digital television

American  

noun

1. a television broadcasting technology in which signals are transmitted as a sequence of binary numbers.

2. a television set that can receive these digital signals.

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digital television British  

noun

1. television in which the picture information is transmitted in digital form and decoded at the television receiver

2. a television set that can decode digital picture information and convert it into visible images

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Etymology

Origin of digital television

First recorded in 1955–60, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

The boxes the size of a deck of cards allow digital television receivers to connect with computers using technology called datacasting.

From Seattle Times

In the U.S., a complete shift to digital radio would take an act of Congress, just as the digital television switch in 2009 did.

From New York Times

Extracts from all four Proms in the Park concerts will be available on 7 September via the Red Button for BBC viewers on digital television.

From BBC

Most of them also said they would rather give up having a mobile phone or going to the cinema than lose their digital television.

From The Guardian

Our own civilization has only had radio for about a century, and Drake noted our global culture is becoming less cosmically noisy due to technological innovations such as fiber-optic networks and digital television.

From Scientific American