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scan converter

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scan converter
A device that changes the video output from a computer to standard TV signals, allowing a regular TV to be used as a computer screen. A VCR can then also be used to record screen output. A scan converter may provide multiple TV formats, such as NTSC and PAL, as well as be able to output digital video such as a D1 signal.
scan converter [′skan kən‚vərd·ər]
(electronics)
Equipment that converts radar data images at a 3 to 10 kilohertz sampling rate that can be sent over telephone line or narrow bandwidth radio circuits and converted into a slow-scan image, through a similar converter, at the receiving end.
A cathode-ray tube that is capable of storing radar, television, and data displays for nondestructive readout over prolonged periods of time.


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Due to the way in which Armstrong and Aldrin's walk was filmed -- with a video camera featuring a non-standard format that could not be broadcast directly -- NASA used a scan converter to adapt the images to the US television standard.
Due to the way in which Armstrong and Aldrin's walk was filmed -- with a video camera featuring a non-standard format that could not be broadcast directly -- NASA used a scan converter to adapt the images to the US television standard.
5-8,11,12 and 25, determined that the manufacturer--of video-enhancement units (Fluoro Fade and Spirit), video up scan/down scan converters, medical video recorders/players, video matrix controllers and optical isolation amplifiers for video processing of medical images--was not in conformance with the current GMP requirements of the QS regulation.
 
 
 
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