Sony DVP-CX995V Operating Instructions Manual page 90

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia
Interface)
HDMI is an hlterFace that supports both video
and audio on a single digital connection. The
HDMI connection can:ies standard to high
definition video signals and multi-channel
audio signals to AV components such as
HDMI equipped TVs, in digital lk)rm without
degradation.
Since the video signals are compatible with
the current DVI (Digital Visual Interface)
l'ormat, HDMI jacks can be connected to DV1
jacks by way of an HDMI-DVI converter
cord. The HDMI specification supports
HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Contents
Protection), a copy protection technology that
incorporates coding technology lot digital
video signals.
Index (SuperAudio CD/CD)/Video Index
(VIDEOCD) (page g, 13, 53)
A number that divides a track into sections to
easily locale the point you want on a Super
Audio CD, CD or VIDEO CD. Depending on
the disc, no index may be recorded.
Normal (Interlace) format (page 79)
Normal (Interlace) Fornmtshows ever_ other
line oF an image as a single "field" and is the
standard method for displaying images on
television. The even number field shows the
even numbered lines of an image, and the odd
numbered field shows the odd numbered lines
of all image.
Progressive format (page 79)
Compared to the Not'real (Interlace) Format
that alternately shows every other line of an
image (Field) to create one l?'ame, the
Progressive format shows the entire image at
once :is a single frame. This nleaus that while
the Normal (Interlace) lormat can show 25 or
30 fi'ames (50-60 fields) in one second, the
Progressive R_rmatcan show 50-60 li'ames in
one second. The overall picture quality
increases and still images, text, and horizontal
lines appear sharper. This player is
compatible with the 525 or 625 progressive
Format.
Scene (page 9)
On a VIDEO CD with PBC (playback
COlltrol) l]luctiolls, tile menu screens, moving
pictures and still pictures are divided into
sections called "scenes."
Super AudioCD (page 6)
Super Audio CD is a new high-qualit_r audio
disc standard where music is recorded in the
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) R_rmat
(conventional CDs are recorded in tile PCM
f'ormat). Tile DSD Format, using a sampling
frequency 64 times higher than that of a
conventional CD, and with l-bit quantization,
achieves both a wide Frequency range and a
wide dynamic range across the audible
Frequency range, and so provides umsic
reproduction extremely f:tithful to the
original sound.
Types of SuperAudio CDs
There are two t'rpes of discs, depending on
the Super Audio CD layer and CD layer
combination.
• Super Audio CD layer: A high-density
signal layer for Super Audio CD
• CD layerl): A layer that is readable by a
conventional CD player
Single layer disc
(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)
3er Audio CD
layer
Hybrid disc 2}
(a disc with an Super Audio CD layer and a CD
layer)
layer 3)
Super Audio CD
layer 3)
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