PDTV

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PDTV is an abbreviation short for Pure Digital Television. Often seen as part of the filename of TV shows shared through P2P systems on the Internet. It is a label given to files that were ripped directly from a purely digital source, having less resolution than HDTV. This is accomplished by using a TV tuner card capable of receiving Digital Video Broadcasts.

PDTV has also been seen on semi-professional DVD releases found at fan conventions and on the internet. In this case, PDTV is not intended to stand for "Pure Digital Television", since the source material for these DVDs is almost always analog, such as VHS. These releases are intended to fill gaps in the current catalog of available DVDs by making material available that has not been and most likely will never be released on DVD. In the event that a PDTV release is made obsolete by an official DVD, that particular title is pulled by PDTV and no longer offered.

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