What is the Difference Between DTV and HDTV?

Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 10:32 am 
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1080P HDTV-DTV

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This question gets asked in Google Searches hundreds of times per day, yet no two answers describes the answer exactly the same way. My aim here is to give a simple, concise answer without going into too much technical detail about Digital Television and picture definition. There are other websites which give excellent details on this, but for simplicity and brevity, here is the answer to the question: Read the rest of this entry

DCT6412 Motorola HDTV Dual Tuner DVR Cable Box

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm 
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What is a Digital TV Tuner DVR Cable Box?

Congratulations. You just bought a brand-spanking new wide-screen, high-def 1080p LCD television. Now, how do you get the most of your High Definition, Digital Television experience? Much of the way you use a digital TV has to do with the service provider you choose. Whether you go with a Dish or Cable, literally all digital televisions can give you Digital Video Recording (DVR), interactive programming, advanced menu systems, and high definition channel tuning through the Set Top Box. Though virtually all digital televisions have their own high definition, built-in tuners these days, an HD, set-top box is a more powerful way to tap into your TV’s features and performance, such as Digital Video Recording (DVR). Cable Companies such as Comcast, have an additional feature called, Video On-Demand which allows you to choose from hundreds of programs or movies and watch them when you want to watch them. You will need a set-top box to do this.
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Analog To Digital TV Converter

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm 
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Zenith DDT900 Converter

Zenith DDT900 Analog - Digital Converter

Analog to Digital TV Converter

Were you actually looking for a Digital to Analog TV Converter Box or a DTV box or Digital Converter Box? If you still have one or more analog televisions in your home and you wish to use them after February 17th, 2009, you will need to buy a Digital to Analog Television Converter Box. Some tend to reverse the terminology by calling these Analog to Digital Converters rather than the other way around, or you may refer to them simply as a DTV Box, or digital converter box.  Whichever way you name them, their purpose is to allow you to continue watching the new digital television transmissions on your old analog television. So, analog to digital, digital to analog … how much do these babies cost, and which DTV Box or digital converter box should I buy? Read the rest of this entry