Glossary

2-Wire: A pair of wires that carry an audio circuit.

4-Wire: A four-wire communication circuit especially used for commentary or coordination.

4x3: Standardized aspect radio of standard television (SD).

5D: Refers to shooting a production for both 2D and 3D, using the same production truck, crew, and most of the same cameras.

16x9: Standardized aspect radio of HDTV and widescreen SD.

3G: A 3G cellular/mobile telecommunication network provides an information transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s.

4G: A 4G cellular/mobile telecommunication network provides the information transfer rate of 3G but also provides mobile ultra-broadband Internet access.

4K: Also known as Ultra High Definition, Ultra HD, or SHV-1. It is defined as having 3,840 ...

Get Television Sports Production, 5th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.