DigiCipher II (DCII) is a Motorola proprietary digital video distribution system. DigiCipher II provides compression, encryption, and authorization. DigiCipher II compression is based upon MPEG-2. DigiCipher II is utilized for some TVRO transmissions. A Motorola 4DTV satellite receiver is required to decode DigiCipher II TVRO channels. DigiCipher II utilizes AC3 audio encoding.

If you are wondering how a color television works, you should first understand how a standard TV set works and how the brain perceives TV signals. How a TV works For the most part a TV station broadcasts a television program by converting a television program (sound and video) into a radio frequency which is then transmitted to a broad area. A TV set receives these signals and then turns these signals into sound and video by converting the radio frequency into an image. The image is created by small Read More

The WMA (Windows Media Audio) file format is a proprietary file format created by the Microsoft Corporation for the storage and playback of audio files. The WMA format is part of the greater Windows Media framework and actually consists of four variants to include WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, and WMA Voice. The most common format encountered by consumers is WMA for storage of music or audio book files. The WAV (Waveform audio format) file type was created by Microsoft and IBM in order to store audio bit streams across Read More

DirecTV uses receivers from a wide variety of equipment manufacturers. DirecTV Receivers by Manufacturer DirecTV DirecTV Receivers DirecTV D10 DirecTV D10-200 DirecTV D10-300 DirecTV D11 DirecTV HR10-250 (HD DVR) DirecTV H10 DirecTV H20 DirecTV R10 DirecTV R15 General Electric DirecTV Receivers GE GRD33G2A GE GRD33G3A Hughes DirecTV Receivers HNS HDVR-2 HNS HAH-SA HNS HBH-SA HNS HIRD-B1 HNS HIRD-B2/B3/B4/C2 HNS GAEB0-GCEB0 HNS GAEB0A-GCEB0A HNS GXCEBOT HNS HIRD-D01/D11 HNS HIRD-D2 HNS HIRD-D25 HNS HIRD-D45 HNS HIRD-E1/E2 HNS HIRD-E4 HNS HIRD-E6 HNS HIRD-E86 HNS HTL-HD HNS SD DVR40 HNS SD-HBH LG DirecTV Receivers Read More

The Content Scrambling System, or CSS, is a Digital Rights Management, or DRM, encryption system that encrypts data on commercially-available DVDs and prevents users from copying the disc’s data to a computer file or another disc. The Content Scrambling System is also used to require all media player manufacturers to produce devices that are compatible with the Content Scrambling System because the encrypted discs will not stream to a non-compatible device.   How A Content Scrambling System Works The Content Scrambling System depends on three keys and a process known Read More

3D TV is, as the name suggests, a television that can play 3D picture. For the most part, 3D TV are TVs that work in sync with LCD shutter glasses that tell the glasses which eye should be exposed to the image on the screen. While 3D TV has been slow to take off, with more movies beginning to go 3D, there has been an increased demand for 3D TVs and therefore, many of the large television companies — Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, to name a few — have all expressed Read More

An FTA (Free to Air) receiver is a satellite receiver that is equipped to receive unencrypted FTA (Free to Air) satellite transmissions. An FTA satellite receiver is able to decode the MPEG-2 data compression protocol used in most Free to Air satellite transmissions. An FTA receiver will not be able to decrypt Dish Network or DirecTV satellite programming. Old analog FTA receivers are not used anymore. FTA Receiver Types Most FTA receivers are stand-alone hardware boxes that look very much like Dish Networks or DirecTV receivers. Some PC-based FTA satellite Read More

The Advanced Auto Encoding (AAC)  was originally used for audio encoding in DVDs, but has become better known as the default format for music tracks stored in the Apple iTunes library. In order play music stored in the iTunes default format on other MP3 players, the end-user must convert AAC to MP3 format. Convert AAC to MP3 Step 1 – Open the iTunes player on the computer by selecting the program icon from the “Programs” sub-menu or choosing the desktop application icon. Step 2 – Click the “Edit,” “Preferences,” and Read More

If you are looking for a high quality home theater experience, among the most important components are home theater speaker systems. In order to understand just how a home theater speaker system helps to enhance your entertainment center, it is first important to discuss what a home theater is and how it is commonly set up. A home theater set up seeks to create the movie theater experience within one's home. A home theater is the combination of two types of media, video and audio. On the video side, a Read More

The Windows Media format is the native file format for audio files saved in the Windows Media Player. When an end-user imports music from a CD or other source into the player, the default setting on the target computer will save the file(s) in the WMA or Windows Media format. Not all MP-3 or portable music players are able to play WMA formatted music. As a result, a common task that arises for consumers is to convert windows media to MP3. Convert Windows Media to MP3 Using Windows Media Player Read More