Terms
Aspectratio
Thisis the width-to-height ratio of a TV screen.
Aregular display has an aspect ratio of 4:3.
Widescreen displays have an aspectratio of
16:9,providing a bigger picture for exceptional
presenceand atmosphere.
Bitrate
Thisexpresses data volume per second, or bps
(bitsper second) units. The higher the rate,
themore information is available to reproduce
thesound. Using the same encoding method
(suchas MP3), the higher the rate, the better
thesound.
Chapter
DVDtitles are in turn divided into chapters
whichare numbered in the same way as the
chaptersof a book. With DVD video discs fea-
turingchapters, you can quickly find a desired
scenewith chapter search.
DolbyDigital
DolbyDigital provides multi-channel audio
fromup to 5.1 independent channels. This is
thesame as the Dolby Digital surround sound
systemused in theaters.
DolbyPro Logic II
DolbyPro Logic II can create five full-band-
widthoutput channels from two-channel
sources.This new technology enables a dis-
crete5-channel playback with 2 front chan-
nels,1 center channel, and 2 rear channels. A
musicmode is also available for 2-channel
sourcesin addition to the movie mode.
DTS
Thisstands for Digital Theater Systems. DTS is
asurround system delivering multi-channel
audiofrom up to 6 independent channels.
ID3tag
Thisis a method of embedding track-related
informationin an MP3 file. This embedded in-
formationcan include the track title, the ar-
tist’sname, the album title, the music genre,
theyear of production, comments and other
data.The contents can be freely edited using
softwarewith ID3 Tag editing functions.
Althoughthe tags are restricted as to the num-
berof characters, the information can be
viewedwhen the track is played back.
ISO9660format
Thisis the international standard for the for-
matlogic of CD-ROM folders and files. For the
ISO9660format, there are regulations for the
followingtwo levels.
Level1:
Thefile name is in 8.3 format (the name con-
sistsof up to 8 characters, half-byte English
capitalletters and half-byte numerals and the
“_”sign,with a file-extension of three charac-
ters).
Level2:
Thefile name can have up to 31 characters (in-
cludingthe separation mark “.”and a file ex-
tension).Each folder contains less than 8
hierarchies.
Extendedformats
Joliet:
Filenames can have up to 64 characters.
Romeo:
Filenames can have up to 128 characters.
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