Native format - Some DTVs will convert the 18 ATSC formats into 1 or 2 formats and will draw only those. For these sets, the `native' format is - 1. the formats the set will draw or - 2. the original format. (These are contradictory definitions, but they reflect current practice. 1 is probably the preferred meaning.)
Encryption - The process of coding signals so that a specific code or key is required by the viewer to recover the data so encrypted. Without this key, the data is meaningless. Encryption is used to provide conditional access for private television services.
Line Doublers - This device converts NTSC or 480i into 480p. Line doublers with motion-adaptive processing can to an extent turn a 30 frames/sec image into a 60 frames/sec image, thus removing some of the jerkiness and blurriness associated with motion.
Pixel - A picture element; a single displayable video dot. HDTV requires from 1 to 2 million pixels in the display for full resolution images to be shown.
Composite Video - An analog video signal (NTSC, PAL or SECAM) that includes both luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) signals encoded together to form a single signal.
Enhanced TV - Also known as "datacasting." This term is used for certain digital on-air programming that includes additional resources downloaded to viewers. Some forms of enhanced TV allow live interaction; other forms are not visible on-screen until later recalled by viewers. Producers add these options to some digital programming to enhance program material -- allowing viewers the ability to download related program resources to specially equipped computers, cache boxes, set-top boxes, or DTV receivers.
Bit Rate - The rate at which the data is transmitted, expressed as "bits per second" (bps). The higher the bit rate, the more data that is transmitted, generally resulting in better picture or sound quality. Video data rates are usually expressed as Megabits per second (Mbps, 106) and audio data rates in kilobits per second (kbps, 103).
Warning: include($_GET[p]_include_path.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ling8/domains/flatpanelgifts.com/public_html/php-bin/Find.php on line 2
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '$_GET[p]_include_path.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/php/includes:/home/lingling/domains/php') in /home/ling8/domains/flatpanelgifts.com/public_html/php-bin/Find.php on line 2
Warning: require_once(LingBasics.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ling8/domains/flatpanelgifts.com/public_html/php-bin/Find.php on line 3
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'LingBasics.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/php/includes:/home/lingling/domains/php') in /home/ling8/domains/flatpanelgifts.com/public_html/php-bin/Find.php on line 3