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


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

[[DVB-H]] (Digital Broadcasting over Handheld Networks, e.g. mobile phones. Sometimes called DVB-N like Nokia ;) - )


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

Revision as of 09:40, 12 January 2006

Digital TV or Digital Video Broadcasting, 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 Streams. Depending on the transmission path there a different kinds of Digital TV, which are using different Modulation Schemes, 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)


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