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Glossary
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24p motion pictur e display: Mo vies r eleas ed on Blu-r a y Disc sup-
port the 24p motion pictur e display . The Blu-r a y play er tr ansf er s the
original film format t o the t elevision with 2 4 fr ames per s econd. The
DMM (DigitalMo vieMode ) set in the f act ory calculat es and ins erts
additional intermediat e pictur e s, which suppr e ss film jerking t ypical
for the cinema, ther eby pr oviding f or a smooth motion sequenc e.
A
Accur ate R ecor ding: See A utomatic time control.
Administr ator: Per son who adminis ter s the net work, i. e. t ake s car e o f
set ting up and maintaining all component s belonging to the net work.
Activ e antenna: An ant enna with its own po wer supply or amplific ation
which can impr o ve the r eception in ar eas with a poor co ver age.
ARC: Abbr e viation for A udio Return Channel.
Audio R eturn Channel: The audio r eturn channel which was intr oduc ed
with the HDMI Standar d 1.4 is us ed when an audio sy st em with audio
(pr e ) amplifier , e .g. Loe we MediaV ision 3D , is connect ed to a TV s et via
HDMI. The digital audio signal o f the TV set ( e.g. the sound o f the cur-
r ent TV pr ogr am) can be tr ans ferr ed t o the audio amplifier via the audio
r eturn channel o f the HDMI cable . T hus the same cable which is normally
r esponsible f or tr ansf erring imag e data fr om a connected media play er t o
the TV set tr ans fer s the audio data in the opposit e dir ection. In this w ay , the
audio r eturn channel mak es the cinch c able , which has pr eviously been
r equir ed in addition t o the HDMI cable , r edundant.
Automatic time contr ol: Also called A ccurate R ec ording. Similar t o
VPS f or analogue stations the aut omatic time contr ol monitors the s tart
and end times of pr ogramme s fr om D VB sta tions. If these time s deviat e
fr om the data pr ogrammed in the timer data, the running time o f the
r ecor ding is adapted automatic ally . The automatic time c ontr ol is not
supported b y all D VB stations .
A V sock et: Sock et f or audio and video signals.
A V sour ces: Audio /Video s our c e.
A VI: Abbr eviation f or Audio V ideo Int erleav e, a video c ontainer file f or-
mat developed b y Micr os oft. A single A VI video file can c ontain se ver al
audio, video and t e xt data s tr eams ( thus the name cont ainer format ).
A V S: Audio/ video socket s on the side of the TV set ( cinch and mini-
DIN).
B
Band: Name f or a tr ansmission r ang e .
Blu-ray Dis c: The f ollow-up f ormat of DVD . The content s of about
five D VDs fit ont o one Blu-r a y Disc ( abbr e viated BD ). T her ef or e , the
Blu-r a y disc pr o vides enough spac e for high-r esolution imag es and
multi-channel sound f ormats.
C
BMP: Abbr eviation f or Bitmap, a grid gr aphics f ormat designed f or
Micr os oft Windo ws and OS / 2 that is wide spr ead and ther ef or e sup-
ported b y almost ev ery popular gr aphics so ftw ar e p ackag e without
any pr oblems .
C
C A Module: T he Conditional Ac cess module contains the c od-
ing sy st em and comp ar es the tr ansmit t ed code with the one on the
Smart Card. If the y match, the appr opriate stations or pr ogramme s
ar e decoded.
CEC: Abbr eviation for Consumer Electr onics Control. CE C pr ovides uni-
ver sal component c ontr ol functions f or entertainment electr onics devices
( e .g. S yst em st andby , One T ouch Play ). CE C is r e ferr ed to by L oewe as
Digital Link HD.
Channel (WLAN): Device s that w ant to c ommunica te with each o ther
hav e to us e the same WiF i channel. In Eur ope the W iFi fr equency b and
is curr ently divided int o 13 channels.
Cinch cable: Cable for tr ansmit ting sound or pictur es.
CI slot: See Common Interfac e.
Client: Also called ne tw ork client, describe s an end devic e such as
your TV s et that is connect ed t o the netw ork and ge ts data fr om a
(media ) serv er to mak e it ac ces sible to the us er .
