20 Terms
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Front porch
Entertainment; Video
The portion of the video signal between the end of active picture time and the leading edge of horizontal sync. See Horizontal Timing.
Front-to-back ratio
Entertainment; Video
The ratio between a cardioid microphone’s sensitivity to sounds arriving from the front and from the rear, a measure of its directionality.
Full field
Entertainment; Video
All sampled points in the digital component signal as opposed to active picture (AP) which are all sampled points in the digital component signal with the exception of the points between EAV and SAV.
Full field signals
Entertainment; Video
Signals with video on each line of active video. These signals can only be used for out-of-service testing.
Full motion video (FMV)
Entertainment; Video
Video that plays at 30 frames per second (NTSC) or 25 frames per second (PAL).
Full track recording
Entertainment; Video
Recording monophonically on one track whose width is essentially the same as the tape’s.
Full-color mode
Entertainment; Video
Full-color mode is distinguished by: each pixel contains its own values; a full-color render takes about three times as long as colour mapped render. Anti-aliasing, transparency, and texture mapping ...
