Icons Used On Dvd-Video Disc Cases; The Icons Used In This Operation Manual - Sharp Aquos LC-40LB700X Operation Manual

About Discs
Icons Used on DVD-VIDEO Disc
Cases
The back of the case of a DVD that is commercially
available usually contains various information about the
contents of the disc.
1
1. English
2
2. Chinese
3 4
16:9 LB
2
1 Audio tracks and audio formats
DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with
a different language on each. The fi rst in the list is the
original track.
This section also details the audio format of each
soundtrack — Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG etc.
Dolby Digital
A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
that gives movie theater ambience to audio output
when the TV is connected to a Dolby Digital processor
or amplifi er.
DTS
DTS is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc.
for use in cinemas.
Linear PCM
Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio
CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The sound
on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits.
(Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and
96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD-VIDEO discs and between
48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits on BD-
VIDEO discs.)
2 Subtitle languages
This indicates the kind of subtitles.
3 Screen aspect ratio
Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes.
4 Camera angle
Recorded onto some BD/DVD discs are scenes which
have been simultaneously shot from a number of
different angles (the same scene is shot from the front,
from the left side, from the right side, etc.).
5 Region code
This indicates the region code (playable region code).
54
LC-40LB700X_en_g.indd 54 LC-40LB700X_en_g.indd 54
2
1. English
2
2. Chinese
5
1 2 3
4 5 6
The Icons Used in This Operation
Manual
............Indicates the functions that can be
BD-VIDEO
performed for BD-VIDEO discs.
............Indicates the functions that can be
BD-RE
performed for BD-RE discs.
BD-R ............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for BD-R discs.
DVD-VIDEO ........Indicates the functions that can be
performed for DVD-VIDEO discs.
DVD-RW ............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for DVD-RW discs.
.............Indicates the functions that can be
DVD-R
performed for DVD-R discs.
............Indicates the functions that can be
AUDIO CD
performed for Audio CDs.
8/7/2009 12:37:49 PM 8/7/2009 12:37:49 PM