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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1.85:1

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

One of the most common aspect ratios of cinema films, and consequently of DVDs. This leaves substantial black bands at the top on bottom of the display on a standard 4:3 TV, but matches quite nicely ...

2.35:1

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

One of the most common aspect ratios of cinema films, and consequently of DVDs. This leaves very wide black bands at the top on bottom of the display on a standard 4:3 TV, and significant black bands ...

Beta (or Betamax)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The first widely-used consumer-level video recording system on the market. Developed by Sony in the late 1970s, it eventually lost out to the rival VHS system, which came to market about a year ...

Dolby surround

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The home equivalent of Dolby Stereo. This was the original system for decoding sound tracks for surround sound in the home, usually from video cassette. Dolby Surround sound tracks carry three ...

3:2 pulldown

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The method used in the NTSC video system for converting the 24 frames per second of film to the 30 frames per second the video system requires.

Dolby stereo

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The original name for Dolby Surround, as it was used in cinemas. In cinema usage 'stereo' tended to mean some form of surround sound, although it was usurped by the home entertainment industry to ...

DVD+VR

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

The recording mode provided for DVD+RW and DVD+R discs on consumer DVD recorders. While somewhat different to the standard DVD-Video mode used with commercial discs, it still provides for good ...