Introduction—Continued
DV-CP706-related Terminology
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■Component video: A video connection format that separates the luminance (Y) and color difference signals (PR, PB), providing better picture quality than
■Composite video: A video connection format that mixes the luminance and color signals together.
■Dolby Digital: The
■Downmixing: The process of mixing multiple audio channels into fewer channels. For example, a surround mix can be downmixed into two channels for reproduction on stereo systems.
■Downsampling: The process of reducing the sam- pling rate of digital audio.
■DTS (Digital Theater System): The surround format that uses less compression for faithful repro- duction.
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■Field: In interlaced scanning, a field is a single scan of the screen. There are two fields per frame.
■Frame: An individual TV picture is called a frame. With the NTSC color system there are 30 frames per second.
■HD: Abbreviation for high definition, as in
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■HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface):
A new connection format that greatly simplifies AV connections by carrying uncompressed SD or HD digital video and digital audio all in one cable.
■Interlaced scanning: TV pictures are made by scanning the screen in horizontal lines from top to bottom. With Interlaced scanning, two scans (fields) are used to make each picture (frame). Contrast with Progressive scanning.
■JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group):
The compressed file format used to store digital pho- tos.
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■Linear PCM: The uncompressed digital audio for- mat used for audio CDs. PCM stands for Pulse Code modulation.
■MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3): Popular com- pressed file format for storing digital music.
■MPEG1 (Moving Picture Experts Group 1):
The compressed digital video format used for Video CDs.
■MPEG2 (Moving Picture Experts Group 2):
The compressed digital video format used for
■NTSC: The color TV system used in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.
■PAL: The color TV system used in most of Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, and China.
■Progressive scanning: TV pictures are made by scanning the screen in horizontal lines from top to bottom. With progressive scanning, each picture (frame) is made by scanning the entire screen in one go, resulting is a clearer and stabler picture. Contrast with Interlaced scanning.
■RIHD (Remote Interactive over HDMI):
Onkyo’s implementation of CEC (Consumer Elec- tronics Control), which allows integrated system control over HDMI and is part of the HDMI stan- dard.
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■WMA (Windows Media Audio): A compressed file format for storing digital music.
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