MPEG-2 translates to 704 x 480 pixels at 30 frames per second in North America and 704 x 576 fps at 25 fps in Europe. Typically compressed at higher than 5 Mbs. Also used to describe the 525-line, 59.95Hz color television signal used in North America and several other parts of the world. NET TV - NetTV's are televisions which have the ability to dial up to the Internet. Often, a manufacturer has integrated or offers a special set-top which permits the viewer to connect online over telephone wires.
Subscribers can then tune in to the next available showing.
A type of interactive television technology featuring a digital hard disk drive inside a set-top box. Viewers can digital record broadcast television in real-time much like a VCR, but watch instant replays while it's recording, pause, playback, reverse and so on. Early technology also allowed the set-tops to skip commercials at the viewers' whim, but this is in dispute currently for obvious political reasons. Companies leading this technology include ReplayTV, TiVo, and others like WebTV, DirecTV who integrate hard drives in their boxes and digital receivers. More technically, it's a formal description of message formats and rules that two computers must follow to communicate.