Magnavox 20MT1336 manual Glossary, Component Video

	GLOSSARY
4:3	4:3 is an aspect ratio of traditional squarish National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) TV screens; it stands for four
	units of width for every three units of height.
Audio Video (A/V)	A term often used when discussing a channel on a TV receiver or on video equipment, which has been
	especially designed to accept VCR audio-video signals. This channel automatically activates special circuitry
	within the TV set to prevent picture distortion and skewing. It is also used for audio-video processors, which
	handle both types of signals.
Cable Converter Box	A device that allows your television to receive the expanded number of channels provided by broadcasters. Some of these
	programs provided by the broadcast may not be free, you’ll have to pay to view them.
Coaxial Cable	Coaxial cable is a copper cable used to connect cable signal coming from Cable TV Company to the TV.
Composit Video Input	An analog encoded video signal that includes vertical and horizontal synchronizing information. Since both luminance
Connection	(brightness) and chrominance (color) signals are encoded together, only a signal connection wire is needed. A composite
	video jack is usually a single RCA-type.
Component Video	Provides the highest possible color and picture resolution on the playback of digital signal source material like DVD players.
Input Connection	The color difference signals (Pb, Pr) and the luminance(Y) signals are connected separately which allows for improved
	color bandwidth information (not possible when using composite video or S-Video connections).
Letterbox	Letterbox refers to the image of a wide-screen picture on a standard 4:3 aspect ratio television screen, typically with block
Luminance	The brightness or black-and-white component of a color video signal. Determines the level of picture detail.
NTSC	National television system committee. The organization that developed the analog television standard currently in use in the
	U.S., Canada, and Japan. Now generally used to refer to that standard. The NTSC standard combines blue, red, and green
	signals modulated as an AM signal with an FM signal for audio.
S-Video	Separated video. An encoded video s ignal which separates the brightness from color data. S-Video can greatly improve
	the picture when connecting TVs to any high quality video source such as digital broadcast satellite (DBS) and DVDs.

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