Glossary - Sony STR-DG820 Operating Instructions Manual

Glossary
• Cinema Studio EX
A surround sound mode that can be regarded
as the compilation of Digital Cinema Sound
technology, delivers the sound of a clubbing
theater using three technologies: "Virtual
Multi Dimensions," "Screen Depth Matching,"
and "Cinema Studio Reverberation."
"Virtual Multi Dimensions," the virtual
speaker technology, creates a virtual multi-
surround environment with actual speakers up
to 7.1 channels, and brings the surround sound
experience of a theater with the latest facilities
into your home.
"Screen Depth Matching" reproduces treble
attenuation, fullness, and depth of sound
usually created in a theater using sound
emission from behind the screen. This is then
added to the front and center channels.
"Cinema Studio Reverberation" reproduces
the sound characteristics of state-of-the-art
dubbing theaters and recording studios,
including Sony Pictures Entertainment's
clubbing studios. There are three modes, A/B/
C, available according to the studio type.
• Component video
A format for transmitting video signal
information consisting of three separate
signals: luminance Y, chrominance Pb, and
chrominance Pr. High quality pictures, such as
DVD video or HDTV pictures, are transmitted
more faithfully. The three jacks are color -
coded green, blue and red.
• Composite video
A standard format for transmitting video
signal information. The lmninance signal Y
and chrominance signal C are combined and
transmitted together.
• Deep Color
Video signals t_r which the color depth of
signals passing through an HDMI jack have
been raised.
The number of colors that could be expressed
by 1 pixel was 24 bits (16,777,216 colors) with
the current HDMI jack. However, the number
of colors which can be expressed by 1 pixel
will be 36 bits, etc., when the receiver
corresponds to Deep Color.
Since the gradation of the depth of a color can
be expressed more finely with more bits,
continuous color changes can be more
smoothly expressed.
• Digital Cinema Sound (DCS)
A unique sound reproduction technology for
home theater developed by Sony, in
cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment,
for enjoying the exciting and powerfld sound
of movie theaters at home. With this "Digital
Cinema Sound" developed by integrating a
DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and measured
data, the ideal sound field intended by
filnmmkers can be experienced at home.
• Dolby Digital
Digital audio encoding/decoding teclmology
developed by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. It
consists of front (left/right), center, surround
(left/right) and subwoofer channels. It is a
designated audio standard for DVD video and
also known as 5.1 channel surround. Since
surround information is recorded and
reproduced in stereo, more realistic sound with
fuller presence is delivered than with Dolby
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• Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus provides the flexibility :rod
efficiency to deliver more channels of
compelling surround sound for high-definition
video media. Its superior coding efficiencies
enable up to 7. Ich of high-quality
nmltichannel audio without negatively
impacting bit budgets allocated for video
performance or additional feature sets.
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