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Digital television, an Uncommon card
Digital television is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Digital television quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Digital television card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It typically uses a ______ aspect ratio in contrast to the narrower format of analog TV.
Answer
widescreen. It typically uses a widescreen aspect ratio in contrast to the narrower format of analog TV. From the Digital television article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Digital television. Digital television 72 · Mike Massimino 69 · Aspartic acid 64 · Kettle 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In the 2000s it was represented as the first major evolution in television technology since color television in the 1950s.
- Modern digital television is transmitted in high-definition television formats with greater resolution than analog TV.
- It typically uses a widescreen aspect ratio in contrast to the narrower format of analog TV.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Digital television article was read about 61,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Digital television
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Digital television (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : EnEdC EnEdC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
