ISDB-T
ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting – Terrestrial) is the digital terrestrial television standard developed in Japan and also adopted throughout South America and the Philippines.
Technical specifications
- Video codecs: MPEG-2 (Japan SD), H.264/AVC (Japan HD, South America)
- Audio codec: MPEG-2 AAC
- Modulation: COFDM with BST-OFDM (Band Segmented Transmission)
- Resolutions: 480i (1seg mobile), 1080i (full-seg)
- Channel bandwidth: 6 MHz
- Features: Hierarchical transmission, mobile reception (1seg)
Regional variants
- ISDB-Tb – Brazilian variant using H.264 and Ginga middleware, adopted across South America
- ISDB-T – Original Japanese implementation
CRT televisions with ISDB-T tuners
Late-era CRT televisions in Japan and South America sometimes included built-in ISDB-T tuners. Japan's analog shutdown occurred in 2011 (2012 for some areas affected by the 2011 earthquake).
