Reality Reproduced: Super Audio Cd; The Next Standard: Hybrid Disc; Sacd: Reality In Sound - Philips DVD763SA/751 Quick Start Manual

Reality reproduced: Super Audio
CD
The future in digital sound reproduction is no
longer limited to a closely simulating of reality.
The new audio standard IS reality! The human
ear is no longer capable of distinguishing audible
reality from digital reproduction. At Philips the
future starts today with the Super Audio
Compact Disc player. This Super Audio CD
player combines superior sound quality with the
possibility of playing almost all existing audio and
video formats with a single player.
The Super Audio standard is based on Direct
Stream Digital (DSD) technology. This new
direct-stream digital format comprises a 1-bit
system that has a digital sampling frequency that
is 64 times higher than that of conventional
audio CD. The results are spectacular : a
frequency response of over 50k Hz and a 120dB
dynamic range over the entire audible spectrum.
Mixed with as many of the original frequencies as
possible, the audio information audible for
human ears sounds much more natural.

The next standard: hybrid disc

The Super Audio CD is the evolution of the CD
that provides ultra-high-quality sound. Additional
features, including multi-channel, can be offered.
On the high density (HD) Super Audio CD you
may have access to separate areas, containing
two-channel stereo and multi-channel.
But that is not all! The hybrid version of the
SACD guarantees backward compatibility with
the installed base of CD and DVD players. In
addition to the HD layer, the hybrid disc contains
a standard density CD layer with conventional
two-channel stereo CD audio information. The
two layers are read from the same side of the
disc. The HD layer is read by and DVD laser. The
bottom reflective layer with conventional CD
sound is read by the CD laser through the
second, semi-transmissive HD layer.
SACD Disc Types
Dual layer Disc
Single layer Disc
HD layer HD layer
Hybrid layer Disc
CD layer HD layer
Introduction
SACD: reality in sound...and
vision
This SACD player will not only surprise you with
its superior reproduction of almost all existing
audio formats. Connected to your TV, your
SACD player presents VCD and DVD-video
information as perfect digital studio-quality
images with truly 3-dimensional digital multi-
channel audio.
Super Audio CD
You will recognize Super Audio CDs by the logo.
There are three types of Super Audio CDs:
single-layer, dual-layer and hybrid discs. Each type
may contain two areas of recorded information:
a High Quality Stereo area and a High Quality
Multi-channel area.
– The single layer disc may contain both
information areas.
– The dual layer disc may contain both
information areas but a double amount of
information can be stored on the disc thanks to
the second layer.
– The hybrid disc may contain not only both
information areas but also a second, standard
CD layer, making it playable on standard CD
players.
Recorded information may vary per area. This is
indicated in the disc inlay. Areas can be selected
separately before or during playback, while
playing Super Audio CDs via the remote control
or via the On-Screen Display on your TV.
1 CD Layer that plays on any of
your existing CD players
High Density layer containing:
2 - High Quality DSD Stereo
3 - High Quality DSD Multi-channel
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