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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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Home theatre system
sony dynamic digital sound (SDDS)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A discrete channel surround sound system developed by Sony, based on its ATRAC sound compression technology for the Minidisc. It provides eight channels of sound and is optically printed on the film, ...
wide video graphics array (WVGA)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A display resolution with 852 pixels horizontally and 480 pixels vertically. Frequently appears in entry level plasma displays.
shielding
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A finely woven mesh of thin wires, or a conductive foil wrapping, around a signal cable under the outer layer of insulation. The shielding is earthed and acts to protect the signal-carrying wires ...
plasma display
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A flat panel display technology which consists of three tiny cells for each pixel. Each cell contains a gas which, when electrically stimulated, emits ultraviolet light which, in turn, activates a ...
quantization noise
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A form of harmonic distortion produced in all digital systems. Low level signals do not use all the bits available in the digital system (that's why they are low level signals!) Consequently they ...
liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A form of liquid crystal display panel used in projectors. Unlike normal LCD panels, the light does not shine through these but reflects from their surface. This allows the enabling electronics for ...
electrostatic loudspeakers
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A form of loudspeaker in which the driver is a panel that responds to a varying electrostatic charge. Such speakers incorporate electronics which convert the moderate voltage, moderate current output ...
