Digital video and digital TV: a comparison and the future directions

This paper presents an overview of the development and current work of recent emerge of all digital high definition television system based on the MPEG-2 compression scheme. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of Japan's MUSE, European DVB, and U.S. all digital HDTV systems, examines the global HDTV standardization process, and provides a comprehensive and technical survey of HDTV in Asia, Europe and the U.S. It also analyzes the consumer acceptance and market potential of all digital high definition television, and predicts the future merge of broadcast video and computers.