Definitions

Glossary

Twenty-four terms, 24 of them cross-referenced to each other. Where a term belongs to a published standard, the body that publishes it is linked and nothing is added from memory. Where a term touches mounting or wiring, the entry says plainly that this site gives no instructions.

Smart TV platform

The software layer inside a television that lists apps and launches them. When a listing names one, the television has already claimed the apps job before anything is plugged into it. When a listing only says smart TV without naming the platform, this catalog records that as not stated.See alsoFire TVRoku TVTizenStreaming stick

Fire TV

A television platform named by several listings in this catalog, both inside televisions and inside separate players. A set stating Fire TV and a stick stating Fire TV describe the same job, which is the doubling this site is about.See alsoSmart TV platformStreaming stickSmart displayAmazon Fire TV device help

Roku TV

A television platform named by listings on both sides of this catalog. Note that several remote listings here distinguish sharply between Roku televisions and Roku players; a remote sold for one may state that it is not for the other.See alsoSmart TV platformStreaming stickFire TVRoku support

Tizen

The platform named by one Samsung listing in this catalog, written there as One UI Tizen. The other Samsung listing here calls itself a Smart TV without naming any platform, which is recorded as not stated rather than assumed.See alsoSmart TV platform

Streaming stick

A small device with no screen of its own that puts an app platform onto a screen you already own. It is not the same thing as a smart display, and it is the item most likely to duplicate a platform the television already states.See alsoSmart displaySmart TV platformFire TVRoku TV

Smart display

A screen of its own with an assistant on it. Two of the three in this catalog state no television platform at all, and the third states one built into the display. None of them puts apps onto the television in the living room.See alsoStreaming stickSmart TV platform

HDMI

The connection most devices in this catalog use to reach a television. What the specification defines is published by the HDMI Licensing Administrator, and that is the only source this site points at for it. One cable listed among the HDMI cables here is a DisplayPort to HDMI cable and is not the same thing.See alsoHDMI 2.1ARCeARCHDCPHDMI Licensing Administrator

HDMI 2.1

A version named by several cable listings in this catalog, usually alongside a bandwidth figure the seller has printed. This site quotes those figures and does not verify them. What the version actually covers is published by the specification body.See alsoHDMIeARCCL3 ratingHDMI Licensing Administrator, Ultra High Speed cable

ARC

Audio Return Channel, named by two sound bar listings in this catalog as a way of getting sound out of a television. Whether any particular television offers it is a question for that television, not for this site.See alsoeARCHDMIDolby AtmosHDMI Licensing Administrator

eARC

Named by most of the HDMI cable listings in this catalog. It appears as a claim on a cable listing, which is a statement by the seller about their product rather than a statement about the devices at either end of it.See alsoARCHDMI 2.1HDMIHDMI Licensing Administrator

HDCP

A content protection scheme named on several cable listings here, usually as a version number. This catalog records the version each seller printed and makes no claim about what it does in any particular setup.See alsoHDMIHDMI 2.1

Dolby Atmos

An audio format named by one player, one sound bar and one cable listing in this catalog. A cable stating a format is describing what it claims to carry; a bar stating one is describing what it claims to play.See alsoDTS Virtual:XARCDolby VisionDolby Atmos

DTS Virtual:X

An audio format named by exactly one sound bar listing in this catalog. As with every format name on this site, it is recorded because the listing states it, not because anybody here has listened to anything.See alsoDolby AtmosDTS Virtual:X

HDR10+

A high dynamic range format named by one player and one cable listing in this catalog. It sits alongside Dolby Vision on some listings and appears alone on others, and this site quotes whichever the seller printed.See alsoDolby Vision4K

Dolby Vision

A high dynamic range format named by two player listings in this catalog. A television listing here naming no HDR format at all is not a listing claiming there is none; it is a listing that did not raise the subject.See alsoHDR10+4KDolby Atmos

4K

A resolution named by many listings here. One Roku listing in this catalog names itself an HD product and calls itself a 4K device in the same description, so this site quotes both statements and treats neither as settled.See alsoRefresh rateHDR10+Dolby Vision

Refresh rate

The figure printed after a resolution on cable listings here, as in 4K at 120Hz. On a cable listing it is part of a claim about what the cable carries. This site records the figure and does not test it.See also4KHDMI 2.1

VESA

The standards body whose mounting interface figures appear on most bracket listings in this catalog, usually as a maximum in millimetres. Not one television listing here states a VESA pattern, so half of that comparison does not exist. This site gives no installation instructions of any kind; suitability is a matter for the manufacturer instructions and a qualified installer.See alsoTilt mountFull-motion mountStudTip-overVESA standards overview

Stud

A word that appears on bracket listings here as a spacing figure, and on one listing as something it claims not to need. This site records what each listing states and gives no instructions about walls, framing, fixings or drilling. That belongs to the manufacturer instructions and to a qualified installer.See alsoVESATip-overFull-motion mount

Tilt mount

A bracket whose listing states a low profile and an angle rather than arms. Three listings in this catalog describe themselves that way, with different stated ranges and capacities. Whether any of them suits a particular television is not something this site will say.See alsoFull-motion mountVESATip-over

Full-motion mount

A bracket whose listing states arms that swivel, tilt or extend. Six listings here describe themselves that way. The stated numbers differ from one to the next, which is why they are recorded per listing rather than as a group.See alsoTilt mountVESAStud

Tip-over

A television coming off a wall or off a stand. It is the one genuine danger in this catalog and it kills children. This site never confirms that a bracket suits a television, never estimates a television weight, and gives no installation instructions; the safety agency link on the front page is the source, and the work belongs to a qualified installer.See alsoVESAStudTilt mountFull-motion mount

Renewed

A stated seller condition, carried by one listing in this catalog. A renewed device is not a new device. What the condition covers and for how long is set by the seller program, and this site adds nothing to those terms.See alsoSmart TV platformStreaming stickAmazon Renewed

CL3 rating

A cable rating stated by one listing in this catalog in connection with running cable inside a wall. That work is governed by electrical code, in the United States by NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, as adopted locally. This site gives no instructions for it and does not confirm the rating.See alsoHDMI 2.1HDMINFPA 70, National Electrical Code