Glossary for DVD Player
Aspect ratio | Multichannel |
The ratio of vertical and horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The | DVD VIDEO has been designed to have each soundtrack constitute |
horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional TVs is 4:3 and that of | one sound field. Multichannel refers to a structure of sound tracks |
having three or more channels. |
Chapter | Multilanguage |
The smallest division on DVD VIDEO. It is a division of a title and | When a title is created to cope with multiple languages, it is |
similar to a track for CD or VCD. | generally called a multilanguage title. |
English
Component video signal
A video signal system where parts of information necessary for reproducing image signal comprised of the three primary colors of light are transmitted via separate signal lines. Types of signal, such as R/G/B, Y/PB/PR, etc., are available.
Composite video signal
A video signal comprised of three kinds of signals combined: an image signal made up of luminance and chrominance signals using the frequency multiplication technique, burst signal providing the basis for color reproduction, and synchronization signal.
Disc menu
A screen display prepared for allowing selection of images, sounds, subtitles,
Interlaced scanning
In the conventional video system, a picture is shown on the display monitor in two halves. The Interlaced scanning system places lines of the second half of the picture
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Letter box
A method of displaying wide images like movies in on a 4:3 TV screen with no part of the image deleted by placing black bands on the top and bottom of the screen. This name has derived from the screen form looking literally like a letter box.
Parental Lock
A feature of this system to automatically determine whether or not to reproduce particular DVD VIDEO software by comparing its parental level (a measure of undesirability of scenes, etc. from educational viewpoint) set for the software beforehand with that set on this system by the user; if the software’s level is less restrictive than the
Playback control (PBC)
Refers to the signal recorded on VCD/SVCD for controlling reproduction. By using menu screens recorded on VCD/SVCD that supports PBC, you can enjoy
Progressive scanning
By progressive scanning, all the horizontal lines of a picture are displayed at one time as a single frame. This system can convert the interlaced video from DVD VIDEO into progressive format for connection to a progressive TV. It dramatically increases the vertical resolution.
Region code
A system for allowing discs to be played back only in the regions designated beforehand. All the countries in the world are divided into six regions and each region is identified by a specified region code (or region number). If the region code of a disc matches that of a player, the player can play back the disc.
Sampling frequency
Frequency of sampling data when analog data is converted to digital data. Sampling frequency numerically represents how many times the original analog signal is sampled per second.
Linear PCM (PCM: Pulse Code Modulation) | Surround | |
A system for converting analog sound signal to digital signal for | A system for creating | |
by arranging multiple speakers around the listener.1 | ||
later processing with no data compression used in conversion. | ||
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MP3 | Transfer rate | |
A file format with a sound data compression system. “MP3” is the | The rate of transferring digital data. Usually the measure is in bit per | |
second (bps). The DVD system applies a variable transfer rate | ||
abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group 1 (or | ||
system for high efficiency. | ||
Layer 3. By using MP3 format, one | ||
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about 10 times as much data volume as a regular CD can. |
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single title, the user can select view angles. This feature is called the |
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