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Home theatre system
Of or relating to private home entertainment set-ups that seek to reproduce the cinema going experience with the help of video and audio equipment.
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digital compression
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Reduction of the size of digital data files.
compression
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Reduction. Air is compressed by squeezing it into a smaller space. Digital signals are compression by reducing the amount of data space required to hold them. Some digital data compresses readily, ...
amp
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Short for ampere, or for amplifier. In the former sense, the amp is a unit of electrical current. Amps equal volts divided by resistance (or impedance) in ohms.
4:3
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
The aspect ratio of a standard TV, in which the height of the screen is three quarters of its width.
16:9
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
The aspect ratio of a widescreen TV, in which the height of the screen is nine sixteenths of its width. Sometimes expressed as 1.78:1 (~16/9).
chroma
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
The color component of a TV picture signal. This comprises of two color difference signals (the CR and CB) matrixed together. While these two signals are carried separately on a DVD, if the signal is ...
advanced television systems committee (ATSC)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
The committee responsible for developing and establishing Digital-HDTV Standards.
