Translation Please: FYI, DTA Means More HD

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'DTA’ Translates Into 100-Plus More Linear HD Channels
By Leslie Ellis -- Multichannel News, 7/13/2008 8:14:00 AM

Here’s a new one from the Department of Three-Letter Acronyms: “DTA.”

DTA (as you’ve read in Todd Spangler’s reporting) stands for Digital Terminal Adapter (or “digital-to-analog”). A digital terminal adapter is a cable-specific thing. It’s a small, low-cost gizmo — not unlike the small, low-cost gizmos being built for the upcoming broadcast digital transition.


Translation Please: FYI, DTA Means More HD - 7/13/2008 8:14:00 AM - Multichannel News