Owner's Manual
Glossary
DVD video (pages 6, 24)
A disc format that contains up to eight hours of
moving pictures on a disc the same diameter as a CD.
A single-layer single sided
DVD
holds up to 4.7 GB; a
double layer single-sided
DVD,
8.5 GB; a single layer
double-sided
DVD,
9.4 GB; double-layer double-sided
DVD,
17 GB. The MPEG 2 format was adopted for
efficient video data compression.
It
is
a variable rate
technology that encodes the data to according to the
status of the video for reproducing high-quality images.
Audio information
is
recorded
in
a multi-channel format
such
as
Dolby Digital, allowing for a realistic audio
presence.
DVD+/-R (pages
6,24)
A DVD+/-R
is
a recordable, write-once DVD. Since
contents can be recorded and cannot be overwritten,
a DVD+/-R can be used
to
archive data
or
for storing
and distributing video material. The DVD+/-R has
two
different formats:
VR
format and Video format.
DVDs created
in
Video format have the same format
as a
DVD
video, while discs created
in
VR
(Video
Recording) format allow the contents to be programed
or edited.
DVD+/-RW (pages 6, 24)
A DVD+/-RW
is
a recordable and rewritable
DVD.
The
re-recordable feature makes editing possible. The
DVD+/-RW has
two
different formats:
VR
format and
Video format. DVDs created
in
Video format have the
same format
as
a DVD video, while discs created
in
VR
(Video Recording) format allow the contents to be
programed or edited.
HDMI (page 14)
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
is
an
interface that supports both video and audio on
a single digital connection. The HDMI connection
carries standard to high definition video signals
and multi-channel audio signals to
AV
components
such
as
HDMI equipped TVs,
in
digital form without
degradation.
Interlace format
Interlace format shows every other line
of
an
image
as
a single "field" and
is
the standard method for
displaying images
on
television. The even numbered
field shows the even numbered lines
of
an
image, and
the odd numbered field shows the
odd
numbered lines
of
an
image.
JPEG (pages
6,
7,
31, 32)
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
is
a still
image data compression format and
is
used
in
most of
digital cameras.
Letter Box
(LB
4:3) (page 39)
A screen size with black bars on the top and bottom
of
the image to allow viewing
of
wide-screen (16:9)
material on a connected 4:3
TV.
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Linear PCM Sound
Linear PCM
is
a signal recording format used for Audio
CDs and on some
DVD
and Blu-ray discs. The sound
on Audio CDs
is
recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits.
(Sound
is
recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and
96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD video discs and between
48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits on BD
video discs.)
MP3
(Pages
6,7,30)
MP3 files are audio data compressed
in
the MPEG1/2
Audio layer-3 file format. "MP3 files" have ".mp3" as
extensions.
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase
2)
is
one of the video data compression schemes, which
is
adopted for
DVD
videos and digital broadcasts
worldwide. Some Blu-ray Discs also use high bitrate
MPEG-2.
Multi Angle (pages 35-37)
This
is
a feature of
DVD
and BD video discs.
In
some
discs, the same scene
is
shot from different angles,
and these are stored
in
a single disc so you can enjoy
playback from each angle. (This function can be
enjoyed if the disc
is
recorded with multiple angles.)
Multi Audio
This
is
a feature of
DVD
and BD video discs. This
function makes
it
possible
to
record different audio
tracks for the same video, so you can enhance your
enjoyment by switching the audio.
(You
can enjoy
this function with discs recorded with multiple audio
tracks.)
Pan Scan (PS 4:3) (page 39)
A screen size that cuts off the sides of the image
to allow viewing
of
wide-screen (16:9) material on a
connected 4:3
TV.
Parental control (page 41)
In
some digital broadcasts and BD/DVD video discs,
a control
level
for disc viewing
is
set depending on
the age of the viewer. With this
Player,
you can set the
control level for viewing such broadcasts and discs.
Pop-up menu (page 25)
An enhanced menu operation available on
BD
video
discs. The pop-up menu appears when POP-UP
MENU
is
pressed during playback, and can be
operated while playback
is
in
progress.
Progressive format
Compared to the Interlace format that alternately
shows every other line of
an
image
(field)
to create one
frame, the Progressive format shows the entire image
at once
as
a single frame. This means that while the
Interlace format can show 30 frames/60 fields
in
one
second, the Progressive format can show 60 frames
in
one second. The overall picture quality increases and
still images, text, and horizontal lines appear sharper.