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Record 1 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Video Technology
  • Office Automation
DEF

A display device in which you look directly at the component which produces the picture.

OBS

Thus a standard CRT [cathode ray tube] TV is a direct view device, as is a plasma or LCD display. An RPTV [rear projection television] and a front projection system are not direct view since you are looking at an image projected onto a screen.

OBS

LCD: liquid crystal display.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Bureautique
DEF

Appareil, tel qu'un téléviseur à tube cathodique, qui possède un système intégré de diffusion des images, contrairement à d'autres appareils tels qu'un téléprojecteur arrière, dont les images sont projetées sur un écran.

Spanish

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