Sharp LC-40LE730E Appendix, Abbreviation list, Abbreviated term, Stands for, Software composition

Appendix

Abbreviation list

Abbreviated term	Stands for
ATV	Analogue TV
CEC	Consumer Electronics Control
DNR	Digital Noise Reduction
DTV	Digital TV
CADTV	Cable Digital TV
DVB-T	Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial
DVB-C	Digital Video Broadcasting-Cable
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
EPG	Electronic Programme Guide
HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
MHEG	Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group
OSD	On Screen Display
PCM	Pulse Code Modulation
USB	Universal Serial Bus
WSS	Wide Screen Signalling
DLNA	Digital Living Network Alliance
LNB	Low-Noise Block converter

Information on the software license for this product

Software composition

The software included in this product is comprised of various software components whose individual copyrights are held by SHARP or by third parties.

Software developed by SHARP and/or third part

The copyrights for the software components and various relevant documents included with this product that were developed or written by SHARP are owned by SHARP and are protected by the Copyright Act, international treaties, and other relevant laws. This product also makes use of freely distributed software and software components whose copyrights are held by third parties.

DISCLAIMERS

•This Sharp device facilitates the access to content and services provided by third parties. The content and services accessible via this device belong to and may be proprietary to third parties. Therefore, any use of such third party content and services must be in accordance with any authorization or terms of use provided by such content or service provider. Sharp shall not be liable to you or any third party for your failure to abide by such authorization or terms of use. Unless otherwise specifi cally authorized by the applicable content or service provider, all third party content and services provided are for personal and non-comercial use; you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, upload, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell in any manner or medium any content or services available via this device.

•Sharp is not responsible, nor liable, for customer service-related issues related to the third party content or services. Any questions, comments or service-related inquires relating to the third party content or service should be made directly to the applicable content or service provider.

•You may not be able to access content or services from the device for a variety of reasons which may be unrelated to the device itself, including, but not limited to, power failure, other Internet connection, or failure to confi gure your device property. Sharp, its directors, offi cers, employees, agents, contractors and affi liates shall not be liable to you or any third party with respect to such failures or maintenance outages, regardless of cause or whether or not it could have been avoided.

•ALL THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS DEVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND SHARP AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND TO YOU, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON- INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTIES OF SUITABILITY, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, TITLE, USEFULNESS, LACK OF NEGLIGENCE OR ERROR·FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION OR USE OF THE CONTENT OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU OR THAT THE CONTENT OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS.

•SHARP IS NOT AN AGENT OF AND ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, NOR ANY ASPECT OF THE CONTENT OR SERVICE RELATED TO SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS.

•IN NO EVENT WILL SHARP AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES. WHETHER THE THEORY OF LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER OR NOT SHARP AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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