Sony DVD850 manual Glossary

Glossary

•5.1chsurroundsound

A system th:lt plays b_lc'k sound on 6 spe_lkers, 3 _lt

the front (lel:, right and center) and 2 at the rear

(right and lel:) with an additional low=pass

subwoollzr counted as a 0.1 channel for

frequencies of 120 Hz or lower.

•DolhyDigital

An audio encoding (compression) system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.

•DolbyDigital5.1 Creator

Sound compression technology developed by

Dolby Laboratories lnc. which compresses audio

efficiently while preserving high sound quality. It

enables recording of 5. l ch surround sound while

using disc space more efficiently. Discs created

by Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator can be played back

on a device compatible with the disc created on your camcorder.

• VIDEOmode

One of the recording form:_ts you c'm_ select when

using a DVD-RW. VIDEO mode provides

excellent compatibility with other DVD devices.

•VRmode

One of the recording form:_ts you can select when

using a DVD=RW. VR mode enables editing

(deleting or sequence rearrangement) with your

camcorder. Finalizing the disc lets you play it

back on a VR mode compatible DVD device.

•JPEG

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts

Group, a still image data compression (data

capacity reduction) standard. Yore" camcorder

records still images in JPEG lormat.

•MPEG

MPEG st;rods for Moving Pictm'e Experts Group,

the group of standards for the coding (image

compression) of vide() (movie) and audio. There

are MPEG 1 and MPEG2 formats. Your

camcorder records movies in MPEG2 format.

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•Thumbnail

Reduced-size images which enable you to view many images at the same time. [VISUAL

1NDEX], [_t FILM ROLL1, [[_ FACE1, etc. are thmnbnail display system.

•VBR

VBR strands f'or Vmiable Bit R_te, the recording

f'ormat f'or automatically controlling the bit rate

(the volume of recording data in a given time

segment) according to the scene being recorded.

For fast-moving video, a lot of media space is

used to produce a cleat" image, so the recording time to the media shortens.

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