Entertainment

Entertainment

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

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NTIA

Entertainment; TV

National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The President's principal adviser on telecommunications and information policy issues.

NTSC

Entertainment; TV

National Television Systems Committee. This is the name of the current analog transmission standard used in the U.S., which the committee created in 1953.

native resolution

Entertainment; TV

Specific resolution that a TV set — whether integrated or not — or a monitor, is designed to display. All other resolutions must be either up-converted or down-converted for ...

NTSC tuner

Entertainment; TV

A device built in to a TV set that allows reception of analog broadcasting.

Over-the-Air

Entertainment; TV

Over-the-Air (OTA) refers to the transmission and reception of information in a wireless communication system.

pan-and-scan

Entertainment; TV

An alternative to letterboxing, the process by which a 16:9 image is converted for display on a 4:3 television by zooming in on the picture and panning to the part of the image ...

pillar box

Entertainment; TV

The term used when 4:3 content is viewed on a16:9 screen. In order to display the "more square." traditional picture on a widescreen monitor, black bars are placed down the sides ...