Comparison of Digital Terrestrial Television Systems
| System | Digital Modulation | Lines | Frame rate | Data rate | Hierarchical Mod. | Ch. B/W (MHz) | Video B/W | Audio offset | VSB | Video Coding | Audio Coding | Interactive TV | Digital subchannels | Single-Frequency Network | Predecessor format(s) | Mobile? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATSC | 8VSB, A-VSB and E-VSB in the works | 1080 | up to 60p | 19.39 MB/s | No | 6 | 4.25? digital carrier at 1.31 |
? | 8VSB | H.262 | Dolby Digital, AC3, MPEG-1 Layer II |
DSM-CC MHEG-5, PSIP |
Yes | Partial | NTSC | Not yet, ATSC-M/H in the works |
| DVB-T | COFDM (QPSK, 16/64QAM) |
1080 | up to 50p | Up to 31.668 MB/s | Yes | 5, 6, 7, or 8 | ? | ? | ? | H.262, H.264 | MPEG-1 Layer II, HE-AAC |
DSM-CC MHEG-5, DVB-SI |
Yes | Yes | PAL, SECAM | Yes (DVB-H) |
| DVB-T2 | COFDM (QPSK, 16/64/256QAM) |
1080 | up to 50p | Up to 50.34 Mbit/s | Yes | 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 | ? | ? | ? | H.264, H.262 | MPEG-1 Layer II, HE-AAC |
DSM-CC MHEG-5, DVB-SI |
Yes | Yes | DVB-T | DVB-NGH |
| DMB-T/H | TDS-OFDM | 1080 | up to 50p | ? | ? | 6, 7, or 8 | ? | ? | ? | MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AVS | MPEG-1 Audio Layer II, AC3 | Yes | ? | Yes | PAL | Yes |
| ISDB-T | 16/64QAM-OFDM (QPSK-OFDM/ DQPSK-OFDM) |
1080? | up to 60p | 19.39 MB/s | Yes | 6 (5.572 + 428 kHz guard band) | ? | ? | ? | H.262/ H.264 (1seg) |
AAC | No | Yes | Yes | NTSC | Yes, ISDB-Tmm/1seg |
| MediaFLO | OFDM (QPSK/16QAM) | ? | ? | ? | ? | 5.55 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | NTSC (Ch. 55) | Yes |
| SBTVD | BST-OFDM | 1080? | ? | ? | Yes | 6 | ? | ? | ? | H.264 | HE-AAC | No | Yes | Yes | PAL-M | Yes, 1seg |
| T-DMB | OFDM-DQPSK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | H.262/ H.264 |
HE-AAC | ? | ? | ? | NTSC | Yes |
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