Glossary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS-HD Master Audio Essential

DVD+/-RW (pages 9, 25)

Linear PCM Sound (pages 12, 42, 54)

 

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 25)

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)

MP3 (pages 9–11, 32, 34)

 

such as a TV.

 

DVD video (pages 9, 25)

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an

MP3 files are audio data compressed in the

 

interface that supports both video and audio on

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

 

A disc format that contains up to eight hours of

a single digital connection. The HDMI connection

“.mp3” as extensions.

 

moving pictures on a disc the same diameter as

 

carries standard to high definition video signals

MPEG-2

 

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

 

and multi-channel audio signals to AV components

 

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

such as HDMI equipped TVs, in digital form without

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

 

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

one of the video data compression schemes, which

 

degradation.

 

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

is adopted for DVD videos and digital broadcasts

 

Infrastructure mode (page 19)

 

adopted for efficient video data compression. It is

worldwide. Some Blu-ray Discs also use high bitrate

 

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

Multi Angle (pages 37–39)

 

high-quality images. Audio information is recorded

communication through an access point.

 

in a multi-channel format such as Dolby Digital,

Interlace format

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

 

some discs, the same scene is shot from different

 

allowing for a realistic audio presence.

 

DVD+/-R (pages 9, 25)

Interlace format shows every other line of an image

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

 

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

can enjoy playback from each angle. (This function

 

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

displaying images on television. The even numbered

can be enjoyed if the disc is recorded with multiple

 

Since contents can be recorded and cannot be

field shows the even numbered lines of an image,

angles.)

 

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

and the odd numbered field shows the odd

Multi Audio (pages 37–39)

 

or for storing and distributing video material. The

numbered lines of an image.

 

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

JPEG (pages 9–11, 33, 34)

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

 

function makes it possible to record different audio

 

Video format. DVDs created in Video format have

 

the same format as a DVD video, while discs created

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a still

tracks for the same video, so you can enhance your

 

image data compression format and is used in most

enjoyment by switching the audio. (You can enjoy

 

in VR (Video Recording) format allow the contents to

 

of digital cameras.

this function with discs recorded with multiple audio

 

be programed or edited.

 

 

tracks.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix (page 55)

 

 

 

Netflix is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental

 

 

 

service, offering rental-by mail and streaming

 

 

 

instantly to Netflix unlimited members.

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