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TV

flat panel TV sets

Entertainment; TV

Thin, lightweight TV sets that can be hung on a wall. Current flat panels (also called “flat screens”) use LCD or Plasma screen technology.

Firewire

Entertainment; TV

See IEEE 1394.

front projectors

Entertainment; TV

These are TV sets that create the image on a small display, and then enlarge it by projecting it onto a wall or stand-alone screen (much like a movie theater). Front projectors tend to be dimmer than ...

HDCP

Entertainment; TV

High Definition Content Protection. Technology used to prevent piracy of high-quality uncompressed video, primarily over DVI connections.

HDMI

Entertainment; TV

High Definition Multimedia Interface. A high-quality digital connector. Similar to DVI and sometimes with HDCP, HDMI can digitally transmit uncompressed high-definition video and audio on the same ...

HDTV

Entertainment; TV

High Definition TV. The highest quality digital television, generally widescreen 16:9. It consists of either 1080 interlaced or 720 progressively scanned lines of resolution and includes the ability ...

HDTV monitor (also HDTV-ready)

Entertainment; TV

A TV set with the inputs and capability to become an HDTV with the addition of an HDTV tuner, HD cable set-top box, or HD satellite receiver.

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