Digital Projection M-Vision 930 Series User Manual page 130

Digital Projection APPENDIX F: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Reference Guide
M-Vision 930 Series
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee)
Notes
interlaced fields
The United States standard for television - 525 lines transmitted at 60 per second.
OSD (on-screen display)
The projector menus allowing you to adjust various settings.
Overlapping region
See blend region.
PAL (Phase Alternate Line)
The television system used in the UK, Australia and other countries - 625 lines transmitted at 50 interlaced fields per second.
Pillarboxing
Black margins at the left and right of the image. Pillarboxing appears when a narrower image is packed into a wider frame without changing
the aspect ratio.
Pixel
Short for Picture Element. The most basic unit of an image. Pixels are arranged in lines and columns. Each pixel corresponds to a micromirror
within the DMD™; resolutions reflect the number of pixels per line by the number of lines. For example, a 1080p projector contains 1080
lines, each consisting of 1920 pixels.
Pond of mirrors
Area around the periphery of the DMD™ containing inactive mirrors. The pond of mirrors may cause artifacts, for example during the edge
blending process.
Pr, Pb
Color difference signals used with 'Y' for analog Component Video inputs. They provide information about the signal color. Not to be
confused with Cr, Cb.
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