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An ATSC tuner, often called an '''ATSC receiver''' or '''HDTV tuner''', allows reception of ATSC Digital Television (DTV) signals Broadcast over-the-air by TV Stations in North America and South Korea. Such tuners may be integrated into the Television , VCR , Digital Video Recorder , and Set-top Box which provides audio/video output-connectors of various types. TECHNICAL OVERVIEW The terms "tuner" and "receiver" are used loosely, and it is perhaps more appropriately called an ATSC receiver, with the tuner being part of the receiver (see conversion, even Scaling . Zooming is an example of resolution change. Commonly used to convert a low resolution picture to a high resolution display. U.S GOVERNMENT MANDATES The FCC has issued the following mandates for devices entering the US:123
The current regulations are specified in the U.S. Code Of Federal Regulations (CFR). 4 Analog TV broadcast switch-off In early 2006 the Deficit Reduction Act Of 2005 Pub. L. No. 109-171, 120 Stat. 4 (Feb. 8, 2006). became law, which calls for Over-the-air Television Station s to cease their analog broadcasts by February 17 , 2009 5 Section 3002 of the Act amends 47 U.S.C. section 309(j)(14) to provide for the February 17, 2009 deadline. (this cut-off date had been moved several times previously). Following that date, TVs and other equipment with legacy NTSC tuners would be unable to receive over-the-air broadcasts. This switch-off would cause tens of thousands of TVs to go dark and would cut off many lower-income viewers from their only source of television. A Congressional bill has authorized subsidizing Converter Boxes that would allow people to receive the new digital broadcasts on their old TVs. The final plan6 is to make two $40 coupons available from January 1 , 2008 through March 31 , 2009 for all households with the initial $990 million allocated, after which an additional $510 million in coupons will be available for each household that relies exclusively on over-the-air television reception. In Canada , the Canadian Radio-television And Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), has set August 31 , 2011 as the date that over-the-air analog TV transmission service will cease in most parts of the country except in parts of the far North. |
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