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Digital Projection Titan Pro Series 3 APPENDIX F: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Reference Guide
174Rev F July 2014
Lumen
A photometric unit of radiant power. For projectors, it is normally used to specify the total amount of emitted visible light.
Luminance
Also known as ‘Y’, this is the part of an S-Video or Component Video signal which affects the brightness, i.e. the black and white part.
Modal setting
A projector setting that only affects the currently displayed input.
Noise
Electrical interference displayed on the screen.
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee)
The United States standard for television - 525 lines transmitted at 60 interlaced elds per second.
OSD (on-screen display)
The projector menus allowing you to adjust various global and modal settings.
PAL (Phase Alternate Line)
The television system used in the UK, Australia and other countries - 625 lines transmitted at 50 interlaced elds per second.
Pillarboxing
Black margins at the left and right of the image. Pillarboxing appears when a narrower image is packed into a wider frame without changing
the aspect ratio.
Pr, Pb
Color difference signals used with ‘Y’ for analog Component Video inputs. They provide information about the signal color. Not to be
confused with Cr, Cb.
Notes