Sony DAV-HDZ273 Operating Instructions Manual page 78

surround speakers and a center speaker. The
sunound speakers output monaural sound.
DTS
Digital audio compression technology
developed by DTS, Inc. This technology
confonns to 5.l-channel surround. This fonnat
comprises of stereo rear channel and there is
discrete subwoofer channel in this tBrmat. DTS
provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high
quality digital audio. The good channel
separation is realized due to the all channel data
being recorded discretely and processed in
digitally.
HDMI (High.Definition Multimedia
Interface)
HDMI is an interface that supports both vide()
and audio on a single digital connection,
allowing you to enjoy high quality digital
picture and sound. The HDMI specification
supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital
Content Protection), a copy protection
technology that incorporates coding technology
for digital video signals.
Interlace format
(Interlaced scanning)
The Interlace fonnat is the NTSC standard
method for displaying TV images at 30 fiames
per second. Each frame is scanned twice -
alternately between the even numbered scanning
lines and then odd numbered scanning lines, at
60 times per second.
Parental Control
A function of the DVD to limit playback of the
disc by the age of the users according to the
limitation level in each country. The limitation
varies trom disc to disc; when it is activated,
playback is completely prohibited, violent
scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes
and so on.
Progressive format
(sequential scanning)
In contrast to the Interlace format, the
progressive
format can reproduce 50 - 60 fiames
per second by reproducing all scanning lines
(525 lines t_r the NTSC system). The overall
picture quality increases and still images, text
and horizontal lines appear sharper. This format
is compatible with the 525 or 625 progressive
format.
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio
disc standard where music is recorded in the
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) tBrmat
(conventional CD is recorded in the PCM
t_rmat). The DSD fonnat, using a sampling
fiequency 64 times higher than that of a
conventional CD, and with l-bit quantization,
achieves both a wide fiequency range and a wide
dynamic range across the audible fiequency
range, and so provides music reproduction
extremely faithful to the original sound.
• Super Audio CD types
There are two types 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 layer1): A layer that is readable by a
conventional CD player
Single layer disc
(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)
Super Audio CD
layer
Hybrid disc 2)
(a disc with a Super Audio CD layer and a CD layer)
CD
layer 3)
A Super Audio CD layer consists of the 2
channel area or the multi-channel area.
• 2 channel area: An area in which 2 channel
stereo tracks are recorded
• Multi-channel area: An area in which multi-
channel (up to 5.1 channels) tracks are
recorded
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