Glossary
Analog: Sound that has not been turned into MP3: A
numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound compression system. MP3 is the abbreviation of
has speci
audio through two channels, the left and right.Audio Layer 3. By using MP3 format, one CD-R or
CD-RW can contain about 10 times as much data English
Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and volume as a regular CD can.
horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The
horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional TVs. is Parental Control: A function of the DVD to
4:3, and that of wide-screens is 16:9.limit playback of the disc by the age of the users
according to the limitation level in each country.
AUDIO OUT Jacks: Jacks on the back of the The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it is
DVD System that send audio to another system activated, playback will be prohibited if the
(TV, Stereo, etc.).softwares level is higher than the user-set level.
Bit Rate: The amount of data used to hold a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation): A system for
given length of music; measured in kilobits per converting analog sound signal to digital signal for
seconds, or kbps. Or, the speed at which you later processing, with no data compression used in
record. Generally, the higher the bit rate, or the conversion.
higher the recording speed, the better the sound
quality. However, higher bit rates use more space Playback control (PBC): Refers to the signal
on a Disc.recorded on video CDs or SVCDs for controlling
reproduction. By using menu screens recorded on
Chapter: Sections of a picture or a music piece a Video CD or SVCD that supports PBC, you can
on a DVD that are smaller than titles. A title is enjoy interactive-type software as well as software
composed of several chapters. Each chapter is having a search function.
assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate
the chapter you want.Progressive Scan: It displays all the horizontal
lines of a picture at one time, as a signal frame.
Component Video Out Jacks: Jacks on the This system can convert the interlaced video from
back of the DVD System that send high-quality DVD into progressive format for connection to a
video to a TV that has Component Video In jacks progressive display. It dramatically increases the
(R/G/B, Y/Pb/Pr, etc.).vertical resolution.
Disc menu: A screen display prepared for Region code: A system for allowing discs to be
allowing selection of images, sounds, subtitles, played back only in the region designated
multi-angles, etc recorded on a DVD.beforehand. This unit will only play discs that have
compatible region codes. You can
Digital: Sound that has been converted into code of your unit by looking on the product label.
numerical values. Digital sound is available when Some discs are compatible with more than one
you use the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL or region (or ALL regions).
OPTICAL jacks. These jacks send audio through
multiple channels, instead of just two channels as Title: The longest section of a picture or music
analog does.feature on DVD, music, etc., in video software, or
the entire album in audio software. Each title is
Dolby Digital: A surround sound system assigned a title number enabling you to locate the
developed by Dolby Laboratories containing up to title you want.
six channels of digital audio (front left and right,
surround left and right, center and subwoofer).TV OUT jack: Jack on the back of the DVD
System that sends video to a TV.
DTS: Digital Theatre Systems. This is a surround
sound system, but it is different from Dolby WMA: Windows Media Audio. Refers to an
Digital. The formats were developed by different audio compression technology developed by
companies.Microsoft Corporation. WMA data can be
encoded by using Windows Media Player version 9
JPEG: A very common digital still picture format. or Windows Media Player for Windows XP. Files
A still-picture data compression system proposed are recognized by their
by the Joint Photographic Expert Group, which
features small decrease in image quality in spite of
its high compression ratio.
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