2 Terms
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antenna
Entertainment; TV
Device designed to receive the radio waves broadcast by television stations.
BAFTA
Entertainment; Games
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)is the leading independent charity in the UK supporting, developing and promoting the art forms of the moving image
Dolby® Digital
Entertainment; TV
A form of multi-channel digital sound, it provides efficient encoding and noise reduction for high-quality surround sound — technology used in movie theaters and upscale home theater systems that ...
DMA
Entertainment; TV
Designated Market Area. A term used by Nielsen Media Research to identify an exclusive geographic area of counties in which the home market television stations hold a dominance of total hours viewed. ...
DVI
Entertainment; TV
Digital Video Interface. A high-quality digital connector. Similar to HDMI and sometimes with HDCP, DVI can digitally transmit uncompressed, high-definition video, preserving perfect picture quality. ...
DTV
Entertainment; TV
Digital Television. An advanced broadcasting technology that uses radio frequency (RF) to transmit computer code and display it as pictures and sound. DTV is the umbrella term encompassing HDTV and ...
downconvert
Entertainment; TV
A process by which a high-resolution signal is reduced to a lower resolution for display. Usually, extra lines are simply ignored when drawing the lower resolution image; however, more sophisticated ...
