GLOSSARY
NTSC | National Television System Committee, television norm among others in the |
| USA and Japan (from 525 lines only 480 lines will be transferred with a picture |
| changing frequency of 60 half pictures per second). |
Optical digital audio connector | A digital audio connection used to connect a DVD player to a receiver or pre- |
| amplifier. Transfers a “RAW” digital audio signal, minimizes signal degradation. |
PAL | Phase Alternation Line, television norm in Germany and other European coun- |
| tries (from 625 lines only 576 lines will be transferred with a picture changing |
| frequency of 50 half pictures per second). |
Pan & Scan | When used with a normal TV (4:3 aspect ratio), this setting results in the typical |
| “Pan & Scan” display, where a movie is clipped on the sides to fit on the TV |
| screen. |
PCM | Pulse Code Modulation. Linear data stream, which arises from the scanning of |
| an analogue signal in the same intervals. |
| 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. |
Region code | 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. |
RGB | 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). |
SACD | Super Audio CD is a new generation of the CD which dispose of a higher stor- |
| age capacity, a higher frequency spectrum |
| duction as well as a longer playing time and additional data like lyrics or graph- |
| ics. |
SCART socket | 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. |
| |
| composite video connection. To use this type of connection, your TV must have |
| an |
SVCD | Super Video CD is a further development of the Video CD. It uses |
| video compression with a higher and variable data rate. |
VCD | Video CD. A digital video disc format that uses MPEG 1 video compression. The |
| picture quality is roughly that of VHS tapes. |
Widescreen | Transmission of a |
| tom. |
WMA | Windows Media Audio is a streaming media format from Microsoft. |
YUV | The description YUV means the component video signals, i. e. the luminance |
| (Y) signal and two separate chrominance |
XviD | 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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