Glossary - Pioneer DV-S733A Operating Instructions Manual

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Glossary

Analog audio
An electrical signal that directly represents
sound. Compare this to digital audio which can
be an electrical signal, but is an indirect
representation of sound. See also Digital audio.
Aspect ratio
The width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the
screen is almost square); widescreen models are
16:9 (the screen is almost twice as wide as it is
high).
Bonus Group (DVD-Audio only)
An 'extra' group on some DVD-Audio discs that
requires a key number to access. See also
Group.
Browsable pictures (DVD-Audio only)
A feature of some DVD-Audio discs in which the
user can browse still pictures recorded on the
disc as the audio is played. See also Slideshow.
Chapter (DVD-Video, DVD-RW)
Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a
title on a DVD disc is usually divided into
chapters. See also Title.
Digital audio
An indirect representation of sound by num-
bers. During recording, the sound is measured
at discrete intervals (44,100 times a second for
CD audio) by an analog-to-digital converter,
generating a stream of numbers. On playback, a
digital-to-analog converter generates an analog
signal based on these numbers. See also
Sampling frequency and Analog audio.
Dolby Digital
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Using a maximum of 5.1 channels of audio, this
high quality surround system is used in many of
the finer movie theaters around the world.
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DTS
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DTS stands for Digital Theater System. DTS is a
surround system different from Dolby Digital
that has become a popular surround sound
format for movies.
Dynamic range
The difference between the quietest and loudest
sounds possible in an audio signal (without
distorting or getting lost in noise). Dolby Digital
and DTS soundtracks are capable of a very wide
dynamic range, delivering dramatic cinema-like
effects.
File extension
A tag added to the end of a filename to indicate
the type of file. For example, ".mp3" indicates an
MP3 file.
Group (DVD-Audio only)
A collection of tracks on a DVD-Audio disc.
Equivalent to a DVD-Video title. See also Title
and Track.
Interlaced video
A method of displaying a picture in which odd-
numbered lines are updated in one pass, then
even-numbered lines updated in the next. See
also Progressive scan video.
MP3
MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed
audio file format. Files are recognized by their
file extension ".mp3" or ".MP3".
MPEG audio
An audio format used on Super VCDs/Video
CDs and some DVD discs. This unit can convert
MPEG audio to PCM format for wider compat-
ibility with digital recorders and AV amplifiers.
See also PCM.