8VSB

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Acronym	Definition
8VSB	8-Level Vestigial Sideband (US ATSC broadcast standard)

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We are approaching theoretical limits of the 8VSB demodulation standard thanks to our unique implementation," said Rich Citta, chief scientist of Micronas Semiconductors, Inc.

MICRONAS LAUNCHES MULTI-STANDARD DTV DEMODULATORS

offers an HD launch package of gear, including en 8VSB receiver it resells, a QAM modulator and upconverter.

HD picture sharpens: broadcast TV stations hungry for cable's high-def feed

To wit, they can buy an high-definition TV set and (assuming broadcasters iron out those pesky 8VSB transmission problems) get their must-see TV live, 24 hours a day, from over-the-air broadcasting sources.

Prisoners of digital television: A misadventure in high-tech regulatory policy--and a harry Potter fix

E[acute accent]--Supports digital HDTV: ATSC, 8VSB, in all 18 ATSC video formats.

Auvitek Powers Leadtek and Yuan Technology PCI TV Tuner Cards

It will feature a number of new digital technologies including, the new system-on-a-chip media processor from Sigma Design, and the latest high performance 8VSB DTV demodulator from ATI.

USDTV Unveils Second-Generation Set-Top Box

The Xilleon 240 TV-On-Chip includes a powerful MIPS(R) CPU (central processing unit), a Digital Front End capable of demodulating and decoding 8VSB for ATSC terrestrial broadcasts or 64/256 QAM for digital cable (including a Forward Data Channel demodulator for OpenCable applications), an HD/SD capable MPEG video and audio decoder, an NTSC video decoder featuring a 3D comb filter, a video scaler and deinterlacer, and other image processing features.

ATI Announces Highly Integrated Digital Television Solution for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers

Based on Microtune's analog/digital MT2121 tuner, the POD NIM is also compatible with the FCC's Digital Cable Ready (DCR) mandate, supporting 8VSB, 64/256 QAM, analog NTSC, and QPSK signals.

Samsung Selects Microtune's Single-Chip Tuner to Enable Digital Cable-Ready TVs for the U.S. Market; Samsung Deploys Microtune's High-Performance MicroTuner MT2121 Tuner and MT1110 Amplifier in RF Module for Digital TVs

Acterna, the leader in test and management solutions for consumer and business broadband communications, announced today that its DTS product line now includes interfaces for both the COFDM and 8VSB modulations that are required in the European and North American digital terrestrial television (DTTV) standards.

Acterna Unveils Terrestrial Broadcast Interface to Industry's Most Comprehensive End-to-End Digital Video Test and Management Solution

The DTS-330 and DTS-200 are able to support several different combinations of inputs and outputs, such as QPSK, ASI, full bandwidth GigE, SMPTE-310, DHEI, QAM, COFDM and 8VSB.

Acterna Announces Addition of MPEG-4 Real Time Analysis to Its DTS Digital Broadcast Test Platform