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100Hz displays have video processing within them to make the picture motion more smoother
The number 1080 is the number of lines of resolution on a screen. The “i” is for interlaced rather than progressive scan 1080i is considered to be FULL high definition.
Is the aspect ratio of a screen, 16 wide by 9 high, the same ratio as used at the cinema. A standard TV is 4:3. 16:9 is becoming the new standard.
Is the aspect ratio of a screen, such as an older style TV the new standard is 16:9
The number 576 is the number of lines of resolution on a screen. The “p” is for progressive scan rather than interlaced 576p is considered to be standard definition.
A theatre sound system containing four main speakers, a centre speaker and the .1 being a sub woofer
A type of digital compression by Dolby for multi channel audio 5.1.
The existing Australian analogue television system (7MHz VHF/UHF) PAL B/G. The use of old technologies to transmit television signals.
Is the device that grabs the television signals out of the air, is normally located on ones roof.
A term used to describe the relationship between width and height of a display device. Nearly all televisions and computer monitors use a picture tube aspect ratio that are 4 units of measure wide by 3 units of measure high, thus the term 4:3. The 16:9 aspect ratio is the display format for digital television and at the cinema.
Audio video. Language used in such sentences as home audio and video or A/V leads. A/V leads are the yellow, black and red ended cables for connecting a device such as a DVD to a standard TV.
Is a new DVD format that permits movies to be stored/played in High definition A Blu-ray DVD will not play in a standard DVD player.
is a type of connector used for terminating coaxial cable. It is used for professional video connections, both for analogue and Serial Digital
1: Can be referred to as a position given to a particular TV station e.g.. Brisbane analogue SBS is received on channel 28, which is 527.25MHz.
2: Audio. Can be referred to as the number of separate speakers or outputs an amplifier or television has.
Is the colour portion of a video signal, where as luminance is the brightness
A low level signal connector to connect A/V components often yellow, black and red also called an RCA connector.
Is interference from 2 different TV stations on the same frequency, can often occur when a VCR or Pay TV device is inserted into the system and outputs on the same channel as another. Can be easily be rectified.
Is a cable that has an insulated centre core and has shielding wrapped around it. Today’s standard is called RG6 Quad sheilded.
Is the transfer of video information from a device to a screen using red green and blue (RGB) signals via 3 RCA connectors. Component video gives more superior quality than standard Composite video and SVHS video.
Is the transfer of video information from a device to a screen using one yellow RCA cable.
Generally the higher the ratio the better the blacks will be and the brighter the whites will be.
Compacting data to increase transmission speed or storage capacity.
Cathode Ray Tube. Is a type of glass screen, rather heavy and bulky when compared to plasma or LCD.
A small electronic device Connects to an existing analogue TV set allowing you to receive and view digital TV and some readio broadcasts.
A digital audio compression system that contains up to six seperate channels of audio used in HDTV, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Creates surround sound from a recording containing only a stereo (left and right) audio source
Digital Theatre System is a digital sound format with 5.1 channels.
Digital Terrestrial Television is the use of digital technology to transmit better quality television using a standard antenna.
Digital Television is the use of using computer language (i.e. 1’s & 0’s to send and unscramble television signals.
Digital Video Broadcasting is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by an industry consortium of more than 270 members. True digital video broadcast capable receiving equipment has the DVB logo on it.
Digital Versatile Disc is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality.
Arms on an antenna.
Electronic Program Guide is an on-screen TV guide listing times and information on what TV programmes are on.
A threaded fitting normally used for pay TV satellite connections and Digital TV coaxial fittings.
Is the best TV resolution 1920 x 1080
Means the display device needs a High Definition set top box to be paired with it.
High Definition Television is a TV that can reproduce pictures of 576p or better and in a 16:9 aspect ratio, Pictures are better than standard DVD quality. Mostly come in 2 grades 1366 x 728, or 1920 x 720 which is Full HD See more
Is an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. It provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, and a compatible Digital Television.
Integrated Digital Television refers to a television set with built digital Television reception and display capabilities and does not require a set top box.
Is the way a picture can be drawn on your screen where every second line of an image is drawn so the odd numbered lines are actually from the image before the even lines making it appear to the human eye as one image moving faster. It was designed for the analogue system and has less resolution than progressive scanning.
Liquid Crystal Display is a thin, flat display device made up of a number of colour pixels in front of a light source.
Logical Channel Number. puts channel 7 on 7 and 9 on 9 automatically
Is the brightness portion of a video signal (white to black) whereas chrominance is the colour.
Is a measure of the total "amount" of visible light emitted on a projector screen.
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 is an audio compression format designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio.
Moving Picture Experts Group is digital type of audio compression system that contains up to eight channels of audio.
National Television Systems Committee is the analogue colour TV standard used in Japan and the USA. In Australia the standard is Pal.
Phase Alternating Line is the analogue colour TV standard used in Australia and most parts of the world. It has 576 visible lines
A 75 ohm connector that plugs into the Antenna in terminal of a TV.
A conversion of widescreen movies to fit a 4:3 TV format by chopping off the ends.
Is the smallest visible dot on a screen that makes up the entire screen. The more pixels used to represent an image, the closer the result can resemble the original. The number of pixels in an image can be called the resolution.
A flat glass display that uses a plasma gas to create a picture on the screen, Alternative screens are CRT or LCD.
Is how an image can be beamed onto your screen. Progressive scan draws the image just like you would read text. The other way to draw the image is by interlacing. Progressive scanning gives a more detailed image and is less susceptible to flickering.
Public Switched Telephone Network is the standard telephone exchange system, becoming superseded with Voip.
Personal Video Recorder is a device that records video to a digital storage medium DVD or a hard drive
Is referred to as the outer layers surrounding the centre core of high quality coaxial cable. As it has four layers of varying materials to protect the centre core from damage or interference.  
A low level signal connector to connect A/V components often yellow, black and red also called a Cinch connector.
A large screen display device that projects images onto a surface from the rear.
Is the number of pixels used to make up a screen size represented as X by Y. e.g.. 768x576 (Pal 4:3 screen) or 1920x1080 (16:9 HDTV).
Is a type of coaxial cable most commonly used in TV cabling in older homes. Standard RG59 is not ideal for Digital television reception, it has a smaller diameter than RG6 Quad, the new standard.
Is a type of coaxial cable it has a larger diameter than RG59 cable. The recommended type of cable to be used in all new digital installations is RG6 Quad shield cable.
Is a 21 pin connector for connecting A/V components together using analogue signals
Standard Definition is a digital TV display resolution equal to PAL or 576i. Which has a similar quality of picture to DVD’s.
Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format is an interface used to carry compressed digital audio such as Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound.
Super VHS is the transfer of video information from a device to a screen using individual chrominance (colour) and Luminance (light) using an S connector or scart plug is more superior to composite video.
Ultra High Frequency is a tuning frequency between 300 MHz to 3.0 GHz In Australia it is TV channels 20 – 75. e.g.. SBS (analogue) from Brisbane is actually transmitted on channel 28, which is 527.25MHz. We normally put it on a channel allocation of 3 or so we don’t have to flick through 28 channels to get to it.
Very High Frequency is a tuning frequency between 30 to 300MHz e.g. Channel 9 (analogue) Brisbane is transmitted on Channel 9 which is 196.25MHz.
Video Home System is an analogue play and recording videotape standard.
Voice Over Internet Protocol is the use of an internet network to transfer voice data.
A 16 by 9 display format used in cinema and in digital Television.
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