Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics

A broad field of electronics that are purchased for casual use or entertainment rather than for professional use; such as TVs, VCRS, DVD players,mp3 players, hi fi stereos, games consoles as well as Internet appliances.

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high definition television (HDTV)

Consumer electronics; Television

A television system that has twice the standard number of scanning lines per frame and therefore produces pictures with greater detail.

headend

Consumer electronics; Television

The central electronics facility of a cable broadband system where all signal sources are generated, gathered, processed, combined, and fed into the trunking/distribution system.

heterodyne

Consumer electronics; Television

To electronically mix two frequencies together in a nonlinear device in order to produce two new frequencies equal to the sum and difference of the originating frequencies.

tap

Consumer electronics; Television

A passive electronic device placed in the distribution lines of a cable television system to feed signal to the household drop line.

sync

Consumer electronics; Television

It is abbreviation for the synchronization signal used to lock the timing of the scanned video to allow a picture be recreated on a television screen.