Pixels to create an image. This is one example of a
Fixed Pixel display.
LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon places the LCD display element directly on the silicon wafer that forms the electronic control circuitry. A transmissive display element cannot be used as the silicon is not transparent. Instead, a reflective display element is used. This is one example of a Fixed Pixel display.
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group is an international standards organization that developed the
MPEG Audio One type of Compressed Audio developed by Philips. This was originally proposed as the audio format to be used on European DVDs, in a political compromise designed to share royalty revenues between Philips and Dolby. Philips was late to market with this format, and it has now largely been supplanted by Dolby Digital.
MPEG Decoder The MPEG decoder is a highly complex integrated circuit that decodes the video and audio information stored on the DVD.
NTSC The National Television Standards Committee is the body defining the television video signal format used in the North America. Japan also uses a variation of this signal. This format has a total of 525 lines, of which 480 are used for the actual picture information.
PAL Phase Alternating Line is the video signal format used in Europe, Asia (except Japan), Australia,
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