Glossary

x5.1ch surround sound

A system that plays back sound on 6 speakers, 3 at the front (left, right and center) and 2 at the rear (right and left) with an additional low-pass subwoofer counted as a 0.1 channel for frequencies of 120 Hz or lower.

xAVCHD format

A high definition digital video camera format used to record an HD (high definition) signal using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.

xDolby DigitalAn audio encoding (compression) system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.xDolby Digital 5.1 Creator

Sound compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. which compresses audio efficiently while preserving high sound quality. Sounds are compressed effectively with high quality sound, and it enables producing 5.1ch surround sound.

xDVD formatA format used to record an SD (standard definition) signal on 8 cm DVD discs.xJPEG

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, a still image data compression (data capacity reduction) standard. Your camcorder records still images in JPEG format.

xMPEG

MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, the group of standards for the coding (image compression) of video (movie) and audio. There are MPEG1 and MPEG2 formats. Your camcorder records movies with SD (standard definition) image quality in MPEG2 format.

xMPEG-4 AVC/H.264

The latest image coding format standardized jointly by two international standardization organizations, the ISO-IEC and the ITU-T, in 2003. Compared with the conventional MPEG2 format, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 has more than twice the efficiency. Your camcorder employs MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 to encode high definition movies.

xThumbnail

Reduced-size images which enable you to view many images at the same time. The VISUAL INDEX screen, the Film Roll Index screen and the Face Index screen use a thumbnail display system.

xVIDEO mode

One of the recording formats you can select when using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition) image quality. VIDEO mode provides excellent compatibility with other DVD devices.

xVBR

VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate, the recording format for 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 clear image, so the recording time to the media shortens.

xVR mode

One of the recording formats you can select when using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition) image quality. 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.

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