Disc Types
❖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.
❖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 Home Cinemas. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.
❖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-R and CD-RW discs.
~The unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the condition of the recording.
❖CD-R/-RW
~Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R/-RW disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.
~If the CD-R/-RW 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-R/-RW discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-R/-RW 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 Samsung 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 in the Video Mode and finalized only.
~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
❖Using MP3 disc
~CD-R/-RW, DVD-RW/-R recorded with UDF, ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back.
~Only MP3 files with the “.mp3” or “.MP3” extension can be played.
~Playable bit-rate range is from 56 Kbps to 320 Kbps.
~Playable sample-rate is 32KHz to 48KHz.
~The unit can handle a maximum of 1500 files and folders under a parent folder. For MP3 files recorded with a VBR(Variable Bit Rates), the sound may cut in and out.
❖Using JPEG disc
~CD-R/-RW, DVD-RW/-R recorded with UDF, ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back.
~Only JPEG files with the ".jpg", ".JPG", ".jpeg" or "JPEG" extension can be displayed.
~Progressive JPEG is supported.
❖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 Home Cinema once it has been finalized.
~If a disc that has been recorded in Video Mode by a different maker’s recorder but has not been finalized, it cannot be played by this Blu-ray Home Cinema.