Sharp BD-HP20H operation manual Glossary, Bd-Rom, Dts

Glossary

BD-J application

The BD-ROM format supports Java for interactive functions. “BD-J” offers content providers almost unlimited functionality when creating interactive BD-ROM titles.

BD-R (pages 7, 27)

A BD-R (Blu-ray Disc Recordable) is a recordable, write-once Blu-ray Disc. Since contents can be recorded and cannot be overwritten, a BD-R can be used to archive data or for storing and distributing video material.

BD-RE (pages 7, 27)

A BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc Rewritable) is a recordable and rewritable Blu-ray Disc.

BD-ROM

BD-ROMs (Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Memory) are commercially produced discs. Other than conventional movie and video contents, these discs have enhanced features such as interactive content, menu operations using pop- up menus, selection of subtitle display, and slide shows. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Defi nition format for playback on Blu-ray Disc players.

Blu-ray Disc (BD) (page 7)

A disc format developed for recording/playing high-defi nition (HD) video (for HDTV, etc.), and for storing large amounts of data. A single layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 25 GB, and a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 50 GB of data.

Chapter number (pages 33)

Sections of a movie or a music feature that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters. Some discs may only be comprised of a single chapter.

Copy guard

This function prevents copying. You cannot copy discs marked by the copyright holder with a signal which prevents copying.

Disc menu (page 26)

This lets you select things like the subtitle language or audio format using a menu stored on the DVD video disc.

Dolby Digital

A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. that gives movie theatre ambience to audio output when the product is connected to a Dolby Digital processor or amplifi er.

Dolby Digital Plus

A sound system developed as an extension to Dolby Digital, this audio coding technology supports 5.1 multi-channel surround sound.

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding technology that supports up to 8 channels of multi-channel surround sound for the next generation optical discs. The reproduced sound is true to the original source bit-for-bit.

DTS

This is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc for use in cinemas. This system uses 6 audio channels and provides accurate sound fi eld positioning and realistic acoustics. (By connecting a DTS Digital Surround decoder, you can also listen to DTS Digital Surround sound.)

DVD video (pages 7, 25)

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 effi cient 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 7, 27)

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 modes:

VR mode and Video mode. DVDs created in Video mode have the same format as a DVD video, while discs created in VR (Video Recording) mode allow the contents to be programmed or edited.

DVD+/-RW (pages 7, 27)

A DVD+/-RW is a recordable and rewritable DVD. The re- recordable feature makes editing possible. The DVD+/-RW has two different modes: VR mode and Video mode. DVDs created in Video mode have the same format as a DVD video, while discs created in VR (Video Recording) mode allow the contents to be programmed or edited.

HDMI (page 15)

HDMI (High-Defi nition Multimedia Interface) is an interface that supports both video and audio on a single digital connection. The HDMI connection carries standard to high defi nition 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 “fi eld” and is the standard method for displaying images on television. The even numbered fi eld shows the even numbered lines of an image, and the odd numbered fi eld shows the odd numbered lines of an image.

Letter Box (LB 4:3) (page 34)

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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