[opendtv] PR: ATSC Approves Recommended Practice for DTV Receivers
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:24:29 -0400
ATSC Approves Recommended Practice for DTV Receivers
Washington, D.C., June 22, 2004 - The Advanced Television Systems
Committee, Inc. (ATSC) has approved a Recommended Practice that
establishes voluntary guidelines for broadcast digital television
(DTV) receiver performance.
"These important guidelines are the result of a collaborative effort
of broadcasters, consumer electronics manufacturers, semiconductor
manufacturers, and other ATSC Members," said Mark Richer, President
of ATSC. "Our successful completion of this work meets our
commitment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which
suggested that the industry develop voluntary DTV receiver standards
(Notice of Inquiry, ET Docket 03-65)."
The new Recommended Practice provides performance guidelines for
receiver sensitivity, multiple signal overload, phase noise,
selectivity and multipath. The document suggests the use of the
antenna control interface specified by the Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA-909), which facilitates automatic control of antenna
parameters. It also provides guidelines for implementation of
received signal quality indicators for use by consumers.
"The Recommended Practice provides guidance for the receiver
manufacturers while allowing for product innovation," said John
Henderson, (Hitachi), Chair of the ATSC Specialist Group on Receivers
that developed the document.
A Recommended Practice is a document that typically provides
guidelines for operation and performance. Development and adoption of
a Recommended Practice follows the same consensus-driven development
process and voting requirements for adoption as that of a Standard.
The Receiver Performance Guideline Recommended Practice A/74 is
available at <http://www.atsc.org>www.atsc.org
The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. is an international
non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital
television. The ATSC member organizations represent the broadcast,
broadcast equipment, motion picture, consumer electronics, computer,
cable, satellite, and semiconductor industries.
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