testing has concluded, and the results have yielded new insights as well as confirming existing information regarding the implementation of digital television (DTV) in the U.S. Concurrently the FCC has issued a new Notice of Inquiry, and the final implementation timetable is being debated. This paper presents summaries leading to more specific practical execution 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.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1997-04
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J00567