Philips DVDR3360H User Manual page 89

Frequently Asked Questions
Some recordings listed on the HDD
menu cannot be played or copied to
disc.
Some TV broadcasts or videos from external
device that are recorded to this recorder may
contain copy protection signals. Such material
cannot be played back from the HDD or
copied to a recordable DVD.
The copy-protected recordings are marked
with the icon C in the HDD menu. They are
either fully protected (copy never) or partially
protected (copy once). For partially protected
recording, playback is possible but once copied
to a recordable DVD, the recording will be
removed from the HDD.
What is HDMI?
High-Defi nition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high defi nition video and digital
multichannel audio. It delivers perfect picture
and sound quality, completely free from noise.
HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI.
As required by the HDMI standard, connecting
to HDMI or DVI products without HDCP
(High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
will result in no Video or Audio output.
What is video upscalling?
With Video Upscalling you can increase the
resolution of the DVD video signals from SD
(Standard Defi nition) to HD (High Defi nition).
The High Defi nition output can only fed
through the YPbPr and HDMI connections.
This recorder allows you to increase the
picture resolution up to 720p and 1080i.
Before adjusting the setting, make sure that
your television is able to support the video
resolution or standard.
What is Pixel Plus?
Philips' Pixel Plus technology is an adaptive
method of improving the picture quality of
output signals from any source such as TV
reception, satellite receiver inputs, DVD
recordings and DVD playback at any quality
level. The picture quality of processed video
signals is analysed and dependent on the
degree of disturbances,
Philips proprietary noise reduction, time-base
correction and sharpness improvement is
applied automatically on the output signal.
This results in superior quality video output
from the HDMI output on any HDMI TV and
Philips' Pixel Plus TVs.
What is DVB?
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a standard
for digital television maintained by the DVB
Project. This recorder has an integrated digital
TV tuner (DVB-T) that enables reception of
free digital video and radio broadcasts via a
terrestrial antenna. It offers the best possible
digital audio and video quality. More stations
can be transmitted in the same frequency band
and additional media services such as city
guides, web-content are possible. The number
of these free-to-air stations might vary from
country to country.
What is 5.1-channel recording?
Digital 5.1-channel recording lets you capture
the original sound from digital multi-channel
sources such as the Cable Box/Satellite
Receiver, when you record a video that
produces the full cinema sound experience
(Dolby Digital, DTS surround or DTS ES,
Dolby Digital EX). 5.1-channel recording is
only possible in HQ and SP recording mode.
What is MHEG?
Multimedia and Hypermedia information
coding Expert Group is the ISO/IEC/JTC1SC
29 working group, which provides standards
for the coded representation of multimedia
hypermedia information objects that are
interchanged among applications and services
using a variety of media. The objects defi ne
the structure of a multimedia hypermedia
presentation.
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