Flashcards: Television technology

Kinescope /ˈkɪnᵻskoʊp/, shortened to kine /ˈkɪniː/, also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor.

A smart TV, sometimes referred to as connected TV or hybrid TV, is a television set or set-top box with integrated Internet and interactive "Web 2.

Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a picture transmission method used mainly by amateur radio operators, to transmit and receive static pictures via radio in monochrome or color.

The cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube that contains one or more electron guns and a phosphorescent screen, and is used to display images.

Electronic program guides (EPGs) and interactive program guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio and other media applications with continuously updated menus displaying broadcast programming or scheduling information for current and upcoming programming.

Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue television used in broadcast television systems in most countries broadcasting at 625-line / 50 field (25 frame) per second (576i).

Rear-projection television (RPTV) is a type of large-screen television display technology.

SECAM, also written SÉCAM (French pronunciation: ​[sekam], Séquentiel couleur à mémoire, French for "Sequential Color with Memory"), is an analog color television system first used in France.

A television set, more commonly called a television, TV, TV set, television receiver, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers for the purpose of viewing television.

The videocassette recorder, VCR, or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the recording.

Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio.

Color television is a television transmission technology that includes information on the color of the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set.

Windows Media Center (WMC) is a digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft.

Safe area is a term used in television production to describe the areas of the television picture that can be seen on television screens.

Component video is a video signal that has been split into two or more component channels.

Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG).

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.

In computer displays, filmmaking, television production, and other kinetic displays, scrolling is sliding text, images or video across a monitor or display, vertically or horizontally.

Mechanical television or mechanical scan television is a television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, such as a rotating disk with holes in it or a rotating mirror, to scan the scene and generate the video signal, and a similar mechanical device at the receiver to display the picture.

Digital media players (DMP) are home entertainment consumer electronics devices first introduced in 2000 that can connect to a home network to stream digital media (such as digital music, digital photos, or digital video).

MUSE (Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding), was a dot-interlaced digital video compression system that used analog modulation for transmission to deliver 1125-line high definition video signals to the home.

TV radio, TV band radio, and TV audio radio are common names for a type of radio receiver that can play the audio portion of a TV channel.

UHF television broadcasting is the use of ultra high frequency (UHF) radio for over-the-air transmission of television signals.

SnapStream is a cross between a DVR and a search engine that enables organizations to monitor television based on the closed captioning mandated by the U.

The Digital Command Center was a very large remote control introduced for RCA's high-end television sets; in 1983 for the Colortrak 2000 and the SJT400 CED player and in 1984 for the Dimensia Lyceum TV sets.

ExtraVision was a short-lived teletext service created and operated by the American television network CBS in the early to mid-1980s.

Broadcast-safe video (broadcast legal or legal signal) is a term used in the broadcast industry to define video and audio compliant with the technical or regulatory broadcast requirements of the target area or region the feed might be broadcasting to.

Dimensia was RCA's brand name for their high-end models of television systems and their components (Tuner, VCR, CD Player, etc.) produced from 1984 to 1989, with variations continuing into the early 1990s, superseded by the ProScan model line.

In the context of broadcasting, backhaul refers to uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television station or radio station, broadcast network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished TV show or radio show.

Liquid-crystal-display televisions (LCD TV) are television sets that use liquid-crystal displays to produce images.

This is a chronological list of films and television programs that have been recognised as being pioneering in their use of computer animation.

EvoTV is a range of digital media players developed by Amkette that brings internet and web2.

A Video Router also known as a Video Matrix Switch is an electronic switch designed to route video signals from multiple input sources such as cameras, VT/DDR, computers and DVD players, to one or more display devices, such as monitors, projectors, and TVs.