Other TVs

After the the broadcast world went digital, all analog signals have become obsolete. Any broadcast media must now be done digitally. If you still have an antenna (or bunny ears as some call them)...

Video graphics array or "VGA" was introduced by IBM in 1987 as a standard for computer monitors. It has a native resolution of 640 by 480 pixels, which is about 15 percent the capacity of HDTV at...

For the first half-century of the medium, almost all televisions were analog televisions. But as of 2009, they have now largely been replaced by digital TVs, which can pick up the digital signals...

Sylvania is a well-known brand of televisions, both new and old. Whether it's an electrical or connection problem, or a problem with another device, there are ways to troubleshoot and repair your...

DTV, or digital television, is now the standard broadcast signal for all television stations in the country. This means all channels you will be receiving are digital, rather than analog. However,...

Since television stations have stopped broadcasting in analog signal and converted to digital, it is important to know if your television is digital or not. This is because analog TVs are not...

Unless you want to use standard antennas to receive only local television stations, you must choose between subscribing to a cable TV service or a satellite TV service. Both options have their...

When it comes to the television world, there are primarily two kinds of TVs: analog and digital. The main difference between them is how they receive their signal, with the analog televisions...

Neon TV tubes were used in the very first commercially available televisions in the 1920s. They were popular up until the mid-1930s when electrical televisions were introduced. Soon after the...

All U.S. high-power television stations are now digitally broadcast. An analog television set can still be used, provided a digital converter, cable box or satellite receiver is connected as well....

Terrestrial digital television is the transmission of a television signal with land-based antennas. The major difference between digital and analog TV signals is that the digital signal is...

Analog TV signals are transmitted over the air as frequency and amplitude modulation, the same as with radio. Digital TV is also transmitted over the air, but as bits and pieces of data, very much...

If you still rely on an antenna to view television channels, you may be frustrated when you cannot get a clear signal and static appears on your screen. The area in which you live may not receive...

Coaxial cables are essentially just cables made of wire which carry radio or television signals. They are used for carrying television networks from a distributor to individual houses, which is...

RCA jacks were created by RCA, the Radio Corporation of America, many years ago as a means of facilitating connections between different types of machines. Their base components can be seen as far...

In many ways, digital radio antennas work just like other radio antennas. A powerful electronic current runs through a broadcast tower. This current oscillates, changing directions thousands or...

An amplified antenna is a device designed to improve the image quality of broadcast television in a situation where signal loss is occurring. Signal loss can happen for a variety of reasons, from...

An amplified antenna is used to improve the quality of the television signal being received, thus resulting in improved audio and video quality. "Signal loss," or the loss of quality in the...

A digital TV signal is a transmission containing audio and video information that is broadcast by a television station and delivered to a user's home, either via cable, satellite TV or a digital...

A standard TV tuner has a very simple job: it takes signals picked up by a TV antenna (either built into the TV or attached separately) and converts those into audio and video information that are...

TV tuners have a very simple job to do. When a television station broadcasts its programming, it takes the audio and video information and converts it into a signal that can be sent out "over the...

Digital transmission is in the midst of replacing older analog transmission, which was used successfully for many decades in television, radio, telephone transmissions and other forms of data....

The signal that will become the picture on the television screen starts as a tape at a studio distribution center. The signal is beamed up to a satellite, where it shoots to networks and cable and...

Improve TV reception by checking whether the cables are compromised, determining whether the digital signal has been compromised, or adjusting the antenna angle to face the broadcasting stations....

If you are having trouble getting a strong enough signal to receive digital tv through your rabbit ears or rooftop antenna, there are a few things you can do to improve your reception.

Most often used for troubleshooting electronic equipment, the oscilloscope is used for a variety of tasks involving both the design and repair of electronics. Its purpose can be scientific (e.g....

The antenna is made up of a central piece of metal, or boom, crisscrossed by a series of metal rods. The boom contains receptors, or elements, designed to pick up TV signals, with two rods...

Televisions in the common home have been around since the 1950s. As a society, we have survived with analog broadcasts. But when the United States is forced to watch digital television broadcasts...

In February 2009, The Federal Communications Commission will make analog television broadcasts obsolete; digital broadcasts from television stations will be the standard. You can get an...