Panasonic DVD-LA95 Operating Instructions Manual page 45

Pan&Scan/Letterbox
Ingeneral, DVD-Video areproduced with
the intention t hat theybe viewed on a
widescreen television withanaspect ratio of
16:9. This means y oucanview most m ater-
ial withthe intended aspect r atioon a
widescreen television.
Material with thisratio willnot f itonto astan-
dardtelevision withanaspect ratioof4:3.
Two stylesof picture, " Pan&Scan" and
"Letterbox", deal w iththis problem.
Pan&Scan: The sides a recutoffsothepic-
ture fillsthescreen.
Letterbox: Black bands appear a tthetop
andbottom ofthepicture s othe
picture itselfappears i n an as-
pect r atio of16:9.
Playback c ontrol ( PBC)
IfaVideo CDhasplayback control, youcan
select s cenes a ndinformation withmenus
(called m enu play inthese instructions).
Playlist
This isa collection ofscenes. Itenables you
toplay these scenes i nsuccession ortose-
lectspecific ones toplay.
Program
This is a division on DVD-RAM.
Sampling rate
This is the number of samples of sound
taken per second during conversion to a
digital signal. Sampling frequency is ex-
pressed in kilohertz (kHz). A high sampling
frequency results in a sound close to the
original when played back.
Title/Chapter
DVD-Video are divided up into large
sections, titles, and smaller sections,
chapters. The numbers allocated to these
sections are called title numbers and
chapter numbers.
Track
This is the smallest division on DVD-Audio,
CD, and Video CD, and usually equates to a
single song.
Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, and 4,819,098,
licensed for limited viewing uses only.
This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method
claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by
Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection
technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home
and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision
Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.
Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories.
"Dolby", "Pro Logic" and the double-D
symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
Manufactured under license from Digital
Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No.
5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380,
5,978,762 and other world-wide patents
issued and pending. "DTS" and "DTS
Digital Surround" are registered trade-
marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
@ 1996, 2000 Digital Theater Systems,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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