 His team developed the DigiCipher HDTV system in 1990, which is the world's first all-digital HDTV system.Paik was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame and the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, in 2004.He received the Digital Television Pioneers Award from Broadcasting & Cable Magazine in 2000, the Arthur C. Clark Award from the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association in 1999, a technical Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his outstanding digital television achievements in 1996 and the Matti S. Siukola Memorial Award from the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society in 1991.