microdisplay - Type of fixed-pixel projection television that uses a chip illuminated by a lamp to produce the image--as opposed to projection technologies that use CRTs. Examples include DLP, LCD, and LCoS rear-projection HDTVs.
MPAA - Motion Picture Association of America. Industry association for producers of motion pictures.
MPEG - Moving Pictures Experts Group. Pronounced EM-peg, this group establishes standards in computerized digital video compression and reproduction.
MPEG-2 - Moving Picture Experts Group-2. Video-compression scheme used to condense digital video content for broadcast over thin TV bandwidths or via the Internet, and to squeeze full-length digital films onto a DVD.
MPEG-4 - Advanced compression scheme finalized October 1998, designed to enable transmission and reception of high-quality audio and video over the Internet and next-generation mobile telephones; potentially enables mobile video phones, video e-mail, and cordless video cameras. Two major versions are MPEG-4 Simple Profile for low-resolution digital video content, usually for distribution over the Internet, and MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding), which offers faster and higher-quality compression than MPEG-2 for HDTV content.
multipath - See ghosting.


