Glossary
DTS-HD Master Audio EssentialDVD+/-RW (pages 9, 26)Linear PCM Sound

DTS-HD Master Audio Essential is a lossless audio

A DVD+/-RW is a recordable and rewritable DVD.

Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for

compression technology developed for the next

The re-recordable feature makes editing possible.

Audio CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The

generation high definition optical disc format.

The DVD+/-RW has two different formats: VR format

sound on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with

DVD upscaling (page 26)

and Video format. DVDs created in Video format

16 bits. (Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16

have the same format as a DVD video, while discs

bits and 96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD video discs and

Upscaling (upconverting) refers to a function of

created in VR (Video Recording) format allow the

between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24

various players and devices that enlarge the image

contents to be programed or edited.

bits on BD video discs.)

size to fit the size of the screen of video equipments

HDMI (page 16)MHL (Mobile High-definition Link) (page

such as a TV.

DVD video (pages 9, 26)

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an

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interface that supports both video and audio on

MHL is a mobile audio and video interface standard

A disc format that contains up to eight hours of

a single digital connection. The HDMI connection

for transmitting digital audio and high definition (HD)

moving pictures on a disc the same diameter as

carries standard to high definition video signals

video (1080p/30fps) without any compression.

a CD. A single-layer single sided DVD holds up to

and multi-channel audio signals to AV components

MP3 (pages 9–11, 35, 37)

4.7 GB; a double layer single-sided DVD, 8.5 GB; a

such as HDMI equipped TVs, in digital form without

single layer double-sided DVD, 9.4 GB; double-layer

degradation.

MP3 files are audio data compressed in the

double-sided DVD, 17 GB. The MPEG 2 format was

Infrastructure mode (page 20)

MPEG1/2 Audio layer-3 file format. “MP3 files” have

adopted for efficient video data compression. It is

“.mp3” as extensions.

a variable rate technology that encodes the data to

Infrastructure mode is a wireless LAN

MPEG-2

according to the status of the video for reproducing

communication format. This performs wireless

high-quality images. Audio information is recorded

communication through an access point.

MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase 2) is

in a multi-channel format such as Dolby Digital,

Interlace format

one of the video data compression schemes, which

allowing for a realistic audio presence.

is adopted for DVD videos and digital broadcasts

DVD+/-R (pages 9, 26)

Interlace format shows every other line of an image

worldwide. Some Blu-ray Discs also use high bitrate

as a single “field” and is the standard method for

MPEG-2.

A DVD+/-R is a recordable, write-once DVD.

displaying images on television. The even numbered

Multi Angle (pages 40–42)

Since contents can be recorded and cannot be

field shows the even numbered lines of an image,

overwritten, a DVD+/-R can be used to archive data

and the odd numbered field shows the odd

This is a feature of DVD and BD video discs. In

or for storing and distributing video material. The

numbered lines of an image.

some discs, the same scene is shot from different

DVD+/-R has two different formats: VR format and

JPEG (pages 9–11, 36, 37)

angles, and these are stored in a single disc so you

Video format. DVDs created in Video format have

can enjoy playback from each angle. (This function

the same format as a DVD video, while discs created

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a still

can be enjoyed if the disc is recorded with multiple

in VR (Video Recording) format allow the contents to

image data compression format and is used in most

angles.)

be programed or edited.

of digital cameras.

Multi Audio

 

 

 

 

 

This is a feature of DVD and BD video discs. This

 

 

function makes it possible to record different audio

 

 

tracks for the same video, so you can enhance your

 

 

enjoyment by switching the audio. (You can enjoy

 

 

this function with discs recorded with multiple audio

 

 

tracks.)

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