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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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Helical scan
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A system of recording tracks of data or signal onto magnetic tape in which the tape is wrapped partway (up to about three quarters) around the circumference of a spinning cylinder. The cylinder ...
Frequency modulation (FM)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
A system of storing or transporting a signal by using it to modulate a carrier in the frequency, rather than amplitude, domain. FM radio, high-fidelity audio on VHS, and numerous other systems are ...
Multichannel sound
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Any system designed to deliver more than two channels (stereo) of sound to the consumer. The most common forms these days deliver 5.1 channels of audio. Some systems can process two channels, or even ...
Firewire
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Apple Computer's name of a high capacity digital connexion standard, capable of delivering up to 400mb/s. Frequently used for transferring video and audio from digital video cameras to DVD recorders ...
Variable bit rate (VBR)
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
As opposed to CBR or constant bit rate. The flow of digital data increases or slows over time, according to the complexity of the encoded signal. Has the advantage of allocating more of the scarce ...
Ultrasonic
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Audio tones of frequencies higher than capable of being detected by the human ear, generally above 20,000 Hertz.
Infrasonic
Consumer electronics; Home theatre system
Audio tones of frequencies lower than capable of being detected by the human ear, generally below 20 Hertz.
