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.

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Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The divisions within a Title on a DVD Video. Navigation is most easily achieved by using the forward and reverse 'skip' keys of the DVD player's remote control.

compression ratio

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The extent to which a signal (particularly digital signals) is compressed, expressed as a ratio of the uncompressed size to the compressed size of the data. MP3, for example, with a bit rate of ...

digital video (DV)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The format used to compress and record video on digital camcorders. This is based on Motion JPEG and is not the same as that used on DVD.

crossover frequency

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The frequency at which a signal is handed from one component to another. This applies in crossover networks and bass management systems.

The level of a signal, measured in decibels, with reference to the maximum possible level of the signal. With digital audio the maximum recording level is 0dBFS, so all measurements of the signal are ...

amplitude

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The level of an electrical signal, usually measured in volts.

5.1

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The number of channels of audio in a modern movie. The '5' refers to full range channels: moving clockwise, left front, centre front, right front, right surround and left surround. In Dolby Digital, ...