DVD TERMINOLOGY
Since they share some of the characteristics and tech-Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entire movie
nology of CD players, many of the terms and opera-or program. There may be as many chapters within a
tional concepts used in a DVD player are similar totitle as the producers decide to include. Most discs
what you may be familiar with from CD players andinclude only one title, but some may have more than
changers, or older video disc formats such as Laserone, to give you a ODouble Feature� presentation or to
Disc. However, if this is your first DVD product, someinclude other special features. Press the Title Button
of the terms used to describe the features of a DVD3 to see a listing of the titles on a disc. When a disc
player may be unfamiliar. The following explanationshas only one title, pressing the Title Button 3 may
should solve some of the mysteries of DVD, and helpshow a list of the chapters.
you to enjoy all the power and flexibility of the DVD
format and the DVD 101.Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to show up
to four different views of the same scene in a pro-
Aspect Ratio: This is a description of the width of agram. When a disc is encoded with multiple-angle
video image in relation to its height. A conventionalinformation, pressing the Angle Button 4 will
video screen is four units wide for every three units ofenable you to switch between these different views.
height, making it almost square. Newer wide-aspect-Note that, at present, few discs take advantage of this
ratio video displays are 16 units wide for every ninecapability and, when they do, the multiple-angle tech-
units of height, making them more like the screen in anology may only be present for short periods of time
movie theater. The program material on a DVD may bewithin the disc. Producers will usually insert some sort
recorded in either format and, in addition, you mayof icon or graphic in the picture to alert you to the
configure the DVD 101 to play back in either format,availability of multiple-angle scenes.
depending on the features recorded on a disc.
Reading: This is a message that you will see when
Chapter: DVD programs are divided into chapters andyou first press the Play Button 3G. It refers to
titles. Chapters are the subsections programmed into athe fact that the player must first examine the contents
single title on a disc. Chapters may be compared toof the disc to see whether it is a CD or DVD, and then
the individual tracks on an audio CD. Press the Menuextract the information about the type of material on
Button B to see a listing of the chapters on a disc.the disc, such as languages, aspect ratios, subtitles,
number of titles and more. The slight delay while the
Component Video: This form of video signal contents of the disc are read is normal.
eliminates many of the artifacts of traditional composite
video signals by splitting the signal into a separateResume: The operation of the Stop Button 5I
luminance channel (the "Y" signal channel) and twoon the DVD 101 works differently from what you are
color-difference signals (the Pr and Pb signal used to on CD players. On a traditional CD player,
channels). With a component video connection, youwhen you press the Stop button, the unit does just
will see greater picture resolution and eliminate manythat: it stops playback. On a CD player, when you press
picture imperfections such as the moirŽ patterns oftenthe Start button again, the disc starts from the begin-
seen on check-patterned cloth. However, in order toning. With the DVD 101, however, you have two
benefit from component video you must have a videooptions when playing DVD discs. Pressing the Stop
display with Y/Pr/Pb component video inputs. Do not Button 5I once will stop the playback, but it
connect the component video outputs of the DVD 101actually puts the unit in the Resume mode. This means
to the standard composite or S-Video inputs of a TVthat you can turn the machine off and, when you
or recorder.press the Play Button 3G the next time, the disc
will resume or continue from the point on the disc
where the Stop Button 5I was pressed. This is
helpful if you are watching a movie and must interrupt
your viewing session but wish to pick up where you
left off. Pressing the Stop Button 5I twice will
stop the machine in a traditional manner and, when
the disc is played again, it will start from the beginning.
6 DVD TERMINOLOGY |
ACEC
HARMAN KARDON
