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4:2:0 Digital video coding method where chrominance has half the vertical and half the horizontal resolution of the video.
4:2:2 Digital video coding method where chrominance has the same vertical resolution and half the horizontal resolution of the video.
8-PSK Eight Phase Shift Key modulation.
8-VSB Vestigial sideband modulation with eight discrete amplitude levels.
16-VSB Vestigial sideband modulation with 16 discrete amplitude levels.
AAF Advanced Authoring Format. A format for authoring and editing of digital audiovisual content.
ABU Asian Broadcasting Union.
ADC Analogue-to-Digital Converter.
AES Audio Engineering Society.
AGC Automatic Gain Control.
AL Alignment Level. A reference level, usually recorded ...

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