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GLOSSARY
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Digital audio - Audio in digital form. Digital audio con-
verts analog sound into a digital signal encoded as bits
of information.
Dolby Digital - A means of encoding multi-channel
audio, developed by Dolby Laboratories and accepted
as an international standard.
Down-conversion - The conversion from a
higher-resolution input signal number to a lower one.
PJrl_ _ The logo representing Dolby Digital.
DIGITAL
DTS - An abbreviation for Digital Theater Systems DTS
encoding provides a type of multi-channel surround
sound format used on certain CDs and many DVDs
- The logo representing DTS.
DVD - An abbreviation most commonly known to mean
digital video disc or digital versatile disc A DVD looks
like a CD but contains high-quality video and
multi-channel audio for movies
DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW - Abbreviations
for Recordable (R) and ReWriteable (RW) Digital Video
(or Versatile) Disc (DVD) Data can be added to a DVD-
R or +R once only, and to a DVD-RW or +RW more than
once.
DVD-ROM - The abbreviation for Read Only Memory
(ROM) on a Digital Video (or Versatile) Disc (DVD), which
allows no data to be added
DVD video - A standard for storing and reproducing
audio and video on DVD-ROM discs, based on MPEG
video, Dolby Digital audio, and other proprietary data
formats.
DVR - An abbreviation for Digital Video Recording,
sometimes used interchangeably with PVR, for
Personal Video Recording A DVR uses a hard drive, an
electronic program guide, and internal processing to
drastically simplify programmed recording and
playback of recorded programs
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