User`s guide

Chapter 4 Appendix

i. Details of the problem (step by step):

Glossary

Here are terms used in the manual for Presto! PVR.

AC'97 – (Short for Audio Codec '97) This is an audio encoding system for

computer files.

Analog TV – This is the traditional old-style television signal. Kind of like

radio waves.

Aspect Ratio – This is a measure of how wide your television picture is

compared to how tall it is. Regular television is 4:3, and HDTV is 16:9.

ATSC - The Advanced Television Systems Committee developed the

ATSC digital television standard for the United States. These standards

were also adopted by Canada, Mexico, and South Korea. It is intended to

replace the widely used NTSC system and produces wide screen 16:9

images. The ATSC standards also boast theater quality audio through the

AC3 format.

Auto Scan – Automatic scanning. The computer looks for television

signals.

Buffer – This is a memory space for making time shifting possible.

Closed Captions – Closed captions are subtitles specifically provided for

the hard of hearing.

Deinterlace – This is used for making you picture look like it is not

composed of many separate lines.

Digital TV – Television signals made up of computer data. Ones and zeros.

DDR (Direct Disc Recording) – Recording TV programs directly to DVD or

hard disk.

DirectX 9 – DirectX is technology for displaying video and playing audio. 9

is the version number.

DVB – Digital Video Broadcast.