Technology 1993-consumer electronics

The adoption of a US ghost-canceling reference signal by the Advanced Television Systems Committee was one of the significant events during 1992. Other noteworthy developments were the adoption of a broad regulatory framework for introducing HDTV by the US Federal Communications Commission and the preparation worldwide for digital audio broadcasting (DAB). Home theater began to make inroads with consumers, the competition for recordable digital audio heated up, a bill to regulate cable television prices was passed by the US Congress, and video telephone was introduced.<<ETX>>