Calibre UK 270303 Car Video System User Manual


 
CALIBRE
Issue 4.03
27/03/03 Calibre UK Ltd 2003
Page 11
ABBREVIATIONS
This section expands abbreviations peculiar to video applications which may be used in this manual.
Signal-name mnemonics are not included.
CVBS
Composite Video Baseband Signal (alternatively Chroma, Video, Blanking and Sync)
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
LVDS
Low-voltage differential signalling
NTSC
National Television Systems Committee (USA, Canada, Japan TV standard)
PAL
Phase Alternating Line (TV standard for UK and many other countries)
RGB
Red, Green, Blue analogue video
SDI
Serial Digital Interface
SECAM
Systeme Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire
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TV broadcast standard used in
France, Middle East and most of Eastern Europe.
SMPTE
Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
SVGA
Super VGA – 800x600 pixels
SXGA
Super XGA – 1280x1024 pixels
TMDS
Transition-minimised differential signalling
UXGA
Ultra XGA – 1600x1200 pixels
VGA
Video graphics array – 640x480 pixels
XGA
Extended graphics array – 1024x768 pixels
Y/C
Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (C), also called S-video