Philips 32PFL5708/F7, 40PFL5708/F7, 39PFL5708/F7, 47PFL5708/F7, 50PFL5708/F7 Information, Glossary

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Glossary

Analog TV (NTSC)

Acronym that stands for National Television Systems Committee and the name of Analog broadcasting standards.

Off-the-air NTSC signals are no longer being sent by major broadcasting stations in the USA.

ARC (Audio Return Channel) (HDMI 1 only)

HDMI-ARC allows you to use Philips EasyLink to output TV audio directly to a connected Audio device, without the need for an additional Digital Audio cable. Be sure that the device is HDMI CEC and ARC compliant, and that the TV is connected to the device using an HDMI cable attached to both HDMI-ARC connectors.

Aspect ratio

The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the TV screen is almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the TV screen is almost twice as wide as its height).

CEC (Consumer Electronics Control)

This allows you to operate the linked functions between our brand devices with CEC feature and this unit. We do not guarantee 100% interoperability with other brands of CEC compliant devices.

Component Video

This is a video signal format that conveys each of 3 principal colors of light (red, blue and green) through different signal lines. This allows the viewers to experience picture colors as original as it is. There are several signal formats, including Y / Pb / Pr and Y / Cb / Cr.

Dolby Digital

The system developed by Dolby Laboratories to compress Digital sound. It offers stereo sound (2ch) or multi-channel Audio.

DTV (ATSC)

Acronym that stands for Advanced Television Systems Committee and the name of the Digital broadcasting standards.

E-sticker

E-sticker is showing set features, technical information, etc on this TV set that is displayed on the TV screen mainly used by TV retailers. Previously the information was on a printed sticker that was put on the display.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

Interface that supports all uncompressed, Digital Audio / Video formats including set-top box, Blu-ray / DVD recorder or Digital television, over a single cable.

HDTV (High Definition TV)

Ultimate Digital format that produces high resolution and high picture quality.

PIN code

A stored 4-digit number that allows access to parental control features.

SAP (Secondary Audio Program)

Second-Audio channel delivered separately from main-Audio channel. This Audio channel is used as an alternate in bilingual broadcasting.

SDTV (Standard Definition TV)

Standard Digital format that is similar to the Analog TV (NTSC) picture quality.

DTS TruSurround

Enable DTS TruSurround to enhance your audio experience.