LG DP8821 Owner's Manual page 6

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Before Use (Continued)
Storing Discs
After playing,
store
the disc in its
case.
Do
not
expose the disc
to
direct
sunlight
or sources
of heat and
never
leave it in
a
parked
car
exposed to
direct
sunlight.
Cleaning Discs
Fingerprints and dust
on
the disc
can cause poor
picture quality and
sound distortion. Before
playing,
clean the disc with
a
clean cloth.
Wipe
the disc from the
center out.
Do
not
use strong
solvents such
as
alcohol, benzine, thinner, commercial-
ly
available cleaners,
or
anti-static spray intended for older
vinyl
records.
Disc-related
terms
DVD±R/DVD±RW
DVD -R and DVD +R
are
two
different standards for recordable DVD
drives and discs. This format allows information
to
be recorded
onto
the
DVD disc
only
once.
DVD +RW and DVD -RW
are
two
standards for
re-writable media,
meaning
the DVD
content
can
be erased and
re-
recorded.
VCD (Video CD)
A VCD holds up
to
74 minutes (650 MB disc)
or
80 minutes (700 MB
disc)
of MPEG-1 full-motion video
along
with
quality stereo
sound.
MPEG
MPEG is
an
international standard for video and audio
compression.
MPEG-1 is used in encoding video for VCD and provides for multichan-
nel surround sound
coding
such
as
PCM, Dolby Digital,
DTS and MPEG
audio.
MP3
MP3 is
a
popular compression
format used for digital audio files that
yields
very
high near-CD
quality.
WMA
Windows media audio file. A
type
of
coding / decoding developed by
Microsoft
Corp.
JPEG
Joint Pictures Expert Group. JPEG is
a
compressed file format that
allows you
to
save
images
with
no
limit
on
the number of colors.
DivX
DivX is the
name
of
a
revolutionary
new
video codec which is based
on
the
new
MPEG-4
compression
standard for video.You will be able
to
play
DivX movies
using
this DVD
player.