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Appendix

Additional Information

Terms	the same as the Dolby Digital surround sound
AAC	system used in theaters.
AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding and	Dolby Pro Logic II
refers to an audio compression technology	Dolby Pro Logic II can create five full-band-
standard used with MPEG 2 and MPEG 4.	width output channels from two-channel
Aspect ratio	sources. This new technology enables a dis-
	crete 5-channel playback with 2 front chan-
This is the width-to-height ratio of a TV screen.
	nels, 1 center channel, and 2 rear channels. A
A regular display has an aspect ratio of 4:3.
	music mode is also available for 2-channel
Wide screen displays have an aspect ratio of
	sources in addition to the movie mode.
16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptional
presence and atmosphere.	DTS
Bit rate	This stands for Digital Theater Systems. DTS is
	a surround system delivering multi-channel
This expresses data volume per second, or bps
	audio from up to 6 independent channels.
(bits per second) units. The higher the rate,
the more information is available to reproduce	Dynamic range control
the sound. Using the same encoding method	Dolby Digital has a function for compressing
(such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better	the difference between the loudest and softest
the sound.	sounds: Dynamic range control. This control
Chapter	ensures sounds with an increased dynamic
	range are heard clearly even at low volume le-
DVD titles are in turn divided into chapters
	vels.
which are numbered in the same way as the
chapters of a book. With DVD video discs fea-	EXIF (Exchangeable image file)
turing chapters, you can quickly find a desired	A file format developed by Fuji Photo Film for
scene with chapter search.	digital still cameras. Digital cameras from var-
DivX	ious manufacturers use this compressed file
	format which carries date, time and thumbnail
DivX is a popular media technology created by
	information, as well as the picture data.
DivX, Inc. DivX media files contain highly com-
pressed video with high visual quality that	ID3 tag
maintains a relatively small file size. DivX files	This is a method of embedding track-related
can also include advanced media features like	information in an MP3 file. This embedded in-
menus, subtitles, and alternate audio tracks.	formation can include the track title, the ar-
Many DivX media files are available for down-	tist’s name, the album title, the music genre,
load online, and you can create your own	the year of production, comments and other
using your personal content and easy-to-use	data. The contents can be freely edited using
tools from DivX.com.	software with ID3 Tag editing functions.
DivX Certified	Although the tags are restricted as to the num-
	ber of characters, the information can be
DivX Certified products are officially tested by
	viewed when the track is played back.
the creators of DivX and guaranteed to play all
versions of DivX video, including DivX 6.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital provides multi-channel audio
from up to 5.1 independent channels. This is

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