Glossary - Toshiba Bdx1250Kb Owner's Manual

9 Glossary

Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio refers to the length to height
ratio of TV screens. The ratio of a standard
TV is 4:3, while the ratio of a high
definition or wide TV is 16:9. The letterbox
allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider
perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.
Blu-ray Disc
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Blu-ray Disc is a next generation optical
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video disc capable of storing five times
more data than a conventional DVD. The
large capacity makes it possible to benefit
from the features such as high-definition
videos, multichannel surround sound,
interactive menus and so on.
BONUSVIEW
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This is a Blu-ray Disc
Profile or Profile 1.1) that supports
interactive content encoded on the disc,
such as picture-in-picture. This means you
can play the primary video and secondary
video simultaneously.
Digital Audio
Digital Audio is a sound signal that has
been converted into numerical values.
Digital sound can be transmitted through
multiple channels. Analogue sound can
only be transmitted through two channels.
Dolby Digital
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The system to compress digital sound
developed by Dolby Laboratories. It offers
you sound of stereo (2ch) or multichannel
audio.
Dolby Digital Plus
®
Dolby Digital Plus is the next generation
digital audio compression technology
developed as an extension to Dolby Digital.
Blu-ray Disc™ supports 7.1 multi-channel
surround sound output.
Dolby TrueHD
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Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding
technology developed for next generation
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-Video (Final Standard
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optical discs. Blu-ray Disc
multi-channel surround sound output.
DTS
®
DTS is a multi-channel surround sound
system. By connecting to DTS decoder,
you can enjoy movie dynamic and realistic
sound like movie theater. DTS surround
sound technologies were developed by
DTS, Inc.
DTS-HD
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DTS-HD is a lossless coding technology
developed as an extension of the original
DTS Coherent Acoustics format.
Blu-ray Disc™ supports 7.1 multi-channel
surround sound output.
DTS-HD Master Audio
A disc encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio
delivers ALL of the information from the
original master recording — bit-for-bit, it's
identical to what the sound engineers laid
down. Audio doesn't get any better than
this.
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection.
This is a specification that provides a
secure transmission of digital contents
between different devices (to prevent
unauthorized copyright.)
HDMI
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High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
is a high-speed digital interface that can
transmit uncompressed high definition
video and digital multichannel audio. It
delivers high quality picture and sound
quality. HDMI is fully backward compatible
with DVI. As required by the HDMI standard,
connecting to HDMI or DVI products without
HDCP (High bandwidth Digital Content
Protection) will result in no Video or Audio
output.
supports 7.1
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