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Progressive | All the lines that make up a video |
scan video | picture are updated in one pass |
| (compared to interlace which takes two |
| passes to update the whole picture). |
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Regions | These associate |
players with particular areas of the | |
only) | world. See |
| page 47 for more information. |
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Sampling | The rate at which sound is measured to |
frequency | be turned into digital audio data. The |
| higher the rate, the better the sound |
| quality. CD is 44.1 kHz; DVD can be up |
| to 96 kHz. See also Digital audio. |
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WMA | WMA is short for Windows Media Audio |
| and refers to an audio compression |
| technology developed by Microsoft |
| Corporation. Files are recognized by |
| their file extension “.wma”. |
| Microsoft, Windows Media, and the |
| Windows logo are trademarks, or |
| registered trademarks of Microsoft |
| Corporation in the United States and/or |
| other countries. |
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Super Audio | Super Audio CD is a high quality audio |
CD (SACD) | disc format that can accommodate high |
| sampling rate stereo and |
| audio, as well as conventional CD audio |
| all on the same disc. |
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*1 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the
*2 “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
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