Yamaha aventage bd-a1040 Owner's Manual page 102

Glossary
FLAC
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open file
format for lossless audio data compression. While
inferior in compression rate to other lossy compressed
audio formats, it can often provide higher audio quality.
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an
interface that supports both video and audio on a single
digital connection. The HDMI connection carries
standard to high definition video signals and multi-
channel audio signals to AV components such as HDMI
equipped TVs, in digital form without degradation.
Letterbox (LB 4:3)
A screen size with black bars on the top and bottom of
the image to allow viewing of wide-screen (16:9)
material on a connected 4:3 TV.
Linear PCM Sound
Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio
CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The sound
on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits.
(Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 96
kHz with 24 bits on DVD discs and between 48 kHz
with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits on Blu-ray Discs.)
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Mac address
The Mac address is a unique value assigned to a network
device for identification purposes.
Pan Scan (PS 4:3)
A screen size that cuts off the sides of the image to allow
viewing of wide-screen (16:9) material on a connected
4:3 TV.
Subtitles
These are the lines of text appearing at the bottom of the
screen which translate or transcribe the dialog. They are
recorded on many DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
x.v.Color
x.v.Color reproduces a greater range of color than
before, showing almost all of the colors that the human
eye can detect.