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23 Glossary ANSI Lumens - A standard for measuring the brightness. It is calculated by dividing a square meter image into nine equal rectangles, measuring the lux (or brightness) reading at the center of each rectangle, and averaging these nine points. Aspect Ratio - The most popular aspect ratio is 4:3 (4 by 3). Early television and computer video formats are in a 4:3 aspect ratio, which means that the width of the image is 4/3 times the height. Brightness - The amount of light emitted from a display or projection display or projection device. The brightness of projector is measured by ANSI lumens. Color Temperature - The color appearance of white light. Low color temperature implies warmer (more yellow/red) light while high color temperature implies a colder (more blue) light. The standard unit for color temperature is Kelvin (K). Component Video - A method of delivering quality video in a format that consists of the luminance signal and two separate chrominance signals and are defined as Y'Pb'Pr' for analog component and Y'Cb'Cr' for digital component. Component video is available on DVD players. Composite Video - A video signal that combines the luma (brightness), chroma (color), burst (color reference), and sync (horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals) into a signal waveform carried on a single wire pair. There are three kinds of formats, namely, NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. Compressed Resolution - If the input images are of higher resolution than the native resolution of the projector, the resulting image will be scaled to fit the native resolution of the projector. The nature of compression in a digital device means that some image content is lost. Contrast Ratio - Range of light and dark values in a picture, or the ratio between their maximum and minimum values. There are two methods used by the projection industry to measure the ratio: 1. Full On/Off - measures the ratio of the light output of an all white image (full on) and the light output of an all black (full off) image. 2. ANSI - measures a pattern of 16 alternating black and white rectangles. The average light output from the white rectangles is divided by the 7 Appendix: Glossary Glossary 53 average light output of the black rectangles to determine the ANSI contrast ratio. Full On/Off contrast is always a larger number than ANSI contrast for the same projector. dB - decibel - A unit used to express relative difference in power or intensity, usually between two acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels. Diagonal Screen - A method of measuring the size of a screen or a projected image. It measures from one corner to the opposite corner. A 9 FT high, 12 FT wide, screen has a diagonal of 15 FT. This document assumes that the diagonal dimensions are for the traditional 4:3 ratio of a computer image as per the example above. 55

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Glossary
ANSI Lumens — A standard for measuring the brightness. It is calculated by dividing a square meter image
into nine equal rectangles, measuring the lux (or brightness) reading at the center of each rectangle, and
averaging these nine points.
Aspect Ratio — The most popular aspect ratio is 4:3 (4 by 3). Early television and computer video formats
are in a 4:3 aspect ratio, which means that the width of the image is 4/3 times the height. Brightness —
The amount of light emitted from a display or projection display or projection device. The brightness of
projector is measured by ANSI lumens.
Color Temperature — The color appearance of white light. Low color temperature implies warmer (more
yellow/red) light while high color temperature implies a colder (more blue) light. The standard unit for
color temperature is Kelvin (K).
Component Video — A method of delivering quality video in a format that consists of the luminance
signal and two separate chrominance signals and are defined as Y'Pb'Pr' for analog component and
Y'Cb'Cr' for digital component. Component video is available on DVD players.
Composite Video — A video signal that combines the luma (brightness), chroma (color), burst (color
reference), and sync (horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals) into a signal waveform carried on a
single wire pair. There are three kinds of formats, namely, NTSC, PAL, and SECAM.
Compressed Resolution — If the input images are of higher resolution than the native resolution of the
projector, the resulting image will be scaled to fit the native resolution of the projector. The nature of
compression in a digital device means that some image content is lost.
Contrast Ratio — Range of light and dark values in a picture, or the ratio between their maximum and
minimum values. There are two methods used by the projection industry to measure the ratio:
1.
Full On/Off — measures the ratio of the light output of an all white image (full on) and the light
output of an all black (full off) image.
2.
ANSI — measures a pattern of 16 alternating black and white rectangles. The average light output
from the white rectangles is divided by the 7 Appendix: Glossary Glossary 53 average light output of
the black rectangles to determine the ANSI contrast ratio.
Full On/Off contrast is always a larger number than ANSI contrast for the same projector.
dB — decibel — A unit used to express relative difference in power or intensity, usually between two
acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels.
Diagonal Screen — A method of measuring the size of a screen or a projected image. It measures from
one corner to the opposite corner. A 9 FT high, 12 FT wide, screen has a diagonal of 15 FT. This
document assumes that the diagonal dimensions are for the traditional 4:3 ratio of a computer image as
per the example above.
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