Testing HDTV terrestrial broadcasting systems

Author

Lechner, Bernard J.

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC) is a private sector, nonprofit organization created to undertake full, fair, and impartial testing of the various advanced television (ATV) systems that have been proposed as the United States terrestrial broadcast standard. Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs) organized by the cable television industry operates, in cooperation with ATTC, a state-of-the-art laboratory testing facility capable of thoroughly evaluating the proposed ATV systems when transmitted by cable TV, including both coaxial cable and fiber-optic transmission. Presently there are six systems scheduled for test by the ATTC and CableLabs. The systems and their scheduled test dates are shown. One of the systems is an enhanced NTSC compatible system and the other five are high-definition television (HDTV) simulcast systems. Four of the simulcast systems are digital. Both objective and subjective tests of all six systems are discussed

Keywords

electronic equipment testing; high definition television; television broadcasting; test facilities; ATTC; ATV systems; Advanced Television Test Center; Cable Television Laboratories; CableLabs; HDTV terrestrial broadcasting systems; United States; advanced television; cable TV; coaxial cable; enhanced NTSC compatible system; fiber-optic transmission; high-definition television; laboratory testing facility; objective tests; simulcast systems; subjective tests; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; HDTV; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Standards organizations; System testing; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.106203

Filename

106203