Home theatre system

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.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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dialog normalization

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Frequently called 'dialnorm'. A metadata indication in a Dolby Digital bitstream of the volume level of the dialog in an audio signal. Dolby Digital decoders can use this 'flag' to adjust the volume ...

dynamic power

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

In some respects dynamic power is a similar measure to PMPO, but remains far more realistic. It is quoted in conjunction with continuous power outputs and shows how much power the amplifier or ...

digital versatile disc or digital video disc (DVD)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

In the former usage, it is the 12cm optical disc capable of holding masses of data for computer use, video, still pictures or audio. In the latter usage it is synonymous with DVD Video.

bass

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Low frequency sounds, typically below around 150 Hertz, although the dividing line between bass and midrange is one of opinion. The human ear is less sensitive to bass than to midrange.

bob

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

One of several strategies used in deinterlacing video. Bobbing is where each field is displayed all by itself in sequence. The intermediate lines are created by interpolating from the lines above and ...

constant bit rate (CBR)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Opposite of variable bit rate. The signal (video or audio) is digitally encoded so that a fixed amount of data flows each second. This has the advantage of making the space requirements for the ...