source in a small window superimposed in a corner of the screen.
Programmable Zoom Viewer
TV picture can be scaled up or down with any factor.
Progressive Scan
A video scanning system that displays all lines of a frame in one
pass. Contrast with interlaced scan.
Standard Definition Television (SDTV)
A term applied to traditional 4:3 television (in digital or analog form)
with a resolution of about 700x480 (about 1/3 megapixel).
S-Video
A video interface standard that carries separate luma and chroma
signals, usually on a four-pin mini-DIN connector. Also called Y/C.
The quality of s-video is significantly better than composite video
since it does not require a comb filter to separate the signals, but
it is not quite as good as component video. Most high-end
televisions have s-video inputs.
Sequential color with memory (SECAM)
A composite color standard similar to PAL, now currently used
only as a transmission standard in France and a few other
countries. Video is produced using the 625/50 PAL standard and
is then transcoded to SECAM by the player or transmitter.
Tristimulus
A three-valued signal that can match nearly all colors of the visible
light in human vision. This is possible because of the three types
of photoreceptors in the eye.
Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI)
The scan lines in a television signal that do not contain picture