Glossary - Philips DVDR3435H User Manual

Glossary

Analog: Sound that has not been turned into
numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital
sound has specific numerical values. These
jacks send audio through two channels, the
left and right.
Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and
horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The
horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional
TVs. is 4:, and that of wide-screens is 16:9.
AUDIO OUT Jacks: Red and white jacks
on the back of the system that send audio to
another system (TV, Stereo, etc.)
Chapter: Sections of a picture or a music
piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles.
A title is composed of several chapters.
Each chapter is assigned a chapter number
enabling you to locate the chapter you want.
Component Video Out Jacks: Jacks on
the back of the DVD System that send high-
quality video to a TV that has Component
Video In jacks (R/G/B, Y/Pb/Pr, etc.)
Digital: Sound that has been converted into
numerical values. Digital sound is available
when you use the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
COAXIAL. These jacks send audio through
multiple channels, instead of just two chan-
nels as analog does.
Disc menu: A screen display prepared for
allowing selection of images, sounds, subtitles,
multi-angles, etc recorded on a DVD.
DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x: The DivX code is a
patent-pending, MPEG-4 based video com-
pression technology, developed by DivXNet-
works Inc., that can shrink digital video to
sizes small enough to be transported over
the internet, while maintaining high visual
quality.
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Dolby Digital: A surround sound system
developed by Dolby Laboratories containing
up to six channels of digital audio (front left
and right, surround left and right, center and
subwoofer.)
DTS: Digital Theatre Systems. This is a sur-
round sound system, but it is different from
Dolby Digital. The formats were developed by
different companies.
Index Picture Screen: A screen that gives
an overview of a DVD±RW or DVD±R. An
Index Picture represents each recording.
JPEG: A very common digital still picture
format. A still-picture data compression
system proposed by the Joint Photographic
Expert Group, which features small decrease
in image quality in spite of its high compres-
sion ratio.
MP3: A file format with a sound data com-
pression system. "MP" is the abbreviation of
Motion Picture Experts Group 1 (or MPEG-
1) Audio Layer . By using the MP format,
one CD-R or CD-RW can contain about 10
times more data then a regular CD.
MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Group. A
collection of compression systems for digital
audio and video.
Multichannel: DVDs are formatted to have
each sound track constitute one sound field.
Multichannel refers to a structure of sound
tracks having three or more channels.
PBC: Playback Control. Refers to the signal
recorded on video CDs or SVCDs for
controlling playback. By using menu screens
recorded on a Video CD or SVCD that sup-
ports PBC, you can enjoy interactive playback
and searching.
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