Philips FW-V39/21M User Manual page 2

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Optimum disc playability :
ensuring excellent picture quality
Philips components and modules for the
various CD applications have always
enjoyed an excellent reputation in the
market place for super disc playability - the
ability to play discs which may be
scratched, soiled or not fully according to
the standard specification. This position
has been underlined by tests showing the
superior performance of the various Philips
players, as well as by the positive
experiences of millions of individual
consumers around the world.
Constantly improving performance
As the penetration of the CD system has
increased, and new applications like CD-
ROM and Video CD have become
commonplace, Philips Components - as the
CD technology inventor and as one of the
major suppliers of CD player modules in the
industry - has constantly improved the
performance of its products.
One of the ways in which this benefits
users is by optimum disc playability. This is
an important parameter for CD players
other than CD Audio, and especially for the
Video CD applications, because any loss of
data from the disc will at best cause
disturbances in the reproduced picture, and
at worst can cause the player to lose track
so that disc playing fails.
® ErCoS is a registered trademark of Philips Electronics N.V.
6/8/01, 9:00 AM
Presenting Super Error Correction
To ensure consistently good results when
playing Video CD discs of all quality grades
and conditions, Philips has introduced
further improvements in the system's
playability. These developments together
are called Super Error Correction, a
proprietary Philips technology optimizing
the system's ability to handle less-than-
perfect discs with the minimum
disturbance to normal playing.
By effectively eliminating virtually all errors
arising under normal playing conditions,
Super Error Correction ensures that the
picture quality as seen by the user is
independent of disc play. The video
encoding and processing during mastering
of the disc, and the MPEG-1 decoding and
video encoding in the signal processing
stages, are now the only limiting factors for
picture quality.
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