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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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sample
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
One from a series of digital measurements taken of an analog signal at regular intervals. The timing of the intervals is determined by the sampling frequency. The accuracy of the sample is determined ...
weave
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
One of several strategies used in deinterlacing video. Weaving is where the two interlaced fields constituting the full video frame are simply 'woven' together without any other adjustment. This is ...
hybrid discs
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Optical discs which provide more than one format. Many SACDs are hybrid, consisting of two layers. One layer carries SACD-only audio while the other carries CD-only audio, providing considerable ...
mono
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Or Monophonic. Where just a single channel carries all the sound. Even if played back on a system with two or more speakers, the sound remains mono because the left and right front speakers are ...
stereo
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Or Stereophonic. In the home, an audio system which delivers two channels of music, left and right, to create the illusion of a plane of sound facing the listener. Some carefully produced recordings ...
point of deployment (POD)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
PCMCIA-like card that can be inserted in a slot on devices with built-in cable tuners. Some features include conditional access of non-interactive services like expanded basic and premium ...
speed of propagation
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Physical waves, whether sound or electromagnetic, have a typical speed of propagation through various media. This varies depending on the medium. Light travels through a vacuum at 3x108 metres per ...
