Entertainment

Entertainment

The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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Household

Entertainment; TV

All of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters. ...

IEEE 1394

Entertainment; TV

A way to transmit compressed data and video between components on one cable. Also called Firewire or I-link, IEEE 1394.

integrated (or built-in) digital TV set

Entertainment; TV

An HDTV or DTV set with the tuner built in to the set. It does not need a separate set-top box to receive over-the-air signals.

interference

Entertainment; TV

Unwanted electrical signals or noise causing impairments in the video signal.

interlace scan

Entertainment; TV

A way to scan vertical lines onto a TV picture by scanning all the odd lines first, then filling in the even lines. The fields are aligned and timed so that, with a still image, ...

letterbox

Entertainment; TV

Letterbox is the term used when 16:9 content is viewed on a 4:3 screen. In order to display the widescreen content without distortion or missing parts of the picture, the ...

LCD TV

Entertainment; TV

Liquid Crystal Display. LCD televisions are sets that use LCD technology to produce images. Benefits of LCD technology include lower weight and reduced power requirements when ...