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Consumer electronics

A broad field of electronics that are purchased for casual use or entertainment rather than for professional use; such as TVs, VCRS, DVD players,mp3 players, hi fi stereos, games consoles as well as Internet appliances.

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waveform monitor

Consumer electronics; Television

A specialized test instrument designed to check various video waveform levels with respect to time.

visual carrier

Consumer electronics; Television

In television, it is the carrier modulated with the luminance information

velocity of propagation

Consumer electronics; Television

The speed of a signal transmission in a medium relative to the speed of light in a vacuum.

vestigial sideband

Consumer electronics; Television

An amplitude modulated carrier with one sideband truncated to improve power efficiency.

upstream

Consumer electronics; Television

The signal flow direction in a CATV system when it travels from the service subscriber to the headend.

vectorscope

Consumer electronics; Television

A specialized test instrument designed to check gain and phase of a chrominance signal.

uplink

Consumer electronics; Television

A communications transmission from an earth station to a satellite