| Table 1. Digital Entertainment Consortia |
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Organization or Agency
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Description
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Product Standards Regulated
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| Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) |
The CEA promotes various consumer electronics standard specifications relating to market trend and future products. |
- All consumer-related electronics gadgets and equipment
|
| 802.11 |
IEEE standards that define wireless “over-the-air” interfaces between wireless clients, or a wireless client and a basestation or access point. |
- Digital television
- Digital set-top box (DSTB)
- Residential gateway
- Digital versatile disk (DVD) player/recorders
|
| Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) |
This committee defines standards for digital television, interactive systems, and broadband multimedia communications. The U.S. is one of several countries using ATSC standards for digital television broadcasts. |
|
| Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) |
This consortium defines standards for digital television, interactive systems, and broadband multimedia communications. Digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards are used in Europe, as well as other regions, for digital television broadcasts. |
|
| Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) |
This group defines standards for interfacing digital hosts to digital displays. Digital visual interface (DVI) is a popular standard that was defined by the DDWG. |
- Digital television monitor
- Plasma Display Monitor
- LCD Display Monitor
|
| High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) |
This interface was developed to support the transfer of uncompressed, all-digital audio and video between any audio/video source. |
- Digital television
- DSTB
- Residential gateway
- DVD player/recorders
|
| Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) |
MPEG is an International Standards Organization (ISO) committee that develops standards for coding and compressing digital audio and video. MPEG coding is the basis for technologies such as MP3, DVDs, and Internet streaming video. |
- Digital television
- DSTB
- Residential gateway
- DVD player/recorders
|
| DVD Forum |
The DVD forum develops standards for DVD products, including improvements and enhancements to current implementations. |
- DSTB
- DVD player/recorders
|
| HAVi Organization |
HAVi Organization promotes a network architecture for home audio and video equipment interoperability through a single firewire interface. |
- DSTB
- Audio video equipment
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| IEEE 1394 |
The IEEE 1394 defines a high-speed serial standard that provides flexible and cost-effective connections for real-time (isochronous) information between data-intensive applications such as audio/video equipment and PCs. |
- Digital video camera
- DSTB
- DVD/video recorders
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