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Television channel frequencies
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Magnetic lens
lens for charged particles
rear-projection television
type of large-screen television display technology
high-dynamic-range video
video having a dynamic range greater than that of standard-dynamic-range video
Dreambox
right|197px|thumb|Dreambox logo Dreambox is a series of Linux-powered DVB satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television receivers (set-top boxes), produced by German multimedia vendor Dream Multimedia.
Enhanced-definition television
Consumer Electronics Association marketing shorthand term for certain digital television formats and devices
vision mixer
electronic device for selecting and compositing of video sources
television transmitter
device for broadcasting television signals
HDBaseT
thumb|HDBaseT connectors at a presentation and [[collaboration system from WolfVision]]
High Frame Rate
frame rate technology with a higher frame rate than the former conventional frame rates
Kinescope
thumb|A PA-302 General Precision Laboratories (GPL) kinescope (c.1950–1955). Its movie camera|movie film camera, bolted to the top of the cabinet, used [[Kodak optics.]]
video display controller
type of integrated circuit
MythTV
MythTV is a free and open-source digital video recorder and media center application with a simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living room TV. It turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or a home theater PC. It can be considered a free and open-source alternative to TiVo or Windows Media Center. It runs on various operating systems, primarily Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.
Serial digital interface
family of digital video interfaces
mechanical television
a television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, to both scan and reproduce the video signal
LCD television
television sets that use liquid-crystal displays to produce images
monoscope
thumb|The Indian Head test pattern was generated by a monoscope.
video tape recorder
tape recorder designed to record and playback video and audio material on magnetic tape
MediaPortal
thumb|MediaPortal using a Windows XP Media Center Edition|Windows XP MCE [[Windows Media Center-esque skin.]]
Video4Linux
Video4Linux (V4L for short) is a collection of device drivers and an API for supporting realtime video capture on Linux systems. It supports USB webcams, TV tuners, CSI cameras, and related devices, standardizing their output, so programmers can easily add video support to their applications.
dot pitch
distance between RGB dots (sub-pixels) on a display
Sony Watchman
trademark
flicker
fast change of brightness of screens
universal remote
remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices
LiveStation
Livestation was a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a data network. It was originally developed by Skinkers Ltd. and is now an independent company called Livestation Ltd. The service was originally based on peer-to-peer technology acquired from Microsoft Research. Between mid-June 2013 and mid-July Livestation was unavailable to some subscribers due to technical issues.
high dynamic range
enhanced signal representation in images, videos, audio, or radio
vertical blanking interval
duration between the writing of the final row of one frame in a television signal and the writing of the inital row in the next frame, during which the display is allowed to reset and the display head to return to the frame start position
raster scan
rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction
V-chip
thumb|U.S. President Bill Clinton holding a [[printed circuit board containing a prototype V-chip module in 1996]] V-chip is a technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, that allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing based on blocking systems. Televisions manufactured for the United States market since January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. Since the idea for blocking programs in this way was patented and tested in Canada by
people-meter
TV ratings data collection module family
second screen
using another client, mostly a mobile one, while watching television
Zweikanalton
thumb|Digital on-screen graphic displayed at the beginning of Zweikanalton programmes on [[ORF 1]]
Virtual advertising
use of digital technology to insert virtual advertising content into a live or pre-recorded television show
LinuxMCE
LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as a home theater PC (HTPC) for the living-room TV, personal video recorder, and home automation system. It allows control of everything in the home, from lighting and climate to surveillance cameras and home security. It also includes a full-featured VoIP-compatible phone system with support for video conferencing.
Virtual channel
method of remapping a digital program stream to a channel number
social television
union of television and social media
Belling-Lee connector
coaxial RF connector used for television
scan line
single horizontal line within a raster (particularly CRT) image
contrast ratio
property of a display system
PALplus
PALplus (or PAL+) is an analogue television broadcasting system aimed to improve and enhance the PAL format by allowing 16:9 (or 1.77:1) aspect ratio broadcasts, while remaining compatible with existing television receivers, defined by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommendation BT.1197-1. Introduced in 1993, it followed experiences with the HD-MAC (high definition) and D2-MAC, hybrid analogue-digital widescreen formats that were incompatible with PAL receivers. It was developed at the University of Dortmund in Germany, in cooperation with German terrestrial broadcasters and Eur
Super 35
motion picture film format
Eidophor
thumb|120px|Eidophor thumb|120px|Eidophor front view thumb|120px|Eidophor back view
camera control unit
for a video camera
OpenELEC
OpenELEC (short for Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a discontinued Linux distribution designed for home theater PCs and based on the Kodi (formerly XBMC) media center application.
NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories
technical research centre in Tokyo, Japan
standard-dynamic-range video
video with a dynamic range that was standard before high-dynamic-range video
broadcast relay station
broadcast transmitter which repeats the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station
handheld television
portable device for watching television
telectroscope
General Purpose Media Interface
General Purpose Media Interface (GPMI) is an upcoming standard for an audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a source device, such as a display controller, to a computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio. GPMI is intended to be a successor to HDMI but developed by Chinese companies.
405-line television system
analogue television broadcasting system
Digital Interface for Video and Audio
bi-directional audio/video interface
Programme Delivery Control
television standard to indicate start and end of programmes
Type C videotape
broadcast magnetic tape-based videotape format
Kell factor
parameter in image signal processing
display size
physical size of the area where pictures and videos are displayed
curved screen
electronic display with a concave viewing surface
tally light
small signal-lamp on a professional video camera or monitor
safe area
areas of TV picture that can be seen on screens
Consumer Electronics Control
feature of HDMI