Reference
Note on Terminology
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| ANGLE | Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from a number | |||||||||||||
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| of different angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left , from the right , etc.). With | ||||||||||||||
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| such discs, the Angle button can be used to change the angle of view for specific scenes. | ||||||||
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| CHAPTER | These numbers are recorded on DVD discs. A Title is subdivided into many | ||||||||||||||
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| signals. Incorporating a new video compression technology | ||||||||||||||
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| a DVD disc comprises two 0.6 mm thick discs bonded together. | ||||||||
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| PCM | An acronym for Pulse Code Modulation - another name for digital audio. | |||||||||||||
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| PBC | This is recorded on a video CD (version 2.0). Selected scenes or information can | |||||||||||||
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| Both the DVD player and DVD discs are encoded with a region number. If the | ||||||||
| REGION NUMBER | region number on the DVD disc does not correspond to the region number of | ||||||||||||||||
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| SUBTITLES | Translated appearing at the bottom of the screen. A DVD disc can contain up | ||||||||||||||
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| TITLE NUMBER | These numbers are recorded on DVD discs. When a disc contains two or | |||||||||||||||
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| TRACK NUMBER | These numbers are assigned to the tracks which are recorded on video and | ||||||||||||||||
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| VIDEO CD | Contains recordings of pictures and sound whose quality is roughly | ||||||||||||||
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| You can enjoy 5.1 (or 6) channels of high fidelity digital sound from various | ||||||||
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| DTS provides a realistic, clear surround sound that has not previously been | ||||||||
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| 5.1 (or 6) Channel Digital Surround sound reproduced from DVDs and LDs | ||||||||
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| PRO LOGIC | A 4 channel analog sound reproduced from a program source such as a video- | ||||||||||||||
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