| ADR |
Automated
Dialogue Replacement, looping. |
| AES |
Audio Engineering Society |
| BNC |
Bayonet Neill Concelman |
A miniature quick connect / disconnect RF connector named after
the inventor, Carl Concelman. |
| CGI |
Computer Generated Imagery |
| Color Bars |
Test pattern used to balance different
video sources. |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
|
| Digital Betacam |
DigiBeta Digital video tape format
using the CCIR 601 standard to record 4:2:2 Component video in compressed form
on 12.5mm (1/2-inch) tape. |
| DDR |
Digital Disk Recorder |
|
| DMC |
Dynamic Motion Control |
| DNR |
Digital Noise Reduction |
| DV |
Digital Video |
|
| DVD |
Digital Video Disk |
|
| DVE |
Digital Video Effects |
|
| EBU |
European Broadcast Union |
| EQ |
Equalization |
|
| HDTV |
High Definition Television or Hi-Def |
| FireWire |
Apple Computer's name for IEEE 1394. Also known as Sony's i.Link. A high speed port cable similar to
USB cable except faster and comes with 4 pin or 6 pin connector ends. |
i.Link |
Sony's name for IEEE 1394. See FireWire definition. |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
|
| LTC |
Longitudinal TimeCode |
| LVD |
Low Voltage Differential |
| NLE |
Non-Linear Editing |
|
| NTSC |
National Television Standards Committee |
525 lines of information, scanned at 30 frames per second. 640 by 480
pixels. |
| PAL |
Phase Alternating Line |
625 lines of information, 25 frames per second. The broadcast standard of
the UK and Japan as well as many countries throughout the world. |
| PAL-M |
Phase Alternating Line version |
525 lines of information, scanned at 30 frames per second. Used only in
South America |
| Pixel |
Picture Element |
|
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| SDI |
Serial Digital Interface |
|
| SIRCS |
Sony Integrated Remote Control System
(optional DSRM-10 Remote Control Unit for controlling jog, shuttle, playback,
record, pause, fast forward, and rewind functions. |
| SMTPE |
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
| TBC |
Time Base Corrector |
|
| Timecode |
The numbering system adopted by SMPTE
that assigns a number of each video frame indicating hours, minutes, seconds and
frames. |
USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
A port cable for hardware with "hot-swapping" feature. |
| VITC |
Vertical Interval Timecode |
|
| VTR |
Video Tape Recorder |
|
TYPE OF TAPES |
| DVCAM |
This format uses 8-bit digital component
recording with a 5:1 compression ratio and a sampling rate of 4:1:1 (fro NTSC) /
4:2:0 (for PAL). Track pitch of 15um (DV format is 10 UM) |
| DVCPRO |
Panasonic's DVCPRO increases track
pitch and width to 18 microns, and uses a metal particle tape for better
durability. DVCPRO also adds a longitudinal analog audio cue track and a control
track to improve editing performance and user-friendliness in linear editing
operations. |
