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| | HDTV stands for high-definition television. HDTV can have a resolution of more than 1,000 horizontal lines of colored ... [more] | | |
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| | Where can I find a simple explanation of HD terms and acronyms? | | |
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| | Please download the HDclearandsimple glossary on this site. You may also go to our companion educational HDTV website ... [more] | | |
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| | DTV (or Digital Television) is a type of television signal. HDTV is the highest quality in digital signals, offering ... [more] | | |
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| | MPEG stands for Motion Picture Experts Group, the standard settings body that developed the video and audio compression ... [more] | | |
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| | ATSC stands for the Advanced Television Systems Committee. It was responsible for defining the 18 different formats of ... [more] | | |
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| | DVI stands for Digital Visual Interface. It is an all digital link between a video/audio source such as an HDTV ... [more] | | |
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| | YPbPr is the component video format in which the luminance (Y) is represented separately from the color components (Pb ... [more] | | |
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| | Aspect ratio is the width of a picture relative to its height. 4:3 and 16:9 are common aspect ratios. The majority of ... [more] | | |
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| | The data rate is the number of bits per second used to transmit a video and audio stream. The ATSC specification calls ... [more] | | |
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| | All Time Warner Cable set-top boxes are capable of displaying all of these HD resolutions. The numbers represent the ... [more] | | |
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| | Interlaced scanning is a broadcast process used in TV sets in which half the lines are transmitted as one field and the ... [more] | | |
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| | Progressive scanning is typically used by computer monitors. This scanning process paints all the horizontal scan lines ... [more] | | |
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| | There are three common inputs for HDTV. For maximizing results when hooking up your HDTV. These HDTV connectors ... [more] | | |
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