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29.97 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC color television, changed from 30 so that the color subcarrier could be interleaved between both the horizontal line frequency and the sound carrier.

advanced encoder

Entertainment; Video

A device that changes RGB or DAV into NTSE using some form or forms of pre-filtering to reduce or eliminate NTSC artifacts. Some advanced encoders also offer image enhancement, gamma correction, and ...

30 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC prior to color. Frame rate of the ATSC/SMPTE HDEP standard. A potential new film standard.

advanced photo system (APS)

Entertainment; Video

A new photographic system conceived by Kodak and developed jointly with Canon, Fuji, Minolta, and Nikon. The APS was launched in April 1996. APS also represents the file format used to store data on ...

3-perf

Entertainment; Video

A concept for saving money on film stock by shooting each 35 mm frame in an area covered by three perforations rather than four. The savings is more than enough to compensate for switching from 24 ...

advanced television systems committee (ATSC)

Entertainment; Video

The US-based organization that is defining the high definition television standard for the United States. A sort of NTSE for ATV. It is comprised of three technology groups and a number of smaller ...

45 mbps

Entertainment; Video

Nominal data rate of the third level of the hierarchy of ISDN in North America. See also DS3.

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