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Auto volume correction
Auto volume correction
It controls the volume gain automatically.
Benefits
This feature helps in maintaining uniform sound level across the program irrespective of intermediatery commercials, songs etc where sound level usually becomes high.
AV In (Audio Video Input)
AV In (Audio Video Input)
AV input is a common label on a connector to receive audio/visual signals from electronic equipment that generates AV signals (AV output).
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Composite Video
Composite Video
It is a video interface for sending or receiving an analog video signal to or from a television set.
Benefits
In Composit video signal all the necessary video information is combined into one signal which produces a sharper image.
Component Video
Component Video
Component Video is a type of superior video inputs which refers to luminance(light) and chrominance(colour) signals.These signals are defined as Y'Pb'Pr' for analog component and Y'Cb'Cr' for digital component.
Benefits
Component video signals provide improved colour purity, superior colour detail, and a reduction in colour noise.
DYNAMIC CONTRAST RATIO
DYNAMIC CONTRAST RATIO
Dynamic contrast ratio is the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black which panel can produce.
Benefits
Higher dynamic contrast ratio helps in displaying a dark image clearly.The higher the contrast ratio the greater the ability of a video device to show subtle color details and tolerate ambient room light.
DCDi (Directional Correlational De-interlacing)
DCDi (Directional Correlational De-interlacing)
DCDi is a digital enhancement method developed by Faroudja in 1996. DCDi is known for its smooth interpolation of video content as it fills in the missing lines.
Benefits
DCDi technology is primarily used for improving the image quality of low resolution images.
DTV (Digital Television)
DTV (Digital Television)
Digital signals are used in DTV to send & receive moving images and sound, unlike analog signals used by analog TV.
Benefits
It provides dramatically clear picture and better sound quality.
Dolby® Digital
Dolby® Digital
Dolby Digital, is a digital audio coding technique that reduces the amount of data needed to produce high quality sound.
Benefits
Dolby Digital provides five full-bandwidth channels, front left, front right, center, surround left, and surround right, for true surround sound quality.
Dolby® Pro-Logic II
Dolby® Pro-Logic II
Dolby® Pro Logic® II is an advancement of Dolby® Pro Logic® that transforms any high-quality two-channel source into five independent full-range channels: Left, Center, Right, Left Surround, and Right Surround.
Benefits
Offers better performance with playing back non-encoded sources over a surround sound system.
Dolby® Surround
Dolby® Surround
Dolby Surround is an analog system that decodes 2 channels into 4 channels, left,right,cener & surround.
Benefits
The center channel is used to anchor dialogue to the screen & the surround channels are used to create ambience.
Digital Comb Filter
Digital Comb Filter
Device that separates the chrominance and luminance part of the video signal in the digital domain.
Benefits
It provides enchanced color purity & reduces dot crawl over the analogue vairety.
Dolby® Pro-Logic
Dolby® Pro-Logic
The analog version of surround sound for home video, Dolby Pro Logic splits a regular stereo signal into front and back components, and then usually puts a slight delay on the rear speakers to create an illusion of 3D audio depth.
Benefits
A mono center speaker is usually added to reduce disorientation caused by hearing stereo sound from the sides while watching video in the center.
Fresh White
Fresh White
When color temperature increases, the Fresh White algorithm calculates the optimal white expression to balance the image and keep the white areas white.
Benefits
It helps in maintaing the white expression of the original source.
Full HD 1080P
Full HD 1080P
Full HD Displays Super-high Resolution with 6 mega pixel (1920 x 1080 x 3RGB) that is twice as many pixels as the normal HD format pixels.
Benefits
It helps in maintaing the white expression of the original source.
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths. Previous versions of the HDMI supported only 24-bit color depth.
It eliminates on-screen color banding for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colors. It also enables increased contrast ratio & can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
HDMI is a popular interface which transfers high definition content such as uncompressed video & multi-channel audio signals from player to TV screen.
Benefits
It ensures the transfer fo superior video & audio signals through one single cable, thus reduces the mess of cables between the devices.
HDTV (High-Definition Television)
HDTV (High-Definition Television)
HDTV is defined as having higher quality video, audio and a wider image aspect ratio than standard television broadcast signals. HDTV is the best available picture on a television.
Benefits
HDTV offers intense viewing experience with clear pictures, digital sound quality, progressive scanning and a wider viewing screen.
HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
HDCP is a method for protecting copyright digital content that uses the DVI or HDMI Interface.
Benefits
HDCP is use to prevent, copying of content when they travel between a source device and a receiver.
Intelligent sensor
Intelligent sensor
LG TV has a feature of RGB sensor which senses color temperature and illumination of ambience to produce best screen colour quality.
