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Digital Projection E-Vision Laser WQ120 Series
APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Rev A May 2018
EDID (Extended Display Identification Data)
Information stored in the projector that can be read by the source.
EDID is used on the HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs, allowing the source to automatically configure to the optimum display settings.
EDTV (Enhanced Definition Television)
digital television system with a lower resolution than
Field
In
that is scanned separately. A field is a collection of either all the odd lines or all the even lines
within the frame.
Frame
One of the many still images displayed in a sequence to create a moving picture. A frame is made of horizontal lines of
for each field to be scanned separately (
).
Frame rate
shown per second (fps). In TV and video, a frame rate is the rate at which the display device scans the screen to
“draw” the frame.
Frame rate multiplication
3D images from flickering, frame rate multiplication can be used, which increases the displayed frame rate by two or
three times.
Gamma
A nonlinear operation used to code and decode
. It originates from the Cathode Ray Tube technology used in legacy television
sets.
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