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Preparations for Use: Basic Information
DVD disc box information
When you buy a
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2: Spanish (2ch Surround) |
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1 Audio languages and audio formats | |
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| soundtracks with a different language on each. |
| The first in the list is the original soundtrack. |
| This section also details the audio format of each |
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| Dolby Digital 1 |
| Dolby Digital is the most widespread |
| audio format. Dolby Digital soundtracks can be |
| mono, stereo, or contain up to 5.1 channels (the |
| .1 refers to a special |
| channel). |
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| DTS |
| DTS is another 5.1 channel surround format |
| sometimes used on |
| addition to a Dolby Digital track. |
| Linear PCM |
| Linear PCM audio also sometimes appears on |
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| material. Linear PCM sountracks are mono or |
| stereo only. |
2 | Subtitle languages |
| DVD discs can contain up to 32 subtitle |
| languages. You can watch the disc with any of |
| these subtitle languages, or with no subtitles |
| displayed at all. |
3 | Screen aspect ratio |
| Movies are shot in a variety of screen formats. |
| This box tells you what the original format was (in |
| this case, Cinemascope), and what it is best |
| viewed as on a widescreen TV and a regular 4:3 |
| TV. In this case, if you have a regular 4:3 TV, it is |
| recommended that you watch it in letterbox |
| mode. |
4Region code and TV format
The world is divided into 6 DVD regions. Both discs and players are coded for a particular region, and to be able to play a disc, it must contain the same region code as the player.
This section also contains the TV format of the disc. In this case, PAL/NTSC.
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•Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the
•“DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
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