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Lion | The name for any Clarity model begin- |
| ning |
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Margay | Model |
| engine with one lamp and a resolution |
| of 1280 × 720 |
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module | A |
| 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. |
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mullion | The metal edge surrounding the |
| screen material that holds the screen |
| in place. |
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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 an |
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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. |
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PAL | The television system used in most of |
| the world. It stands for Phase Alterna- |
| tion Line. See also NTSC and SECAM. |
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Panther | The name for any Clarity model begin- |
| ning |
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power supply | The device that converts the mains AC |
| voltage to other voltages that the rest |
| of the display can use. |
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Puma | The name for any Clarity model begin- |
| ning with |
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remote | The remote control. |
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RGB | Red, green, blue; three parts of a |
| video signal sent on separate wires. |
| See also YPbPr. |
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RGBHV | RGB plus sync, where H and V sync |
| are on separate wires. |
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RGBS | RGB plus sync, where composite sync |
| is on a separate wire. |
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SECAM | The television system used primarily |
| in France, Russia and the former |
| Soviet Bloc countries. Sequential |
| Color and Memory. See also NTSC |
| and PAL. |
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slot | A memory location; the numbered |
| location in memory |
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SOG | Sync on green, usually for RGB |
| sources |
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source | A source of pictures, such as a com- |
| puter, a VCR, a DVD player or the |
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stack | A group of displays physically bolted |
| together forming a wall. |
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strike | lighting a lamp or trying to light a lamp |
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SVGA | Super VGA, a standard for distributing |
| analog computer pictures with a reso- |
| lution of 800 pixels by 600 pixels. |
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A video distribution system in which | |
| the luminance (brightness) and |
| chrominance (color) are sent on sepa- |
| rate wires. Short for Super Video. |
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SXGA | Super extended VGA, a standard for |
| distributing analog computer pictures |
| with a resolution of 1280 pixels by |
| 1024 pixels. |
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sync on green | The sync part of the signal is com- |
| bined with the green channel in RGB |
| video. Also called SOG. |
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Tigress | The name for any Clarity model begin- |
| ning with |
| Tigress, no longer produced, has |
| been replaced by the Tigress S and |
| Tigress X, whose model numbers start |
| with |
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unit | One complete display. See also cube; |
| display. |
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UXGA | |
| distributing analog computer pictures |
| with a resolution of 1600 pixels by |
| 1200 pixels. |
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VGA | Video Graphics Adapter, a standard |
| for distributing analog computer pic- |
| tures with a resolution of 640 pixels by |
| 480 pixels. |
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