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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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Band-pass philtre

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

An electrical circuit that only permits signals between two particular frequencies to pass through. An example is section of a crossover network that allows only the middle frequencies to be ...

6.1

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

An enhancement of the 5.1 channel surround system, versions of this appear in both Dolby Digital and DTS. The Dolby Digital version is called Dolby Digital EX 6.1 while the DTS version appears as ...

Cathode ray tube (CRT)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen. The original ...

D-terminal

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A video connexion that delivers component video, along with useful ancilliary data. Despite the 'D', don't confuse it with any digital video standards such as DVI. The video signals are the same as ...

720p

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A video display standard and HDTV format, where there are 1280 active horizontal pixels and 720 active scanning lines delivered in progressive format.

1080i

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A video display standard and HDTV format, where there are 1920 active horizontal pixels and 1080 active scanning lines delivered in interlaced format.

480i

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A video display standard, where there are 480 visible lines delivered in interlaced format. When delivered in analogue format, it is identical to NTSC.

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