Common Interf ace: The Common Int erfac e ( CI slot) is a s tandar d-
ised int erfac e . By inserting suitable dec oding modules (C A modules)
and a Smart Card c oded digital pr ogr ammes can be used.
Common Interf ace Plus: CI Plus is an adv anc ement of the Common
Interface s tandar d. CI P lus slots ar e in principle do wnw ar d comp atible
to the pr evious CI standar d, i. e. C A modules and Smart Car ds acc or d-
ing to the p ast CI standar d can continue t o be used in CI P lus slots,
as far as the pr ogramme pr o vider permits this . Additionally , ext ended
r egulations apply how ev er to CI P lus.
Component: See Component connection.
Component connection: Also r eferr ed t o as Component. Connec-
tion wher e the video signal is tr ans ferr ed via thr ee separ at e ( Cinch)
connections. It c omprise s the brightness signal Y as w ell as the colour
diff er enc e signals Pb (blue component ) and Pr (r ed c omponent).
Conditional A ccess module: See CA module.
D
Decoder: Analogue , c oded TV signals ar e pas sed thr ough a dec oder
and made visible again.
DHCP: Abbr eviation f or Dynamic Hos t Configur ation P r ot oc ol. DHCP
allow s automatic as signment of IP addr e sse s with the aid of a DHCP
server .
DHCP server: N etw ork servic e which tak es car e of automatic as sign-
ment of IP addr es ses t o clients.
Digital Link HD: Sy stem f or c ontr olling units via the HDMI c onnection
of the L oew e TV set when the y have been set up in a c over ed position.
DMM: Abbr eviation f or Digital Mo vie Mode. Whe ther a studio r ecor d-
ing, live br o adcast , or feat ur e film – the br o adcast imag e s ar e alw ays
display ed optimally . Still imag es ar e r eproduc ed in all their sharpness
and tr anquillity . By cr eating intermediat e imag es , DMM enables perfect
studio qualit y , even with quick mov ements.
DNC: Abbr eviation f or “Digit al Noise Contr ol”. W eak TV signals (ana-
logue ) can g ener at e disruptive pict ur e noise . DNC adjusts the ef fect
of digital nois e r eduction t o the pictur e c ontents .
DNS: Abbr eviation f or Domain Name Sy st em. Readable name s ( e .g.
www .loewe-int. de ) ar e assigned t o numerical IP addre sses. DNS
server s ar e r esponsible for the r es olution of r e adable addr es ses int o
the corr e sponding IP addr es ses .
Dolb y Digital: Digital multi-channel sound. T he digital standar d for
high quality home mo vie sy st ems. The individual channels ar e bro ad-
cast s epar at ely in this st andar d. The thr ee front channels right , left
and centr e , the t wo surr ound channels right and left and the e xt ernal
subw oof er channels ar e called a 5 .1 signal.
Dolb y Pr o Logic: Analogue multi-channel sound. Con verts a Dolb y-
coded st er eo signal int o a surr ound s ound. This usually c ontains four
channels (fr ont left, centr e , fr ont right, surr ound channel). A special
subw oof er channel is not gener ated in this method.
Dolb y Pr o Logic II: Analogue multi-channel sound. Dolb y Pr o Logic II
is a further development o f Dolby P ro L ogic. This me thod gener ates
a 6-channel spatial sound fr om a ster eo or P r o-L ogic signal (fr ont left,
centr e , fr ont right, surround le ft, surr ound right , subw oof er ).
Dolb y Surround: An analogue surr ound s ound sy st em which uses a
matrix coding t o fit four s ound channels into t wo s ound tr acks .
Dolb y Virtual Speaker: The Dolby V irtual Speak er technology
simulate s the surr ound playb ack of a r eal 5.1 channel playb ack with
only tw o speaker s.
DRM: Digital Rights Manag ement. P r oce sse s to c ontr ol cop yright
pr ot ected data. T o be used c orr ectly , DRM pr otect ed cont ents r equire
not only a DRM capable de vice but als o the posse ssion of a lic ense
issued by the pr ovider (t o be paid f or ).
DT S: Digital T heatr e Syst ems; Digital multi-channel audio .