Contributors in Video

Video

Compression, lossless

Entertainment; Video

Lossless compression requires that the reproduced reconstructed bit stream be an exact replica of the original bit stream. The useful algorithms recognise redundancy and inefficiencies in the ...

Broadband integrated services digital network (B-ISDN)

Entertainment; Video

A mechanism by means of which telephone companies will be able to carry television signals (and, probably ATV signals) digitally, probably via optical fibers. ISDN systems are considered broadband if ...

Composite

Entertainment; Video

A television system in which chrominance and luminance are combined into a single signal, as they are in NTSC; any single signal comprised of several components.

Compression, lossy

Entertainment; Video

Bit-rate reduction of an image signal by powerful algorithms that compress beyond what is achievable in lossless compression, or quasi-lossless compression. It accepts loss of information and ...

Compressed serial digital interface (CSDI)

Entertainment; Video

A way of compressing digital video for use on SDI-based equipment proposed by Panasonic. Now incorporated into Serial Digital Transport Interface.

Breakup

Entertainment; Video

Disturbance in the picture or sound signal caused by loss of sync or by videotape damage.

Component (elementary stream)

Entertainment; Video

One or more entities which together make up an event, e.g., video, audio, teletext.

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