About the Contents of the Disc

CD-RW

CD-R

AUDIO CD

VIDEO CD

VIDEO MODE

DVD R

VR MODE

DVD RW

DVD VIDEO

Icons Used on DVD Video Disc Case

When you buy a DVD Video disc, the back of the disc case ususally contains various information about the contents of the disc.

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2	1.	English	2	1. English
2	2.	Chinese	2	2. Chinese
	2.	Chinese		2. Chinese
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16:9	LB	2	1 2 3
16:9	LB		4 5 6
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Audio tracks and audio formats

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, etc.

Dolby Digital

A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. that gives movie theater ambience to audio output when the recorder is connected to a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel processor or amplifier.

DTS

DTS is a digital sound system developed by Digital Theater Systems for use in cinemas. This system uses 6 audio channels and provides accurate sound field positioning and realistic acoustics. (By Connecting a DTS Digital Surround decoder, you can also listen to DTS Digital Surround sound.)

Linear PCM

Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio CDs.

The sound on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits. (On DVD discs, sound is recorded at between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 96 kHz with 24 bits.)

Subtitle languages

This indicates the kind of subtitles.

Screen aspect ratio

Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes.

Camera Angle

Recorded onto some 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 number).

The icons used in this

Operation Manual

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