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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 display.
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 that is most ...
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 of the screen.
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