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Television

Any device used to transmit and recieve moving images, usually accompanied by sound.

Contributors in Television

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Beats

Consumer electronics; Television

Undesired sum and difference frequency products created in an electronic device from two or more signals which can interfere with the desired signal.

Beamwidth

Consumer electronics; Television

The angular width at which an antenna's receive or transmit capability drops to half power.

Back porch

Consumer electronics; Television

A reference to that part of the video signal immediately following the horizontal sync pulse.

Aerial

Consumer electronics; Television

In cable broadband, it is a reference to plant facilities hung on poles.

Active

Consumer electronics; Television

A powered electronic device that alters in some way the signal presented to it.

Advanced television systems committee (ATSC)

Consumer electronics; Television

The US-based organisation that is defining the high definition television standard for the United States. A sort of NTSE for ATV. It is comprised of three technology groups and a number of smaller ...

Array

Consumer electronics; Television

An arrangement of antenna elements or antennas for increasing the strength of desired signals while reducing the strength of undesired signals.

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