Interesting Stats On HDTV, DTV Transition

A report released in June from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has yielded some interesting statistics on HDTV and the pending migration of television broadcasters to digital television in February 2009.

DTV Terms and Definitions

Custom Search AACS – Advanced Access Control System. A computer specification for guarding next-generation optical-media content created by the film, electronics, and software industries. AC-3 – (see Dolby Digital 5.1) Aliasing – Jaggedness that appears at diagonal edges of objects in a pixel or raster image. De-aliasing (anti-aliasing) is a smoothing of the jagged edges [...]

Digital Converter Boxes Ranked

Consumer Reports magazine has published their ratings for a limited number of HDTV converter boxes.