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Chapters
Alsoknown as'scenes', a DVDmovie canbe brokenup intosections
muchlike the chaptersof a book,that can beaccessed quickly and
easilyvia the DVD menu or remote control.
ComponentVideo (Y PbPr)
Thismethod oftransmitting pictures producesthe highest qualityas
thevideo signal is split into its Y (brightness), U and V (blue minus
brightness,red minus brightness)components. The signals are
transmittedvia separate cables.The plugs onthese cablesand the
associatedsockets are mostlycoloured red, greenand blue.
NICAM
NICAMis adigital sound transmissionsystem. Using NICAM, youcan
transmiteither 1 stereo channel or 2 separate mono channels.
However,if receptionis poor andthe sounddistorted you canturn off
NICAM.
NTSC
NationalTelevision Systems Committee. The colourTV broadcast
systemused in theUS, Canadaand Japan. AnNTSC pictureis made up
of525 horizontallines andhas inferiorpicture quality in comparisonto
thePAL system.All Australian-soldDVD players are NTSCcompatible,
howeverDVD's that are played on a televisionthat is notcompatible
willappear in blackand white.
PAL
PhaseAlternating Line. Thecolour TVbroadcast system used in
Australia,UK & Europe.A PAL picture delivers a better quality picture
thanNTSC due to its 625 horizontallines (sharper picture and better
colours).
Regioncode
SinceDVD films are not normallyreleased in all parts of the world at
thesame time,all DVD playershave a specificregional code. Discs can
begiven aregional code. If the regional codes differ between the player
andthe disc,playback is not possible.
Theregional code of the DVD recorder is shown on the type plate at
theback or bottom.
2channelsound
SomeTV programmestransmit an extra audiosignal in stereoin
additionto the normalaudio signal (2-channelsound). In mostcases
thismeans that an additional language is available. If a TV programme is
availablein, say, Englishand German,German may be availableas the
secondlanguage.
Torecord TVprogrammes in 2-channelsound, you canselect the
languageyou want as the default setting. This setting does not become
activeuntil thesound ofa TVprogramme is transmittedin 2-channel
sound.
Whenyou playback the recording you can play back the sound onlyin
thelanguage you used for the recording.
Macrovision
Macrovisionis acopy-protection technique intended tokeep youfrom
makingcopies of DVDswith yourVCR. It worksby continuously
adjustingthe video signallevel that results ina recordingwhere the
brightnessof thepicture continuously fluctuates between lightand
dark,and the color levels fluctuate between oversaturated and washed
out.Macrovision "encoded" DVDs containa bitof datathat tells the
DVDplayer toactivate its internalmacrovision circuitry in orderto
preventcopying.
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