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Analog
audio
An electrical
signal that directly
represents
sound. Compare
this
to digital audio whch
can be an
electrical
signal but is an indirect
representation
of sound. See also
Digital audio.
Aspect
ratio
The width of aTV screen
rehtive
to its hoght.
Conventional
TVs are
4:3 0n other
words,
the screen
is
almost
square);widescreen
models
are 16:9 (the screen is almost
twice as wide as it is hgh).
Chapter
Just as a book is split up into sev-
eral chapters,
a title on a DVD
disc is usually divided into chap-
ters. See also Title.
Component
video
output
Each signal of hminance(Y)
and
component(PdCl_
PR!CR) is inde-
pendent
to output
so that you can
experience
picture
color as it is.
Also_ due to compatibility
with
progressive
video (480p), you can
experience
higher-density
picture
than that in interlace
(480i).
CPRM
(Content
Protection
for
Recordabme
Media)
CPP, M is a copy protection
sys-
tem with scramble
system
regard-
ing the recording
of"copy-once"
broadcast
programs
(e.g. some
satellite
broadcasts).
Digitam audio
An indirect
representation
of
sound
by numbers.
During record-
ins, the sound
is measured
at dis-
crete
intervals
(44,100
times a
second
for CD audio)
by an ana-
log-to-digital
converter,
generating
a stream
of numbers.
On phyback,
a digital-to-analog
converter
gen-
erates
an analog signal based on
these
numbers.
See also Sampling
frequency
and Analog audio.
Doiby
Digital
The system to compress
digital
sound developed
by Dolby
Laboratories.
It offers you sound
of stereo(2ch)
or multi-channel
audio (up to 5.1ch).
DTS (Digital
Theater
System)
DTS is a 5.1 channel surround
sound system, but it is different
from Dolby Digital.The
formats
were
developed
by Digital Theater
System, Inc.
MP3 (MPEG
Audio
Layer
3)
P1P3 is a method
of compressing
files.You can copy MP3 files on
CD-R/RW
discs from the comput-
er and play the files on this unit.
Finalize
To make DVD discs, which have
been recorded
on, possible to play
in DVD phyers.With
this unit, i t is
possible
to finalize DVD-R/DVD-
RW discs.
PCM.2-channel
stereo
(Pulse
Code Modulation)
The most common system of
encoding digital audio, found on
CDs and DAT. Excellent quality,
but requires
a lot of data com-
pared to formats
such as Dolby
Digital and P1PEG audio. For com-
patibility with digital audio
recorders
(CD, P1D and DAT) and
AV amplifiers
with digital inputs_
this unit can convert
Dolby Digital
and P1PEG audio to PCH. See also
Digital audio.
Playlist
From this list you can play con-
tents of a disc as your desired
order or in sequence.Also
it is
allowed to search a specific scene
directly.
Progressive
Scan
(480p)
A type of display that does not
split each frame into fields, and
instead
scans directly
through
all
the scanlines
of each frame in
order. Progressive
Scan provides
less flickering
and higher image
resolution
than traditional
(4800
TV signals. Refer to page 13 for
instructions
on selective
Progressive
Scan mode.
Regions
code
Regions associate
discs and play-
ers with particular
areas of the
world.This
unit will only play discs
that have compatible
region
codes.You
can find the region
code of your unit by looking on
the rear panel. Some discs are
compatible
with more
than one
region
(or all regions).
Sampling frequency
The rate which sound is measured
by a specified interval to turn into
digital audio data.The
numbers
of
sampling in one second defines as
sampling frequency.The higher the
rate, the better the sound quality is.
SAP
(Secondary
Audio
Program)
Second Audio channel which is
delivered separately from main-
audio channel.This
audio channel
is used as an alternate in bilingual
broadcasting.
S-Video
output
It delivers
independently
each sig-
nal of color(C)
and hminance(Y)
to TV as video signals, so that
higher-quality
picture
will be
gained.
Title
(DVD
only)
A collection
of chapters on DVD
disc. See also chapter.
Track
Audio CDs use tracks to divide
up the content
of a disc.The
DVD
equivalent
is called a chapter. See
also Chapter.
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