Term

Meaning

 

 

 

 

LED

Light Emitting Diode: a small, low

 

power lamp used as an indicator, often

 

red or green, but can be other colors.

 

 

Lion

The name for any Clarity model begin-

 

ning WN-6720.

 

 

Margay

Model WN-5040-720, a DLP™ optical

 

engine with one lamp and a resolution

 

of 1280 × 720

 

 

module

A stand-alone electronic assembly.

 

Clarity displays are designed to be

 

serviced at the module level, not the

 

component level. That is, the techni-

 

cian changes the whole electronics

 

module rather than changing a small

 

part in it.

 

 

mullion

The metal edge surrounding the

 

screen material that holds the screen

 

in place.

 

 

native resolu-

The resolution of the LCD or DMD

tion

itself. This is the highest resolution the

 

display can show, but in some prod-

 

ucts the display will accept higher res-

 

olutions

 

 

NTSC

The television system used in North

 

America, Japan and parts of South

 

America. It stands for National Televi-

 

sion Systems Committee, the group

 

that originally approved it. See also

 

PAL and SECAM.

 

 

PAL

The television system used in most of

 

the world. It stands for Phase Alterna-

 

tion Line. See also NTSC and

 

SECAM.

 

 

power supply

The device that converts the mains AC

 

voltage to other voltages that the rest

 

of the display can use.

 

 

Puma

The name for any Clarity model begin-

 

ning with WN-5020 or WN-5010.

 

 

remote

The remote control.

 

 

RGB

Red, green, blue; three parts of a

 

video signal sent on separate wires.

 

See also YPbPr.

 

 

RGBHV

RGB plus sync, where H and V sync

 

are on separate wires.

 

 

RGBS

RGB plus sync, where composite sync

 

is on a separate wire.

 

 

Term

Meaning

 

 

 

 

SECAM

The television system used primarily in

 

France, Russia and the former Soviet

 

Bloc countries. Sequential Color and

 

Memory. See also NTSC and PAL.

 

 

SOG

Sync on green, usually for RGB

 

sources

 

 

source

A source of pictures, such as a com-

 

puter, a VCR, or a DVD player .

 

 

SVGA

Super VGA, a standard for distributing

 

analog computer pictures with a reso-

 

lution of 800 pixels by 600 pixels.

 

 

S-Video

A video distribution system in which

 

the luminance (brightness) and

 

chrominance (color) are sent on sepa-

 

rate wires. Short for Super Video.

 

 

SXGA

Super extended VGA, a standard for

 

distributing analog computer pictures

 

with a resolution of 1280 pixels by

 

1024 pixels.

 

 

sync on green

The sync part of the signal is com-

 

bined with the green channel in RGB

 

video. Also called SOG.

 

 

unit

One complete display. See also cube;

 

display.

 

 

UXGA

Ultra-extended VGA, a standard for

 

distributing analog computer pictures

 

with a resolution of 1600 pixels by

 

1200 pixels.

 

 

VGA

Video Graphics Adapter, a standard

 

for distributing analog computer pic-

 

tures with a resolution of 640 pixels by

 

480 pixels.

 

 

video

In this manual, video means NTSC,

 

PAL or SECAM pictures.

 

 

video input

See VIM

module

 

 

 

VIM

Video Input Module: an optional board

 

which plugs into the electronics mod-

 

ule that allows S-Video and composite

 

video inputs.

 

 

wall

See array

 

 

Wildcat

The name for any Clarity model begin-

 

ning WN-4030.

 

 

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