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Glossary

H

HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection.
This is a speci cation that provides a secure
transmission of digital contents between
different devices (to prevent unauthorised
copyright.)
HDMI
High-De nition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high de nition video and digital
multichannel audio. It delivers high quality
picture and sound quality, completely free from
noise. HDMI is fully backward-compatible with
DVI.
As required by the HDMI standard, connecting
to HDMI or DVI products without HDCP
(High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
will result in no Video or Audio output.

J

JPEG
A very common digital still picture format. A
still-picture data compression system proposed
by the Joint Photographic Expert Group, which
features small decrease in image quality in spite
of its high compression ratio. Files are
recognised by their  le extension ‘.jpg’ or ‘.jpeg.’

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A

Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio refers to the length to height ratio
of TV screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3,
while the ratio of a high-de nition or wide TV is
16:9. The letter box allows you to enjoy a
picture with a wider perspective on a standard
4:3 screen.

D

Div
The DivX® codec is a patent-pending, MPEG-4
based video compression technology developed
by DivX®, Inc. It can shrink the  le size of
digital video and still maintain the high visual
quality.
Dolby Digital
A surround sound system developed by Dolby
Laboratories that contains up to six channels of
digital audio (front left and right, surround left
and right, centre and subwoofer.)
DTS
Digital Theatre Systems. A surround sound
system for providing 5.1 channels of discrete
digital audio in consumer electronics products
and software content. It is not developed by
Dolby Digital.
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