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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pixel

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Picture Element. This is the unit derived from computer terminology to specify picture resolution. A picture element is the smallest dot that can be resolved.

Random audio noise where the average amount of power is the same across all audio frequencies. Sometimes used as a test signal, but it is weak because real audio has power characteristics more like ...

pink noise

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Random audio noise where the average amount of power is the same for each octave. The power level of pink noise falls away by three decibels for each increasing octave. Frequently used as a test ...

error correction

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Redundant data included with a signal in transmission or storage that allows the signal to be reconstructed even if some data has been damaged or lost. Error correction is used in most digital ...

national television system committee (NTSC)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Responsible for developiing the standards for analog TV used in several countries, most notably the United States and Japan.

liquid crystal display (LCD)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Seen on digital watches and notebook computers, tiny versions of these are now incorporated into many projectors which can be used in home theater applications. Some RPTVs also use them. They are ...