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This allows television broadcasters to enable both 4:3 and 16:9 television sets to optimally present pictures transmitted in either format, by displaying them in full screen, letterbox, widescreen, pillar-box, zoomed letterbox, etc. [2] [3]
Normal mode frames the 4:3 video to the 16:9 picture area by displaying it in its original aspect ratio, with vertical gray or black bars on both sides of the screen. The disadvantage of this method is the fact that the image is small by virtue of not using the entire width of the screen. This is also known as the 4:3 mode.
A simulated example of a typical news screen interface in Japan A mock example of an "L-shape" layout used in Japan during an election. Television channels in Japan generally have very little layout structure at all, and merely on occasion display news headlines and summary text, in addition to the station logo and time clock.
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets. [1] [2] Teletext sends data in the broadcast signal, hidden in the invisible vertical blanking interval area at the top and bottom of the screen. [3]
Guide+ in the United States was replaced by Gemstar with a similar service (delivered in the same fashion via VBI like Guide+), called TV Guide On Screen. [48] A small number of televisions, DVD recorders, and digital video recorders were released with TV Guide On Screen capabilities. The service was discontinued in the US in 2013. [49]
This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include: alt.atheism — discusses atheism; alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics.
Shareware, includes 3 month newsgroup service trial Gnus: Text-based: Traditional newsreader Yes No No No No Yes Yes No Free Cross-platform: GPL: Runs in Emacs; also does Email: GrabIt: GUI: Binary Grabber Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ( 30 days / $24.99/yr ) No Yes Free (searching extra) Windows: Proprietary: Usenet search service GroupWise: GUI ...
A simulation of text on a TV falling outside the title-safe area. The title-safe area or graphics-safe area [1] is, in television broadcasting, a rectangular area which is far enough in from the four edges, such that text or graphics show neatly: with a margin and without distortion. This is applied against a worst case of on-screen location ...