Ana
o
Au
i
An e
ectrica
signa
t
at
irect
y represents soun
.
Compare t
is to
i
ita
au
io w
ic
can
e an e
ectrica
i
nal, but is an indirect representation o
sound. See also
Di
ita
Au
io”
As
ect Rat
he width o
a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventiona
TVs are 4:3 (in ot
er wor
s, t
e TV screen
s a
most square); wi
escreen mo
e
s are 16:9 (t
e T
creen is a
most twice as wi
e as it is
ig
)
B
oc
Nois
A distortion of di
ital ima
es in the shape of blocks
aused b
the application of data compression
Cha
ter (HDD/DVD)
ust as a book is s
lit u
into several cha
ters, a title on
HDD/DVD is usuall
divided into chapters. See also “Title”
Com
onent Video Out
ut
Each signal o
luminance (Y) and component (P
C
,
) is in
epen
ent to output so t
at you can experience
picture co
or as it is.
A
so,
ue to compati
i
ity wit
progressive vi
eo (480p),
you can experience
ig
er-
ensity picture t
an t
at in
nter
ace (480i)
Di
ita
Au
i
An indirect representation o
sound by numbers. During
recor
ing, t
e soun
is measure
at
iscrete interva
s
(44,100 times a second
or CD audio) by an analog
o-digital converter, generating a stream o
numbers.
On p
ay
ac
, a
igita
-to-ana
og converter generates
n ana
og signa
ase
on t
ese num
ers. See a
so
Samp
ing Frequency” an
“Ana
og Au
io”
Do
Di
ita
he s
stem to compress digital sound developed b
Dolb
Laboratories. It offers
ou sound of stereo(2ch) or
m
l
i
h
nn
l
i
Fin
liz
o ma
e DVD, w
ic
ave
een recor
e
on,
ossi
e to
p
ay
ac
in DVD p
ayers. Wit
t
is unit, it is possi
e to
in
liz
DVD+R, DVD-RW, an
DVD-
HDMI (hi
h definition multimedia interface
A digital interface between audio and video source. It can
ransmit component video, audio, and control signal with
n
l
nn
i
n
JPEG (joint photographic experts group)
PEG is a method o
compressing still image
iles. You can
opy JPEG
iles
rom your personal computer to a disc,
n
p
ay t
em
ac
on t
is unit.
PB
a
ac
contro
(vi
eo CD on
his function enables
ou to pla
back interactive
oftware usin
a menu screen. See also “Video CD”
PCM (
u
se co
e mo
u
ation
The most common system o
encoding digital audio,
ound on CD and DAT. Excellent qualit
, but requires a
lot o
data compared to
ormats such as Dolb
Digital
an
MPEG au
io. For compati
i
it
wit
igita
au
io
recorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV ampli
iers with
igita
inputs, t
is unit can convert Do
Digita
an
MPEG au
io to PCM. See a
so “Digita
Au
io”
Pro
ress
ve Scan (480
A type o
display that does not split each
rame into
ields, and instead scans directly through all the scan lines
o
each
rame in order. Progressive scan provides less
lickering and higher image resolution than traditional
(480i) TV signals. Re
er to page 113
or instructions on
se
ective progressive scan mo
e
Re
ion Co
e
Regions associate discs and pla
ers with particular areas
of the world. This unit will onl
pla
back discs that have
compatible re
ion codes. You can find the re
ion code
of
our unit b
looking on the rear panel. Some discs are
compatible with more than one re
ion (or all re
ions)
Sam
lin
Fre
uenc
The rate which sound is measured b
a speci
ied interval
to turn into di
ital audio data. The numbers o
samplin
in one second de
ines as sampling
requenc
. The higher
t
e rate, t
e
etter t
e soun
qua
it
AP
secondar
audio
ro
ram
Sub-audio channel which is delivered separately
rom
main-au
io c
anne
. T
is au
io c
anne
is use
as an
a
ternate in
i
ingua
roa
casting
S-Vi
eo Out
ut
It delivers independently each signal o
color(C) and
uminance(Y) to TV as vi
eo signa
s, so t
at
ig
er-qua
ity
picture wi
e gaine
Tit
e (HDD/DVD)
A collection of cha
ters on HDD/DVD. See also “Cha
ter”
Tr
c
Audio CD use tracks to divide u
the content o
a
isc. T
e DVD e
uiva
ent is ca
e
a c
a
ter. See a
so
“C
a
ter”
Vi
e
D
A digital
ormat
or store video data in compact disc
+VR Mo
e
+VR Mode is a recordin
format for DVD+RW/DVD+R/
DVD-RW
DVD-R discs
This format allows disc editin
feature to be available in
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