Ayre Acoustics DX-7 - Manual (Page 79)

Pixels to create an image. This is one example of a
Fixed Pixel display.
LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon places the LCD display
element directly on the silicon wafer that forms the
electronic control circuitry. A transmissive display
element cannot be used as the silicon is not
transparent. Instead, a reflective display element is
used. This is one example of a Fixed Pixel display.
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group is an international
standards organization that developed the MPEG-2
video compression algorithm used in the DVD
format.
MPEG Audio One type of Compressed Audio developed by Philips.
This was originally proposed as the audio format to
be used on European DVDs, in a political
compromise designed to share royalty revenues
between Philips and Dolby. Philips was late to
market with this format, and it has now largely been
supplanted by Dolby Digital.
MPEG Decoder The MPEG decoder is a highly complex integrated
circuit that decodes the video and audio information
stored on the DVD.
NTSC The National Television Standards Committee is the
body defining the television video signal format
used in the North America. Japan also uses a
variation of this signal. This format has a total of
525 lines, of which 480 are used for the actual
picture information.
PAL Phase Alternating Line is the video signal format
used in Europe, Asia (except Japan), Australia,
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