Digital TV Glossary - S

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Digital TV terms defined on this page:
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• Scart
• Set-top aerial
• Sky
• Spectrum
• STB
• Switchover

Cabling used to carry TV and video signals. Connects the audio and picture in high quality using a 21-pin plug.
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Set-top aerial

An aerial on top of your TV.
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Sky

Digital TV provider that delivers content via satellite signal to a dish fixed to the outside of your home.
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The set of radio frequencies carrying television, radio and other forms of electronic communication via the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Set-top box. Very occasionally referred to as an adaptor.
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The process of switching off the old analogue signal as the country moves to digital instead. The switchover starts in 2008 with the Border TV region and ends in 2012 with the last four TV regions of Meridian, London, Tyne Tees, Ulster.
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