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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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.

4Camera 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.).

Region code

This indicates the region code (playable region code).

The Icons Used in This Operation Manual

 

 

 

 

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performed for BD-RE discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for BD-R discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for DVD Video discs.

 

 

 

 

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performed for DVD-RW discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for DVD-R discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for Audio CDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for CD-R discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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performed for CD-RW discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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