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About Media Types
Icons Used on BD/DVD Video Disc Cases

The back of the case of a BD/DVD that is

commercially available usually contains various

information about the contents of the disc.

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2. Chinese
1. English
2. Chinese
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DVD Video BD Video
1Audio tracks and audio formats
BD and DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate
tracks with a different language on each. The first in
the list is the original track.
This section also details the audio format of each
soundtrack — Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG etc.
Dolby Digital
A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
that gives movie theater ambience to audio output
when the Player is connected to a Dolby Digital
processor or amplifier.
DTS
DTS is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc.
for use in cinemas.
Linear PCM
Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for
Audio CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The
sound on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with
16 bits. (Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16
bits and 96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD video discs and
between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits
on BD video discs.)
2Subtitle languages
This indicates the kind of subtitles.
3Screen aspect ratio
Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes.
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Camera angle

Recorded onto some BD/DVD discs are scenes
which have been simultaneously shot from a number
of different angles (the same scene is shot from the
front, from the left side, from the right side, etc.).
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Region code

This indicates the region code (playable region code).
The Icons Used in This Operation Manual
BD VIDEO
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for BD Video discs.
BD-RE
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for BD-RE discs.
BD-R
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for BD-R discs.
DVD VIDEO
...........Indicates the functions that can be
performed for DVD Video discs.
DVD-RW
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for DVD-RW discs.
DVD-R
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for DVD-R discs.
AUDIO CD
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for Audio CDs.
CD-R
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for CD-R discs.
CD-RW
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for CD-RW discs.
USB
..............Indicates the functions that can be
performed for USB memory devices.