Component Video Signals - Assure more precise colour reproduction than a composite or S-video signal. Component video output terminals allow for the transmission of digital video to compatible video equipment with component video inputs.
Computer VGA Input Jacks - Front and back computer jacks. The front input provides a convenient point of hookup for a laptop computer, while the desktop computer occupies the rear input. Switching from front to rear is easily accomplished through the on-screen menu system.
DTV - "Digital television." This comprises all the components of digital television, including HDTV, SDTV, datacasting, and multicasting, falling under the standards established by the ATSC.
Decibel (db) - A unit of reference for audio volume.
Dot - Dots make up an image in color separations or halftones. Halftone dots will have a fixed density but have variable size (amplitude modulation).
Flying Erase Head - Erases unwanted material an instant before new, wanted video is edited over. Provides clean edits with no noise or rainbows.
Hertz (Hz.) - A scale used for measuring the number of cycles per second.
LNB - (Low Noise Block converter) - An LNB can be found at the focus point of a dish antenna. It is a low noise amplifier that also converts the signal to a lower frequency. (The original higher frequency would not travel very far in ordinary coaxial cable.)
NAMPS - Refer to Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service.
Palm, Inc. - Makes the Palm OS and the line of Palm handheld devices and accessories. Palm, Inc. split from its parent company, 3Com, early in 2000.
Upconverting - Process by which a standard definition picture is changed to a simulated high-definition picture.
