About DVD
Terms related to DVD
DVD | A DVD (abbreviation of Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) can include 135 minutes of video |
| information. And for audio, it can hold up to 8 kinds of languages and 32 kinds of subtitle |
| languages. By using |
| definition video and quality sound like a movie theatre. |
CDDA | A CDDA (abbreviation of Compact disc digital audio) is a music disc that is currently used. |
MP3 | Audio compression format that enables audio files to be stored and transferred on a computer with |
| a relatively small file size. It enables you to enjoy CD quality music. (Short for |
PBC | This is recorded on a Video CD 2.0, Video CD 3.0 and SVCD. The scenes or information to be viewed |
| (or listened to) can be selected interactively with the TV monitor by looking at the menu shown on |
| the TV monitor. It stands for PlayBack Control. |
CHAPTER | A title in a DVD is divided into many tracks, or chapters. A chapter is an area on the DVD to which |
| you can navigate using the remote control to locate special electronic markers. The DVD player can |
| then locate any particular scene and skip directly to it. |
TITLE | This is the information recorded on a DVD. A DVD can be divided into many titles. |
TRACK | In a video CD and audio CD. A disc consists of many tracks. The user can search for these tracks. |
dts | Digital Theatre System is a 5.1 |
| theatres around the world. It enables the bit rate to be increased to provide good sound quality. |
| “DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital Theatre Systems, Inc. |
Multi Angle Some DVD discs contain various scenes that have been simultaneously shot from a number of different angles.
PCM | Linear PCM is a |
| is recorded in 48KHz/16bit up to 96KHz/24bit. |
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital enables the delivery of mono through
Bitstream | Digital audio data that is decoded into an analogue signal for subsequent output to speakers. |
Lt/Rt | It indicates L/R of Dolby Digital 2CH Downmix output. |
Downmix | DOWNMIX is reproducing the proper audio when audio format recorded on a disc differs from the |
| output audio channel configuration. For example, with just one stereo speaker system you can hear |
| full 5.1 channel audio. |
RGB | This stands for red, green and blue. It means the video signal separated into its three primary colour |
| components ready to drive the picture tube almost directly. Two signalling connections are needed |
| to make the television accept the synchronisation and RGB signals. All this is in the SCART |
| connector. Not all televisions have RGB inputs. |
SCART | An acronym (Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs) for a connector |
| used with many kinds of |
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