Philips FW-V39 Manual page 2

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Optimum disc playability : Constantly improving performance
ensuring excellent picture quality As the penetration of the CD system has
increased, and new applications like CD-
Philips components and modules for the
ROM and Video CD have become
various CD applications have always
commonplace, Philips Components - as the
enjoyed an excellent reputation in the
CD technology inventor and as one of the
market place for super disc playability - the
major suppliers of CD player modules in the
ability to play discs which may be
industry - has constantly improved the
scratched, soiled or not fully according to
performance of its products.
the standard specification. This position
has been underlined by tests showing the One of the ways in which this benefits
superior performance of the various Philips users is by optimum disc playability. This is
players, as well as by the positive an important parameter for CD players
experiences of millions of individual other than CD Audio, and especially for the
consumers around the world. Video CD applications, because any loss of
data from the disc will at best cause
disturbances in the reproduced picture, and
at worst can cause the player to lose track
so that disc playing fails.
Presenting Super Error Correction
To ensure consistently good results when
playing Video CD discs of all quality grades
and conditions, Philips has introduced
further improvements in the system's
playability. These developments together
are called Super Error Correction, a
proprietary Philips technology optimizing
the system's ability to handle less-than-
perfect discs with the minimum
disturbance to normal playing.
By effectively eliminating virtually all errors
arising under normal playing conditions,
Super Error Correction ensures that the
picture quality as seen by the user is
independent of disc play. The video
encoding and processing during mastering
of the disc, and the MPEG-1 decoding and
video encoding in the signal processing
stages, are now the only limiting factors for
picture quality.
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