Digital converter boxes and HDTV antennas are available nationally at Best Buy.
Because of crowding of the radio spectrum due to the recent introduction of HDTV in the United States and many other countries, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as well as similar agencies elsewhere have recently begun to allocate dedicated frequency bands for exclusive biotelemetry usage, for example, the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS).
While at Sarnoff, Carlson led teams that developed the HDTV standard and designed a system to assess broadcast image quality, both of which were awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award.
In 1990, General Instrument (which was later acquired by Motorola) demonstrated that it was possible to use digital compression to deliver high quality HDTV in a standard 6-MHz television channel.
Germany is likely the leader in free-to-air (FTA) DBS, with approximately 200 digital FTA channels (including 18 HDTV channels and various regional channels) broadcast from the Astra 19.2°E satellite constellation.
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The United Kingdom has approximately 160 digital channels (including the regional variations of BBC channels, ITV channels, Channel 4 and Channel 5) are broadcast without encryption from the Astra 28.2°E satellite constellation, and receivable on any DVB-S-compliant receiver (a DVB-S2 receiver is required for certain HDTV services).
The labels and relevant specifications are based on agreements between over 60 broadcasters and manufacturers of the European HDTV Forum at its second session in June 2004, held at the Betzdorf, Luxembourg headquarters of founding member SES Astra.
High-definition television (HDTV), via the incorrect nomenclature "high-resolution television"
The HYLAS payload carries two transponders, intended mainly for HDTV, and six KSMS-TV
In June 2010, KSMS began broadcasting in 16:9 HDTV ratio in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, however, its newscasts remains in 4:3 ratio.
The first part aired on Discovery Channel Canada and its High Definition channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30.
RTB3 - is a 12-hour national high-definition television channel airing all of Radio Televisyen Brunei's programs in 720p HDTV.
The company develops products for the following connected media platforms: IPTV (video over IP) set-top boxes, TV media players (such as Blu-ray), HDTVs, multimedia players, digital media adapters, portable media players, and home networking products, such as HomePlug AV, HomePNA and G.hn.
In telecine use, the 24 frames per second is slowed to 23.976 frames/s to lock to SDTV and some HDTV standards, thus the digital bi-phase pulse is 239.76 Hz.
HDTV-ready TV sales are increasing in Argentina, with the first TVs made available since 2005 by local firm Philips.
On March 6, 2007, the South Park episode "Good Times with Weapons" was available for free download; however, this episode was free only for the HDTV version until April 3, 2007.