MPEG AUDIORegions
International standard coding system to compress audioThese associate discs and players with particular areas of the
digital signals authorized by ISO/IEC. MPEG 1 conforms to upworld. This unit will only play discs that have compatible
to 2-channel stereo. MPEG 2 used on DVDs conforms to upregion codes. You can find the region code of your unit by
to 7.1-channel surround.looking on the rear panel. Some discs are compatible with
This player can convert MPEG audio to PCM format.more than one region (or all regions).
MPEG VIDEOSampling frequency
The video format used for Video CDs and DVDs. Video CDThe rate at which sound is measured to be turned into digital
uses the older MPEG-1 standard, while DVD uses the neweraudio data. The higher the rate, the better the sound quality,
and much better quality MPEG-2 standard.but the more digital information is generated. Standard CD
audio has a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz, which means
44,100 samples (measurements) per second.
Multi-angle function
Various angles, or viewpoints of the video camera, for a scene
are recorded on some DVDsSlideshow
A feature of some DVD discs in which still pictures recorded
on the disc cycle automatically as the audio is played.
Multilingual function
Several languages for the sound or subtitles in a picture are
recorded on some DVDs.Title
The longest sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD-
Video; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software; or
Parental Controlan album, etc., for a music piece on an audio software disc.
A function of the DVD-Video to limit playback of the disc byEach title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the
the age of the users according to the limitation level in eachtitle you want.
country. The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it is
activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent scenes
are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.Track
Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD, Super Audio
CD, DVD-Audio or Video CD. Each track is assigned a track
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)number enabling you to locate the track you want.
The most common system of encoding digital audio, found
on CDs and DAT. Excellent quality, but requires a lot of data
compared to formats such as Dolby Digital and MPEG audio.Video CD
For compatibility with digital audio recorders (CD, MD andA compact disc that contains moving pictures.
DAT) and AV amplifiers with digital inputs, this unit canThe picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the
convert Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio to PCM.worldwide standards of digital compression technology.
The picture data is compressed to about 1/140 of its original
size. Consequently, a 12 cm Video Disc can contain up to 74
PBC (PlayBack Control)minutes of moving pictures.
A system of navigating a Video CD through on-screen menusVideo CDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds outside
the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds
recorded onto the disc.
we can hear are not compressed. Video CDs can hold 6 times
the audio information of conventional audio CDs.
There are 2 versions of Video CDs, and this system conforms
PureCinemato both versions.
Video on a DVD discs may be either video material (originally
shot on video) or film material (originally shot on film). VideoY Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and sounds.
Y Version 2.0: You can play high-resolution still pictures and
material has a frame rate of 30 frames/sec.(NTSC), comparedenjoy PBC functions.
with 24 frames/sec. for film. This player converts film material
to 60 frames/sec. (in progressive scan mode). PureCinema
adjusts the picture so that it matches more closely the picture
quality of a cinema screen.
You can see whether video on a DVD disc is film or video
material by displaying the video transmission rate (see page
30). If # appears above the transmission rate display, it is film
material.
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