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Glossary
DVI (Digital Visual : | A digital interface standard created by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) to convert analog signals into digital | |
Interface) |
| signals to accommodate both analog and digital monitors. |
VGA (Video | : | a common standard graphics display system for PCs. |
Graphics Array) |
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RGB signals | : | These are the three video signals, Red Green Blue, which make up the picture. Using these signals improves picture |
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| quality. |
| : | These are 2 separate Y/C video signals from the |
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| white) and chrominance signals C (colour) are recorded separately on the tape. This provides better picture quality than |
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| with standard video (VHS and 8 mm) where the Y/C signals are combined to provide only one video signal. |
NICAM sound | : | Process by which digital sound can be transmitted. |
16:9 | : | Refers to the ratio between the length and height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ratio of 16/9, |
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| conventional screen TV sets have a ratio of 4/3. |
HDMI (High- | : | Provides an uncompressed, all digital audio/video interface between the TV and any |
Definition Multi- |
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media Interface) |
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System | : | Television pictures are not broadcast in the same way in all countries. There are different standards: BG, DK, I, and LL’. |
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| The System setting (p. 5) is used to select these different standards. This is not to be confused with PAL or SECAM |
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| colour coding. PAL is used in most countries in Europe, Secam in France, Russia and most African countries. The United |
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| States and Japan use a different system called NTSC. The inputs EXT1 and EXT2 are used to read NTSC coded |
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| recordings. |
HDCP (High- | : | A specification developed by Intel for protecting digital entertainment that uses the DVI interface. HDCP encrypts |
bandwidth Digital- |
| content the transmission of digital content between the video source or transmitter such as a computer, DVD player |
Content Protection) | or | |
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