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TVonics

TVonics is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand TVonics rather than just read about it. In short: TVonics is an electronics brand focused on set top boxes and the UK Freeview market. TVonics' original incarnation was as a company in its own right, formed in 2004.

Key takeaways

TVonics belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect TVonics to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of TVonics from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

TVonics is an electronics brand focused on set top boxes and the UK Freeview market. TVonics' original incarnation was as a company in its own right, formed in 2004. After entering administration for the second time in 2012, the TVonics brand and IP were acquired by Pulse-Eight Limited.

History

Original incarnation Founded in Wales in 2004 (as TVonics Ltd), the original TVonics company manufactured set-top boxes and digital video recorders. It was acquired in February 2008 by the Contact Holdings Group after the company went into administration and became TVonics Solutions Ltd. TVonics was one of the few set-top box design houses that manufactured in the UK. The company initially entered the market with the PRISM set-top box under the TVonics and Ferguson brand. Several additional products were subsequently released under the TVonics brand including the MDR-200, DTR-Z250 and DTR-Z500. TVonics was the original supplier of set-top boxes into the UK Government Digital Switchover Help Scheme, providing a custom designed product that met the requirements laid out by the scheme. This included support for Audio Description, a remodulator and the ability to perform automatic retuning, and a text-to-speech system created for visually impaired users. In November 2007, TVonics was awarded the IET Start-up of the Year award.

2012 bankruptcy and new ownership On June 12, 2012, TVonics Solutions Limited went into administration, and Gary Bell of Bell Advisory Llp was appointed administrator to the company. On October 22, 2012, it was reported that UK based Pulse-Eight had bought the TVonics brand and the technology behind TVonics DVRs, and announced a plan to create a next-generation of TVonics set-top box based on the popular open source media player software, XBMC, running on top of Android.

Products

Prior to 2012 takeover As of 4 August 2011, products made by TVonics included the following:-

Freeview+HD Recorder

DTR-HD500 DTR-Z500HD Freeview+ Recorder DTR-HV250 DTR-Z500AD DTR-Z500 DTR-Z250 DTR-HC250 Freeview Set top box MDR-240 MDR-252 MDR-251 MDR-250 MDR-100 MFR-300 MFR-200

See also Pulse-Eight XBMC Freeview+ Freeview HD

References

External links Official website Archive of Official TVOnics site prior to 2012 bankruptcy and sale to Pulse-Eight

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with TVonics

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what TVonics claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to TVonics before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about TVonics ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of TVonics

In research: TVonics appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses TVonics in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: TVonics is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Consumer electronics brands, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for TVonics outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study TVonics in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what TVonics means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain TVonics out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is TVonics in simple terms?

TVonics is an electronics brand focused on set top boxes and the UK Freeview market. TVonics' original incarnation was as a company in its own right, formed in 2004.

Why does TVonics matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study TVonics?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on TVonics.