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#REDIRECT[[Digital Video Broadcasting]]
Digital TV or '''D'''igital '''V'''ideo '''B'''roadcasting, is a set of standards for the transmission of digital video and audio.

DVB consists of data packets, which carry MPEG2 coded video/audio and EPG combined with other payload encapsulated in [[MPEG2 Transport Stream]]s. Depending on the transmission path there a different kinds of Digital TV, which are using different [[Modulation Scheme]]s, frequencies, transmission parameters and are optimized for different transmission networks and target devices.

[[DVB-S]] (Digital Broadcasting over Satellite)

[[DVB-C]] (Digital Broadcasting over Cable Networks)

[[DVB-T]] (Digital Broadctworks, e.g. mobile phones. Sometimes called DVB-N like Nokia ;) - )

[[ATSC]] (The U.S. standard for Digital Broadcasting over Terrestrial Networks)

ISDB (Japan's standard for Digital Broadcasting: Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting)


== Links ==
* [[DVB Standard]]s
* [http://www.dvb.org/ The DVB Consortium]
* [http://www.atsc.org/ The Advanced Television Systems Committee, specifies the ATSC standard]
*[[Wikipedia:DTV|Digital Television Article on Wikipedia, includes some nice historical Facts]]

[[Category:Technology]]

Latest revision as of 21:46, 24 April 2006