Quick Start Recording - Relates to Hitachi DVD Camcorders.
Bitmap Graphics - Graphics that are constructed of individual pixels.
SAW Filter - Helps improve TV picture clarity and minimize interference from adjacent channels.
Direct Stream Digital™ Encoding (DSDE) - A technology used by SACD (SONY) systems. The key advantage of DSDE is that it can carry 4 times as much information as the conventional CD/PCM format. DSDE also has a superior frequency response and dynamic range across the audible frequency range.
Channel Labelling with Presets - Allows you to create 10 of your own labels, select from 48 preset captions and assign them to the channel numbers in your area.
Hitachi Image Engine - Relates to Hitachi DVD Camcorders.
SLR-Style Camera - With protruding lenses and large hand grips, SLR-styles cameras have bodies that are physically similar to actual SLR cameras. Unlike proper SLRs, however, these cameras do not have "through-the-lens" viewfinders and do not accept interchangeable lenses.
16 Base - The 2048 x 3072 pixels image that is scanned and stored on a Photo CD and suitable for digital imaging and desktop publishing applications.
3:2 pull-down - This is the process of converting a 24 frames/sec image into a 30 frames/sec image. Some line-doublers will reverse this process to acquire the original, and then re-perform it.
Aspect Ratio - the ratio of image width to image height. The term may apply to the display device configuration, or the shape of the content being displayed. (See Letterboxing) HDTV uses an aspect ratio of 16 units wide by 9 units high. Conventional television programming and displays are at an aspect ratio of 4 - 3. Digital SDTV programs may aspect ratios from 4 - 3 to 16 - 9, dependant on content and its source (e.g. upconverted NTSC is likely to be 4 - 3).
Comb filter - A circuit in NTSC sets that separates the color information from the brightness information.
Descreening - A feature of some scanners that allow them to eliminate moir‚ patterns that can occur.
Franklin eBookMan - A line of eBook reader and content playing handhelds developed by Franklin.
Hertz (Hz.) - A scale used for measuring the number of cycles per second.
IEEE1394 - High-bandwidth digital connection that uses MPEG-2 compression. Requires a decoder for playback and offers networking capabilities.
Interlaced Scanning - Some HD televisions and most conventional televisions use the "interlace" method of scanning, in which the picture is transmitted and painted on the screen in two passes. In the first pass, every other line is painted and in the second, the lines in between. Some display types, such as LCD, plasma and DLP cannot display directly images transmitted as interlaced signals and must convert them to a progressive format prior to their display.
Sampling - This is the digital process by which analog information is measured, often millions of times per second, in order to convert analog to digital.
Surround Output Level - Allows adjustment of the rear speaker level relative to the front speaker level according to viewing location and individual preference.
