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What are they talking about?!?
Digital/HDTV Terms that Begin with M

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MHz (Megahertz)
Equal to one million Hz. Video signal bandwidth is typically expressed in megahertz.

MP3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3. Compression scheme used to transfer audio files via the Internet and store in portable players and digital audio servers.

MPEG-2
The video compression standard used for digital television, DVD, and small-dish satellite TV. This adaptive, variable bitrate process is able to allocate more bits for complex scenes involving a lot of motion, while reducing the bits in static scenes. MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group.

MTS (Multichannel Television Sound)
The method of broadcasting stereo sound over ordinary analog TV channels. MTS reception capability is built into virtually all stereo TVs and HiFi VCRs.

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