Terminology
Those terms were found during my study of smart home functionality and I tried to consolidate them in one place. Hope it’ll be useful for you.
Note, this list is not final. It’ll grow right after my diving to smart home area.
- DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting:
- OSD - On-screen display
- EPG - Electronic program guide
- PVR - Personal video recorder.
- DVR - Digital video recorder
- Set-top box - a device that connects to a television and some external source of signal, and turns the signal into content then displayed on the screen.
- Triple play - grouping together Internet access, TV and telephone service into one subscription on a broadband connection.
- VLC aka VLC media player - is a media player from the VideoLAN project.
- DiSEqC - Digital Satellite Equipment Control is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small dish antenna rotor.
- PES - Packetized Elementary Stream - the first MPEG-2 layer which is dedicated to ensure tight synchronisation between video and audio.