HDTV - (High Definition TV) - A TV that displays 1280x720 pixels or better.
Composite video. This 1-wire standard contains all video information: intensity, color, and sync. The encoding is the same as NTSC, and thus has the "overlapping sideband" problem which sometimes causes wrong colors to appear.
ATSC - "Advanced Television Systems Committee." Formed to establish technical standards for U.S. advanced television systems. ATSC is now used as the catch-all nomenclature for DTV broadcast standards.
Codec - This term is short for "Coder-decoder." A codec is a device that converts analog video and audio signals into a digital format for transmission. It also converts received digital signals back into an analog format.
Upconverting - Process by which a standard definition picture is changed to a simulated high-definition picture.
DTCP - (Digital Transmission Content Protection) - This is an encryption standard for IEEE 1394 that prevents the copying of first-run movies and pay-per-view events. DTCP is also called 5C Copy protection (in reference to the `five companies' that license it).
If you want the simplicity that comes with the cable receiver being integrated with the TV then you should buy a TV with a cable card slot. However if you like TiVo then you would instead get a DVR, which will have its own cable card slot.
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