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Tech Trivia Challenge - digital television



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
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Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is digital television

Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital rather than conventional analog methods. Advantages of DTV include better resolution and compatibility with computers and the Internet. Analog television broadcasts are scheduled to stop in 2009.

Are you a Know-IT-All? Test your knowledge of tech vocabulary!

Secret Word of the Day
This term describes the relationship between the height and the width of a display. What’s the secret word?
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Tech Trivia
Where would you find an electron gun in your old TV set or monitor?
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Word Scramble
Unscramble the letters to see something an older TV set needs to display digital broadcasts:
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Acronym Challenge
An EPG for digital TV allows the user to interact with a guide to scheduled programming. What does EPG stand for?
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