Entertainment

Entertainment

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

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29.97 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC color television, changed from 30 so that the color subcarrier could be interleaved between both the horizontal line frequency and the sound carrier.

advanced encoder

Entertainment; Video

A device that changes RGB or DAV into NTSE using some form or forms of pre-filtering to reduce or eliminate NTSC artifacts. Some advanced encoders also offer image enhancement, ...

30 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC prior to color. Frame rate of the ATSC/SMPTE HDEP standard. A potential new film standard.

advanced photo system (APS)

Entertainment; Video

A new photographic system conceived by Kodak and developed jointly with Canon, Fuji, Minolta, and Nikon. The APS was launched in April 1996. APS also represents the file format ...

3-perf

Entertainment; Video

A concept for saving money on film stock by shooting each 35 mm frame in an area covered by three perforations rather than four. The savings is more than enough to compensate for ...

advanced television systems committee (ATSC)

Entertainment; Video

The US-based organization that is defining the high definition television standard for the United States. A sort of NTSE for ATV. It is comprised of three technology groups and a ...