Benefits
Sensor algorithm optimizes the picture quality elements such as brightness, contrast, color, sharpness and white balance to make eye comfortable while watching TV.
IPS (In Plane Switching)
IPS (In Plane Switching)
A technique of improving the viewing angle of an LCD panel where the liquid crystal molecules are switched in the plane of the LCD layer rather than vertical to it.
Benefits
IPS LCD lets viewers enjoy a great picture, even when viewed from differnet angles.
IEEE Inputs
IEEE Inputs
These connectors, also known as FireWire and iLink, are designed for digital video.
Benefits
IEEE input makes connecting a digital camcorder simple.
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
LCD is a flat, light weight display technology which is used in FPDs. LCD genrally works by transmitting light across a grid of extremely tiny square areas called pixels.
Benefits
LCD televisions tend to be clearer than CRTs which can suffer from convergence or focus difficulties. Their improved clarity means that even small LCD televisions can display higher resolutions than the corresponding sized CRT. They also make small text e
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
MPEG is a standard format used for coding audio-visual information ( eg. Movie, video) in a digital compressed form.
Benefits
MPEG produces better-quality video than competing formats and it uses less space for the same quality.
Moving LED
Moving LED
Unique to LG,the "moving LED power status indicator" is the replacement of simple "red-light standby indicator".
Benefits
Its aesthetic look is more appealing as compared to the simple red-light standby indicator.
Mono
Mono
Monophonic sound is the most basic format of sound output. The signal sent to the sound system encodes one single stream of sound.
Benefits
Well designed mono systems are very much suited for speech reinforcement as they can provide excellent speech intelligibility.
Memory card input
Memory card input
TVs with memory card slot can display pictures taken with digital cameras just by inserting memory card chip into slot.
Benefits
Pictures can be viewed conveniently on television screen.
NTSC (National Television System Committee)
NTSC (National Television System Committee)
NTSC has established the first color TV standard in 1953. It is the North American standard for video and broadcasting.
Benefits
It has higher frame rate, atomic colour edits and less inherent picture noise.
PAL (Phase Alternation Line)
PAL (Phase Alternation Line)
The television broadcast standard used in India as well as in U.K. and many European countries.
Benefits
PAL has the higher Gamma ratio. It automatically removes hue errors with the utilization of phase alternation of color signals.
PIP (Picture-in-Picture)
PIP (Picture-in-Picture
PIP enables you to watch 2 programs simultaneously on a single screen. PIPs are usually displayed as a smaill rectangular screens with in the main TV screen or two images side by side.
Benefits
You can choose whatever you wish - you can watch two TV programs simultaneously or you can watch TV and video or DVD at the same time.
Pixel (Picture-in-Picture)
Pixel (Picture-in-Picture)
A pixel is a single point or a DOT in a digital photogaph or on a display panel.
Benefits
Refers to the smallest point of colour on a screen composed of separate red, green and blue subpixels that combine to create an image.
RGB (Red Green Blue)
RGB (Red Green Blue)
RGB is a form of an electrical baseband video signal used for colour reproduction in televisions.
Benefits
Each pixel on the panel represents as values of red, green and blue. Every color in the visible spectrum can be made from these three primary colors.
Resolution
Resolution
Resolution is the number of pixels contained on a display screen. It is expressed in terms of the number of pixels on the horizontal axis & the vertical axis.
Benefits
Higher the resolution sharper the Image quality.
Response time
Response time
It is the minimum amount of time taken for a pixel to turn on or off.
Benefits
Faster respose time enhances the performance of quickly moving scenes.It helps you enjoying flicker free motion pictures.
RF (Radio Frequency)
RF (Radio Frequency)
RF refers to the transmission of a signal (video and audio) through the air or cable as a electromagnetic field.
Benefits
Broadcast television, cable television, satellite television, as well as radio - both terrestrial and satellite use RF signals to broadcast the information.
SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory)
SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory)
Sequential Colour with Memory color TV standard was introduced in the early 1960's and implemented in France.
Benefits
It has stable hues and constant saturation and has higher number of scan lines.
S- Video (Super Video)
S- Video (Super Video)
A type of connection that separates the color signals from the bightness signals entering into a television from an external device.
Benefits
S-video connection provides better picture than composite by transmitting the luminance( brightness, Y) and chrominance ( Colour, C) portions of a video signal separately.
Stereo
Stereo
Stereophonic sound is created by two independent audio channels or speakers and provides a sense of direction because sounds can be heard from different directions.
Benefits
It helps in reproduction of natural sound.
Subwoofer
Subwoofer
A specialized speaker that reproduces sound from the lower frequencies of the audible spectrum, usually below 80Hz.
Benefits
Subwoofers extend the bass (low frequency) response of a system.
SVGA (Super VideoGraphics Array)