G L Ossar Y - LiteOn LVW-5006 User Manual

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480i / 480p
I ndi cat es t he num ber of scanni ng l i nes and scanni ng f or m at of an
i m age si gnal .
480i i ndi cat es 480 scanni ng l i nes w i t h i nt er l ace f or m at , and 480p
i ndi cat es 480 scanni ng l i nes w i t h pr ogr essi ve f or m at .
A spect rat i o
Aspect r at i o r ef er s t o t he l engt h t o hei ght r at i o of TV scr eens. The
r at i o of a st andar d TV i s 4: 3, w hi l e t he r at i o of a hi gh- def i ni t i on or
w i de TV i s 16: 9. The l et t er box al l ow s you t o enj oy a pi ct ur e w i t h a
wi der per spect i ve.
B i t st ream
The di gi t al f or m of m ul t i - channel audi o dat a ( e. g. , 5. 1- channel )
bef or e i t i s decoded i nt o i t s var i ous channel s.
C hapt er / Ti t l e
C hapt er i s t he sm al l est di vi si on and t i t l e i s t he l ar gest di vi si on on a
D VD VI D EO . A chapt er i s a di vi si on of a t i t l e and si m i l ar t o a t r ack
f or Vi deo CD or Audi o CD.
C om ponent vi deo
Vi deo si gnal s w i t h t hr ee channel s of separ at e i nf or m at i on t hat
m akes up t he pi ct ur e. Ther e ar e som e t ypes of com ponent vi deo,
such as R / G / B and Y/ C b( Pb) / C r ( Pr ) .
C om posi t e vi deo
A si ngl e vi deo si gnal com m onl y used i n m ost consum er vi deo
pr oduct s t hat cont ai ns al l l um i nance, col or , and synchr oni zat i on
i nf or m at i on.
D ol by D i gi t al ®
A si x- channel syst em consi st i ng of l ef t , cent er , r i ght , l ef t r ear , r i ght
r ear and LFE ( Low - Fr equency Ef f ect channel , f or use w i t h a sub-
w oof er ) channel s. I t r equi r es a D ol by D i gi t al ® decoder , ei t her i n t he
pl ayer or i n an ext er nal r ecei ver t o r egener at e t he sound. Al l
pr ocessi ng i s done i n t he di gi t al dom ai n.
N ot al l D ol by D i gi t al di scs cont ai n si x ( 5. 1) channel s of i nf or m at i on.
D TS® ( D i gi t al Theat er Syst em s)
D TS® st ands f or D i gi t al Theat er Syst em s. D TS® i s a D i gi t al
Sur r ound audi o encodi ng f or m at conf i gur ed wi t h si x ( 5. 1) channel s,
si m i l ar t o D ol by D i gi t al ® . I t r equi r es a D TS® decoder , ei t her i n t he
pl ayer or i n an ext er nal r ecei ver t o r egener at e t he sound. Al l
pr ocessi ng i s done i n t he di gi t al dom ai n.
N ot al l D TS di scs cont ai n si x ( 5. 1) channel s of i nf or m at i on.
D VD - R
D VD - R i s a r ecor dabl e di sc t hat i s t he sam e si ze as a D VD - Vi deo.
C ont ent s can be r ecor ded onl y once t o a D VD - R , and w i l l have t he
sam e f or m at as a D VD - Vi deo.
DVD- RW
D VD - R W i s a r ecor dabl e and r ew r i t abl e di sc t hat i s t he sam e si ze
as a D VD - Vi deo. D VD - R W has t w o di f f er ent m odes: VR m ode and
Vi deo m ode. D VD cr eat ed i n vi deo m ode has t he sam e f or m at as a
D VD - Vi deo , w hi l e di scs cr eat ed i n VR ( Vi deo R ecor di ng) m ode al l ow
t he cont ent s t o be pr ogr am m ed or edi t ed
DVD+R
D VD +R i s a r ecor dabl e di sc t hat i s t he sam e si ze as a D VD - Vi deo.
C ont ent s can be r ecor ded onl y once t o a D VD +R , and w i l l have t he
sam e f or m at as a D VD - Vi deo.
DVD+RW
D VD +R W i s a r ecor dabl e and r ew r i t abl e di sc. D VD +R W use a
r ecor di ng f or m at t hat i s com par abl e t o a D VD - Vi deo f or m at .
I nt erl ace out put
N TSC , t he vi deo si gnal st andar d, has 480 i nt er l aced ( I ) scan l i nes,
The I nt er l aced scanni ng syst em pl aces l i nes of t he second hal f of
t he pi ct ur e i n- bet w een l i nes of t he f i r st hal f of t he pi ct ur e.
JPEG
A popul ar f i l e f or m at f or st i l l i m age com pr essi on and st or age.
JPEG st ands f or " Joi nt Phot ogr aphi c Exper t s G r oup" . Ther e ar e
t hr ee sub- t ypes of t he JPEG f or m at as f ol l ow s.
• Basel i ne JPEG : used f or di gi t al cam er as, t he w eb, et c.
• Lossl ess JPEG : an ol d t ype, r ar el y used now .
Li near PC M audi o
PC M st ands f or " Pul se C ode M odul at i on" . Li near PC M i s t he usual
m et hod f or di gi t al l y encodi ng audi o w i t hout com pr essi on, and i s
used f or t he audi o t r acks on D VD VI D EO di scs, Audi o C D s, et c.
M P 3
M P3 ( M PEG 1 audi o l ayer 3) i s a com pr essed audi o f i l e f or m at .
Fi l es ar e r ecogni zed by t hei r f i l e ext ensi on " . m p3"or" . M P3" .
M PEG
M PEG st ands f or "M ovi ng Pi ct ur e Exper t s G r oup" . Thi s i s an
i nt er nat i onal st andar d f or com pr essi on of m ovi ng i m ages.
O n som e D VD s, di gi t al audi o has been com pr essed and r ecor ded
i n t hi s f or m at .
N TSC ( N at i onal Tel evi si on Syst em C om m i t t ee)
The i ni t i al s st and f or N at i onal Tel evi si on St andar ds Com m i t t ee. Thi s
i s t he com m i t t ee t hat est abl i shed t he st andar ds f or t el evi si on
syst em s i n t he U ni t ed St at es. The N TSC st andar d br oadcast s 525
or 480 l i nes of r esol ut i on per second, and 30 f r am es per second of
r ef r esh r at e, 60 H z f i el d f r equency. N TSC TV syst em i s w i del y
used i n U SA, C anada, Lat i n Am er i ca and Tai wan et c.
PA L ( Phase A l t ernat i on by Li ne)
PAL ( Phase Al t er at i on Li ne) i s t he col or t el evi si on br oadcast
st andar d t hr oughout t he W est er n Eur ope ( except i n Fr ance, w her e
SEC AM i s t he st andar d) , Aust r al i a, C hi na, Si ngapor e and M al aysi a
et c. I t has 625 l i nes of ver t i cal r esol ut i on per second and 25 f r am es
per second r ef r esh r at e, 50 H z f i el d f r equency.
PB C
Pl ayback C ont r ol . A speci al f eat ur e on a Vi deo C D or Super VC D
t hat enabl es i nt er act i ve use.
S - V i deo
A vi deo si gnal whi ch i m pr oves pi ct ur e qual i t y over st andar d
com posi t e connect i ons. U sed on Super VH S, D VD , hi gh end TV
m oni t or s, et c.
Track
SVC D , VC D , Audi o C D di scs use t r acks t o di vi de up t he cont ent of
a di sc.
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