Glossary

Chapter (page 14)

Sections of a movie or a music piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters. Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want.

Dolby Digital (page 6, 18)

Digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories. This technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround sound. The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. Dolby Digital provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio found in Dolby Digital cinema audio systems. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital.

DTS (page 6, 18)

Digital audio compression technology that Digital Theater Systems, Inc. developed. This technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround sound. The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. DTS provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital.

DVD (page 11)

A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD.

The data capacity of a single-layer and single- sided DVD is 4.7 GB which is 7 times that of a CD. The data capacity of a dual-layer and single-sided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided DVD is 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD is 17 GB.

The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology. The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its original size. The DVD also uses a variable rate coding technology that changes the data to be allocated according to the status of the picture. Audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital as well

 

 

Warranty

 

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as in PCM, allowing you to enjoy a more real

Refer to the enclosed document regarding warranty that is country/area-specific.

 

 

 

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audio presence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

Furthermore, various advanced functions such

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as the multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental

 

 

 

 

 

Control functions are provided with the DVD.

 

 

 

 

information

ISO/IEO.

 

 

 

 

MPEG AUDIO (page 18)

 

 

 

 

 

International standard coding system to

 

 

 

 

 

compress audio digital signals authorised by

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-angle function (page 13)

 

 

 

 

 

Various angles for the scene (viewpoints of the

 

 

 

 

 

video camera) are recorded on some DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

Multilingual function (page 13, 16)

 

 

 

 

 

Several languages for the audio track or

 

 

 

 

 

subtitles in a picture are recorded on some

 

 

 

 

 

DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

Parental Control (page 17)

 

 

 

 

 

A function of the DVD used to restrict playback

 

 

 

 

 

of the disc according to the age of the user and

 

 

 

 

 

the restriction level in each country. The

 

 

 

 

 

restriction varies from disc to disc; when it is

 

 

 

 

 

activated, playback can be completely

 

 

 

 

 

prohibited, violent scenes are skipped or

 

 

 

 

 

replaced with other scenes, and so on.

 

 

 

 

 

Title (page 14)

 

 

 

 

 

The longest section of a movie or a music piece

 

 

 

 

 

on a DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on

 

 

 

 

 

video software; or an album, etc., for a music

 

 

 

 

 

piece on audio software. Each title is assigned

 

 

 

 

 

a title number enabling you to locate the title

 

 

 

 

 

you want.