Notes On Terminology - Samsung MAX-DG89 User Manual

Notes on Terminology

ANGLE
CHAPTER
NUMBER
DVD
PCM
PBC
(PLAYBACK
CONTROL)
REGION NUMBER
SUBTITLES
TITLE NUMBER
TRACK NUMBER
VIDEO CD
RecordedontosomeDVDdiscsaresceneswhichhavebeensimultaneouslyshot
fromanumberofdifferentangles(thesamesceneisshotfromthefront,fromthe
left,fromtheright,etc.).
Withsuchdiscs,theAnglebuttoncanbeusedtochangetheangleofviewfor
specificscenes.
ThesenumbersarerecordedonDVDdiscs.ATitleissubdividedintomany
sections,eachofwhichisnumbered,andspecificpartsofthevideocanbe
searchedquicklyusingthesenumbers.
Ahigh-densityopticaldisconwhichhigh-qualitypicturesandsoundhavebeen
recordedbymeansofdigitalsignals.Incorporatinganewvideocompression
technology(MPEG-2)andhigh-densityrecordingtechnology,aDVDdisc
comprisestwo0.6mmthickdiscsbondedtogether.
AnacronymforPulseCodeModulation-anothernamefordigitalaudio.
ThisisrecordedonavideoCD(version2.0).Selectedscenesorinformationcan
bechosenfromthemenudisplayedontheTVmonitor.
BoththeDVDplayerandDVDdiscsareencodedwitharegionnumber.
IftheregionnumberontheDVDdiscdoesnotcorrespondtotheregionnumber
oftheDVDplayer,theplayercannotplaythedisc.
Translatedappearingatthebottomofthescreen.ADVDdisccancontainupto
32subtitlelanguages.
ThesenumbersarerecordedonDVDdiscs.Whenadisccontainstwoormore
movies,thesemoviesarenumberedasTitle1,Title2,etc.
Thesenumbersareassignedtothetrackswhicharerecordedonvideoand
audioCDs.Theyenablespecifictrackstobelocatedquickly.
Containsrecordingsofpicturesandsoundwhosequalityisroughlycomparable
tothatofvideotape.
ThisplayeralsosupportsvideoCDswithplaybackcontrol(version2.0).
5.1(or6)ChannelDigitalSurroundsoundreproducedfromDVDsandLDs
recordedasadigitalsignals(withdiscmarking).Withbettersoundquality,
dynamicrange,anddirectionalitythantraditionalDolbysurroundtechnology,you
canenjoydynamic,realisticsound.
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