Owner's Manual
About Disc Contents
BD Video
Enjoy BD-specific functions including BONUSVIEW (BD-ROM
Profile 1 Version 1.1), such
as
picture-in-picture. and
BD-L1VE
(page
26).
For the BD video discs compatible with BONUSVIEW/BD-
LIVE,
you can enjoy additional contents
by
copying the data
from the discs or downloading
it
via
the internet.
For
instance,
this function
is
capable of playing the original movie
as
the
primary video while playing video commentary from the film
director on a small screen as a secondary video.
~NOTE
•
The
available functions differ depending on the disc.
Title,
Chapter
and Track
• Blu-ray discs and DVDs are divided into "Titles" and
"Chapters".
If
the disc has more than one movie
on
it,
each
movie would
be
a separate "Title". "Chapters",
on
the other
hand, are subdivisions of titles.
(See
Example
1.)
• Audio CDs are divided into "Tracks".
You
can think of a
"Track" as one tune on
an
Audio CD.
(See
Example 2.)
DTS
DTS
is
a digital sound system developed by
DTS.
Inc. for
use
in
cinemas.
Linear PCM
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.)
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Subtitle languages
This indicates the kind of subtitles.
D Screen aspect ratio
Movies are shot
in
a vanety of screen modes.
B Camera angle
Recorded onto some BD/DVD discs are scenes which
have been simultaneously shot from a number of
different angles (the same scene
is
shot from the front.
from the left side, from the right side, etc.).
III
Region code
This indicates the region code (playable region code).
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The
Icons Used
in
This Operation
Manual
BO
V10EQJ
". Indicates the functions that can be performed
for
BD
Video discs.
BO-RE
I Indicates the functions that can be performed
for BD-RE discs.
.... .Indicates the functions that can
be
performed
for BD-R discs.
OVD
VIDEO!
Indicates the functions that can be performed
for
DVD
Video discs.
DVD-RW!
Indicates the functions that can be performed
for DVD-RW discs.
.... Indicates the functions that can be performed
for DVD-R discs.
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C12.1
Indicates the functions that can be performed
for Audio CDs.
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....
Indicates the functions that can be performed
for CD-R discs.
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CO'~ltJ
....., .... Indicates the functions that can be performed
for CD-RW discs.
.Indicates the functions that can be performed
for USB memory devices
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Icons Used
on
DVD
Video
Disc Cases
Example
2:
Audio CD
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The back of the case of a
DVD
that
is
commercially
available usually contains various information about the
contents of the disc.
Example 1: Blu-ray disc or
DVD
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o Audio tracks and audio formats
DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with
a different language on each The first
in
the list
is
the
original track.
This section also details the audio format of each
soundtrack - Dolby Digital,
DTS,
MPEG etc.
Dolby Digital
A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
that gives movie theater ambience to audio output when
the Player
IS
connected to a Dolby Digital processor or
amplifier.
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