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| HD |
High Definition |
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| HDCP |
High Definition Content Protection. Technology used to prevent piracy
of high-quality uncompressed video, primarily over DVI
connections. |
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| HDMI |
High Definition Multimedia Interface. A high-quality digital connector.
Similar to DVI and sometimes with HDCP, HDMI can digitally transmit
uncompressed high-definition video and audio on the same cable, preserving
picture and sound quality. HDMI Cables are the High Definition Standard Audio and Video Connections. |
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HDTV
High Definition
Television |
High Definition TV. The highest quality digital television, generally
widescreen 16:9. It consists of either 1080 interlaced or 720
progressively scanned lines of resolution and includes the ability to
transmit digital surround sound. Note that HDTV and DTV are not the same
thing � HDTV is one format of DTV. |
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HDTV Monitor
(also HDTV-Ready) |
A TV set with the inputs and capability to become an HDTV with the
addition of an HDTV tuner, HD cable set-top box, or HD satellite
receiver. |
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HDTV Tuner
(also known as Decoder or
Receiver) |
A device capable of receiving and decoding HDTV signals. HDTV tuners
can either be built into a TV set (called an Integrated Digital TV Set) or
be a stand-alone device, such as a set-top box. |
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| Household |
All of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house,
an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied
as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which
the occupants live separately from any other people in the building and
who have direct access from the outside of the building or through a
common hall. |
