2 Terms
Contributors in Video
Video
Delay distortion
Entertainment; Video
Distortion resulting from non-uniform speed of transmission of the various frequency components of a signal; i.e., the various frequency components of the signal have different times of travel ...
Delay distribution amplifier
Entertainment; Video
An amplifier that can introduce adjustable delay in a video signal path.
Delivery
Entertainment; Video
Getting television signals to a viewer. Delivery might be physical (e.g., cassette or disc) or electronic (e.g., broadcast, CATV, DBS, optical fiber).
Delivery system
Entertainment; Video
The physical medium by which one or more multiplexes are transmitted, e.g., satellite system, wideband coaxial cable, fibre optics, terrestrial channel of one emitting point.
Delta frame
Entertainment; Video
A frame containing only the data that has changed since the last frame. Delta frames are an efficient means of compressing image data. Compare Key Frame.
Demodulation
Entertainment; Video
The process of recovering the intelligence from a modulated carrier.
Demodulator
Entertainment; Video
A device which recovers the original signal after it has been modulated with a high-frequency carrier. In television, it may refer to: an instrument such as the Tektronix 1450 which takes video in ...
