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Record 1 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A TV set especially designed to accommodate the letterbox video format.

OBS

Letterbox: Format used widely on laserdisc and some DVDs to fit widescreen movies (1.85:1 and 2.35:1, for example) on the average, 1.33:1 TV screen. The image is shrunk to fit the screen, leaving blank space on the top and bottom. This process sacrifices some vertical detail that must be used to record the black bars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Récepteur de télévision doté d'un grand écran qui permet le visionnement d'images de format cinéma provenant d'un vidéodisque laser.

Spanish

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