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Analogue monitor

Entertainment; Video

A video monitor which accepts analogue signals. Several types of inputs are accepted by analogue monitors: composite video, RGB & sync, Y/C, YUV and any combination of these formats. The signals ...

Analogue recording

Entertainment; Video

The common form of magnetic recording where the recorded waveform signal maintains the shape of the original waveform signal.

Anamorphic squeeze

Entertainment; Video

A change in picture geometry to compress one direction (usually horizontal) more than the other. Anamorphic squeeze lenses made CinemaScope possible. Occasionally, when widescreen movies are ...

Anamorphic video

Entertainment; Video

Found on a large number of DVDs, anamorphic video squeezes a 1.78:1 picture shape into a 1.33:1 image area. If you view an anamorphic video image on a 1.33 set, the characters will look tall and ...

Anchor frame

Entertainment; Video

A video frame that is used for prediction. I-frames and P-frames are generally used as anchor frames, but B-frames are never anchor frames.

Anchor point

Entertainment; Video

A bit-stream location that serves as a random access point. MPEG I-frames are the most common anchor points.

Anchorage

Entertainment; Video

For recording tape, the degree to which the magnetic tape oxide coating adheres to the base film.

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