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Television
Any device used to transmit and recieve moving images, usually accompanied by sound.
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Community antenna relay station (CARS)
Consumer electronics; Television
Stations where large community antennas are constructed, and cable is run from the station to individual homes.
Colour burst
Consumer electronics; Television
In NTSC, a few cycles of the 3.58MHz colour subcarrier imposed on the composite video signal back porch as a reference.
Coaxial cable
Consumer electronics; Television
A broadband cable with a centre conductor, insulating dielectric, and an outer shield.
Carrier or carrier wave
Consumer electronics; Television
An electromagnetic wave that is dynamically altered in order to convey intelligence.
Downstream
Consumer electronics; Television
The signal flow direction in a CATV system when it travels from the headend to the service subscriber.
Digital light processing (DLP)
Consumer electronics; Television
A process to enhance picture quality. A DLP chip contains a rectangular array of up to 2 million hinge-mounted microscopic mirrors; each of these micromirrors measures less than one-fifth the width ...
Distortion
Consumer electronics; Television
Undesired changes in a signal waveform caused by the inherent nonlinearities of active devices and other processing elements of the transmission system.
