CyberHome Entertainment CH-DVD 452 manual Glossary, DVD-9 DVD-10 DVD-18 DVD+RW

GLOSSARY

Bit

CD-R & CD-RW

Cinch-Audio

Cinch-Video

Composite Video

Component Video

Digital output

Dolby Digital

Dual-Layer DVD

DVD

DVD-5

DVD-9

DVD-10

DVD-18

DVD+RW

Smallest information unit in the EDV as well as in digital transmission systems. Indication for the height of the resolution in the uncompressed PCM size.

Recordable optical disc formats that can be used as Video CD or MP3 with your DVD player.

Through the Cinch sockets, the Dolby Digital or MPEG sound will be released from the DVD as analogue two-channel signal - independent from the channel number on the DVD.

The DVD player sends the composite video signal through the yellow Cinch socket, either directly to the corresponding socket on the TV or indirectly through an AV receiver. Cinch is the qualitatively worst picture connection and should only be used if there is no other option.

The most common connection for coloured video pictures that uses a single RCA cable.

Offers the best interface between a video signal source and a TV/beamer. Uses three RCA-type jacks to separate the component signals making up a video sig- nal. A component video signal is comprised of the luminance (Y) signal and sep- arate chrominance (PB and PR) signals.

The DVD player releases its sound information bit by bit through the digital out- put. The way the sound will stream out of the socket must be adjusted in the OSD menu. Most important criteria: Which device is connected to the digital socket?

A digital surround sound system which is able to transfer up to 5 sound chan- nels plus a sub-bass channel (5.1 or 3/2.01). Developed by Dolby Laboratories.

A DVD disc that has two layers on a side. A single-sided, dual-layered DVD can hold almost four hours of video and audio, and is also known as a DVD-9.

Digital Versatile Disc is a storage medium that combines the convenience of the ENG compact disc with the latest digital video technology. DVD-Video uses modern MPEG 2 data compression technology that enables an entire film to be stored

on a single five inch disc. DVDs come in different formats, such as single-sided or double-sided. Each side can have a single layer or two layers of data.

A DVD that is single-sided, single-layered, holding up to 4.7 GBytes of data.

A DVD that is single-sided, dual-layered, holding up to 8.5 GBytes of data.

A DVD that is double-sided and single-layered, which holds up to 9.4 GBytes of data. This disc must be manually flipped to use both sides.

A DVD that is double-sided, dual-layered, holding up to 17 GBytes of data.

DVD+ReWritable uses phase change media, the same technology on which rewritable CDs are based. A high-performance laser is used to change the reflective properties of the recording layer; this process can be repeated more than thousand times.

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