Glossary - Philips 21PT3324 Operating Instructions Manual

Glossary

4:3
Refers to the ratio between the length and
the height of the screen. Wide screen
televisions have a ratio of 16:9 while
conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3.
4:3 Expand
The images recorded in "letterbox" format
are expanded to fill the entire screen and
the black horizontal bars at the top and
bottom are removed.
Active Control
Is a unique, intelligent, and proactive control
system, which measures and analyzes the
incoming analog signal 60 times per second
to automatically adjust settings for optimal
picture quality. It also uses a sensor to adjust
for ambient room light; when the room gets
brighter, so does the picture.
Contrast+
Enhances the darker portions of the picture
to improve its picture quality.
Personal Zapping
A Philips trade marked feature which allows
any combination of favourite teletext pages
or TV channels to be stored in the coloured
Favourite Channels/Teletext keys. A total of
10 preferred channels/teletext pages of the
same subject or user can be stored in each
coloured key.
System
Television pictures are not broadcast in the
same way in all countries. There are different
standards: BG, DK, I, NTSC and SECAM. The
system setting (p. 6) is used to select these
different standards.
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