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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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optical fiber

Consumer electronics; Television

A glass or plastic fiber designed to propagate light for the purpose of information transmittal.

operating power

Consumer electronics; Television

From the viewpoint of a transmitting antenna, it is the actual power supplied to it.

off-air

Consumer electronics; Television

Used interchangeably with the term "off-the-air", it denotes signal reception taken off an antenna after passing through the air.

noise temperature

Consumer electronics; Television

A noise contribution rating derived by positing the temperature of a resistor connected to an ideal amplifier compared to the actual amplifier were it connected to a resistor at ...

composite video signal

Consumer electronics; Television

The complete video signal including blanking, synchronization, and color information (if used).

co-channel interference

Consumer electronics; Television

Interference created on a channel by a distant channel on the same frequency.

color burst

Consumer electronics; Television

In NTSC, a few cycles of the 3.58MHz color subcarrier imposed on the composite video signal back porch as a reference.