Samsung BD-P1500/SAM manual Disc Types, Disc Format

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Disc Types

❖BD-ROM

Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on Blu-ray Disc Player's. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.

❖BD-RE/BD-R

Blu-ray Disc Rewritable/Blu-ray Disc Recordable. BD-RE/BD-R is the ideal format for making backups, or recording personal video.

❖DVD-Video

~A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.

~When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.

~Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre-stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.

❖Audio CD

~An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.

~This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-RW and CD-R discs.

~The unit may not be able to play some CD-RW or CD-R discs due to the condition of the recording.

❖CD-RW/CD-R

~Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-RW/CD-R disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.

~If the CD-RW/CD-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when playing back the beginning of the disc or all recorded files may not play.

~Some CD-RW/CD-R discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-RW/CD-R media from CDs for your personal use,playability may vary depending on contents and discs.

❖DVD-R Disc Playback

~Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

~This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a DVD video recorder. It may not be able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.

❖DVD-RW Disc Playback

~Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs recorded in the Video Mode and finalized.

~Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

Disc Format

❖DVD-RW/-R (V)

~This is a format that is used for recording data on a DVD-RW or DVD-R disc. The disc can be played by this Blu-ray Disc Player once it has been finalized.

❖AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition)

~This player can playback AVCHD format discs. These discs are normally recorded and used in camcorders.

~The AVCHD format is a high definition digital video camera format.

~The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is capable of compressing images at higher efficiency than that of the conventional image compressing format.

~Some AVCHD discs use the “x.v.Color” format.

~This player can playback AVCHD discs using “x.v.Color” format.

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