Philips HDRW 720/00-02 operating instructions Glossar, Ntsc, Pal

Chapters

Also known as 'scenes', a DVD movie can be broken up into sections much like the chapters of a book, that can be accessed quickly and easily via the DVD menu or remote control.

Component Video (Y Pb Pr)

This method of transmitting pictures produces the highest quality as the video signal is split into its Y (brightness), U and V (blue minus brightness, red minus brightness) components. The signals are transmitted via separate cables. The plugs on these cables and the associated sockets are mostly coloured red, green and blue.

NICAM

NICAM is a digital sound transmission system. Using NICAM, you can transmit either 1 stereo channel or 2 separate mono channels. However, if reception is poor and the sound distorted you can turn off

NICAM.

NTSC

National Television Systems Committee. The colour TV broadcast system used in the US, Canada and Japan. An NTSC picture is made up of 525 horizontal lines and has inferior picture quality in comparison to the PAL system. All Australian-sold DVD players are NTSC compatible, however DVD's that are played on a television that is not compatible will appear in black and white.

PAL

Phase Alternating Line. The colour TV broadcast system used in Australia, UK & Europe. A PAL picture delivers a better quality picture than NTSC due to its 625 horizontal lines (sharper picture and better colours).

Region code

Since DVD films are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same time, all DVD players have a specific regional code. Discs can be given a regional code. If the regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not possible.

The regional code of the DVD recorder is shown on the type plate at the back or bottom.

2 sound

Some TV programmes transmit an extra audio signal in stereo in addition to the normal audio signal (2-channel sound). In most cases this means that an additional language is available. If a TV programme is available in, say, English and German, German may be available as the second language.

To record TV programmes in 2-channel sound, you can select the language you want as the default setting. This setting does not become active until the sound of a TV programme is transmitted in 2-channel sound.

When you play back the recording you can play back the sound only in the language you used for the recording.

Macrovision

Macrovision is a copy-protection technique intended to keep you from making copies of DVDs with your VCR. It works by continuously adjusting the video signal level that results in a recording where the brightness of the picture continuously fluctuates between light and dark, and the color levels fluctuate between oversaturated and washed out. Macrovision "encoded" DVDs contain a bit of data that tells the DVD player to activate its internal macrovision circuitry in order to prevent copying.

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