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5.1-channel surround system
7.1-channel surround system
480i
480p
720p
1080i
1080p
A
AAC
AAD
AC-3
Acoustic Suspension Speaker
Amplifier
Analog
Angle Of View
Aperture
Artifacts
Aspect Ratio
ATSC HD
ATSC HD antenna
ATSC HD tuner
Automatic Frequency Control (AFC)
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Automatic Iris Lens
A/V Receiver
A/V Inputs
Audio outputs
B
Balun
BBE Viva
Bi-Wiring
Blu-ray disc (BD)
B.L.C. (Back Light Compensation)
Back Focus
Band Width
Black Level
Blooming
BNC
Bridging
C
CableCARD
Camera
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
CATV
CCTV
Center Channel
Chrominance (C)
Coaxial Cable
Color difference signal
Color temperature
Component Video
Composite Video
Contrast
D
Db (Decibel)
DC Type Lens
De-interlacing
Depth Of Field
Digital
Digital Light Processing - DLP
Digital Recording
Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
D-ILA
Dipole
Dolby B
Dolby C
Dolby Digital
Dolby EX
Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby TrueHD
DVD
DVD-R
DVD-R DL
DVD-RW
DVD+R
DVD-RAM
DVI (Digital Video Interface)
Dynamic IP Address
Dynamic Compression
E
EDTV: Extended Definition Television
Encoder
Encryption
Equalizer
Ethernet
F
Fiber Optic Cable
Field Of View
Focal Length
Foot Candle (FC)
Frequency
Full-Range
F-Stop
G
Gain
Ghost
Gray Scale
Graphic Equalizer:
Ground
Ground Loop
Top
H
HDDTV - High definition digital television
HDMI
HDTV - High definition television
Head End
Home Theater in a Box
Horizontal Resolution
Horn
I
IEEE 1394
iLink
I.R. (Infra Red)
Infrared Illumination
Intensifier
Integrated Amplifier
Interlace
IP Address
Iris
Isobarik
J
JPEG
K
Kelvin
KHz
Kilobyte
L
LAN
Letterbox
Line-Level (Low-Level)
Line-of-sight
Liquid crystal display (LCD)
Low Light (or low lux)
Luminance (Y)
Lux
M
Matrix Switcher
Megabyte (MB)
Midbass
Midrange
Monitor
Monochrome
MP3
MPEG
Multisource
Multiroom
Multizone
N
N.T.S.C.
Noise
O
Octave
Optical Digital Cable
Output impedance
P
Pan
Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ)
Pinhole Camera
Passive
Passive Radiator
Peripheral
Pixel
Plasma
Power Amp
Power Output
Preamplifier
Pre Outs
Processors
Projection System
Pulse Code Modulation: (PCM)
Progressive (p) scanning
Pre-Wire
Q
Quad
R
Rack Mount
Radio Frequency (R.F.)
RAID
RCA
Ribbon Speaker
Remote Playback
RMS
Resolution
Resonant
Resonant Frequency
Reverberation
Reverberation Time
RPTV
Rs232
S
S/N Ratio (Signal To Noise Ratio)
Saturation (Color)
Sampling Frequency
Scan Lines
SCSI
SDTV
Sensitivity
Soft-Dome Tweeter
Speaker
Static IP Address
Structured Wiring
Subwoofer
Switcher
T
Tactile Transducer
THX
THX Select
THX Ultra
THX Ultra 2
Transducer
Tweeter
U
UHF signal - Ultra high frequency signal.
Universal Remote
Uninterrupted Power Supply (Ups)
V
Variable bit rate
VCR
VHF - Very high frequency.
Video bandwidth
Video Motion Detection (V.M.D.)
VLF - Very low frequency
W
WAN - Wide area network.
Watt
White Light
WMA
Woofer
Wow-and-Flutter
X
Y
Y/C
Y, R-Y, B-Y
Y, U, V
Z
Zero Lux
Zoom
Zoom Lens
Zoom Ratio
Zone
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