CyberHome 4620 User Manual page 62

GLOSSARY
Progressive-Scan
Region code
RGB
SCART socket
S-Video
SVCD
VCD
Wide-screen
WMA
YUV
XviD
Is a method of making a computer picture by drawing all the scan lines sequen-
tially from top to bottom resulting in a slightly brighter, more stable and flicker
free picture.
DVD movies are produced with region encoding to restrict distribution of titles to
certain areas at certain times. To play back a DVD title with a specific region
code, you will need a DVD player with the same region code.
Electrical transmission possibility for video pictures, i.e. it is a picture signal,
which is splintered according to the primary colours of the TV (red, green and
blue).
The SCART socket is the simplest connection between your DVD player and
your TV. It transports not only the picture signals, but also the sound signals.
S-Video offers significantly improved video signal performance through a basic
composite video connection. To use this type of connection, your TV must have
an S-Video input.
Super Video CD is a further development of the Video CD. It uses MPEG-2
video compression with a higher and variable data rate.
Video CD. A digital video disc format that uses MPEG 1 video compression. The
picture quality is roughly that of VHS tapes.
Transmission of a wide-screen film on video with black bars on top and on bot-
tom.
Windows Media Audio is a streaming media format from Microsoft.
The description YUV means the component video signals, i. e. the luminance
(Y) signal and two separate chrominance [B-Y (U), R-Y (V)] signals.
XviD (aback DivX) is a further development of the "OpenDivX" project created
by DivXNetworks. It should be for free for everybody.
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