Technicolor - Thomson DTH720 manual Super Video CD Svcd discs, DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, DivX discs

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Further information

Super Video CD (SVCD) discs

SVCD (Super Video Compact Disc) discs comply with standard IEC62107, making it possible to record up to 70 minutes of digital images and sound at standard MPEG-2 for video and MPEG-1 for audio. Compatibility of SVCD discs depends on the MPEG coding software, the disc design software, as well as the recording software used and the discs themselves.

Important: Despite considerable progress made in providing compatibility with as many different discs as possible, reading of discs not conforming to Audio CD, Video CD and Super Video CD (S-VCD) disc standards cannot be guaranteed.

DVD-R and DVD-RW discs EN

Your player can play DVD-R and DVD+R (single recording) and DVD-RW and DVD+RW (re-recordable) discs. Recordings on DVD-RW discs must be made in DVD Video mode. Recordings on DVD+RW discs must be made in accordance with the specifications for the 4.7 Gb capacity DVD+RW disc format. Compatibility is dependent on which DVD writer, writer software and disks are used.

DivX discs

DivX is a compression format answering the MPEG-4 standard and that allows an entire film to be contained on a single CD.

The compatibility of DivX formats depends on MPEG-4 coding software, disc design software and the recording software employed, as well as the discs themselves.

What codecs can your player read?

•Playback of DivX 3.11 content.

•Playback of DivX 4 Content (Based on MPEG-4 Simple Profile)

•Playback of DivX 5 Content (MPEG-4 simple profile plus additional features such as bi- directional frames. Qpel and GMC are not supported).

•Resolutions up to 720 x 480 at 30fps and 720 x 576 at 25fps are supported.

•Macroblocks per second 40500.

•Maximum average bitrate 4000 kbps

•Maximum peak bitrate during any 3 seconds of video 10000 kbps

•Minimum VBV buffer size (kbytes) 384k bytes

Note: for DivX 3.11 content at Home Theater Profile, the required average bitrate is 1000 kbps, and the required maximum peak bitrate is 4000 kbps. Mpeg4 and Xvid content may or may not play back depending on the exact recording method and codec used.

Audio DVD discs

Audio DVD is a new digital recording format for audio discs.This format is based on the success of Video DVDs containing 5.1 multichannel sound.

Audio DVD therefore gives you new sound sensations by spreading the sound over 6 loudspeakers (6 x 96 KHz/24 bits analogue channels). If possible, therefore, you should connect the player to a

5.1amplifier using the 6 channels (marked (5) on page 6) as this gives the best 5.1 sound quality. Connecting the player in this way is also recommended for Video DVDs.

Many Audio DVDs contain video, in the form of information (bibliographies, titles list, etc.), video clips, photos, etc.

Audio DVDs contain large amounts of varied information.The way in which this information is presented varies from one disc to another.With some Audio DVDs, you can display the images contained on the disc, one at a time, using the info banner’s Browser (Browse) icon.

Note : in accordance with the DVD standard and the protection of copyright, the quality of the Audio signals available through the digital output connections (marked (6) on page 6) is limited, to match that of Audio CDs (48 KHz/16 bits).

Hidden information is sometimes contained on a disc. To see this information, you must first enter a password, which is generally shown on the disc’s cover or on the disc itself. This password is only linked to the disc; it is unrelated to your player. The disc’s password can sometimes be found on the publisher’s Web site.

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