User's Manual

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10 Glossary
Dolby
®
TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding technology
developed for next generation optical discs. Blu-ra
y
Disc
TM
supports 7.1 multi-channel surround sound
output.
Aspect
ratio
Aspect
ratio refers to the length to height ratio of
TV
screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3, while
the
ratio of a high defi nition or wide TV is 16:9. The
letterbox
allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider
perspective on a standard 4:3 screen
.
Blu-
ray Disc
TM
Blu-
ray Disc
TM
is a next generation optical video
disc
capable of storing fi ve times more data than
a
conventional DVD. The large capacity makes it
possible
to benefi t from the features such as high-
de
fi nition videos, multichannel surround sound,
inter
active menus and so on.
Chapter
Just
as a book is split up into several chapters,
a
title on a Blu-ray Disc™-video or DVD-video is
usually divided into chapters
.
BD
-Java
TM
With
some Blu-ray Disc™ which support Java™
applications,
you can enjoy the interactive functions
such as games or inter
active menus.
A
VCHD™
A
VCHD™ is a new format for high defi nition video
camcorders
which can record and play high-
resolution HD images
.
AV
I
Audio
Video Interleave, known by its acronym
A
VI, is a multimedia container format. AVI fi les
can
contain both audio and video data in a fi le
container
that allows synchronous audio-with-video
playback
.
DTS
®
DTS is a multi-channel surround sound system. By
connecting to DTS decoder, you can enjoy
movie
dynamic and realistic sound like movie theater. DT
S
surround sound technologies were developed
by
DTS, Inc.
Dolby
®
Digital
The system to compress digital sound
developed
by Dolby Laboratories. It offers you sound of stereo
(2ch) or multichannel audio.
Dolby
®
Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus is the next generation
digital
audio compression technology developed as an
extension to Dolby Digital. Blu-ray Disc
TM
supports
7.1 multi-channel surround sound output.
BONUSVIEW
TM
This
is a Blu-ray Disc
TM
-Video (Final Standard
Profile
or Profile 1.1) that supports interactive
content
encoded on the disc, such as
picture-in-picture.
This means you can play the
primary video and secondary video simultaneously
.
BD-Live™
BD-Live™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 2.5
Profile 2 ) which contains new functions (e.g.
Internet connection), in addition to the BONUSVIEW™
function
.
Digital Audi
o
Digital
Audio is a sound signal that has been
converted
into numerical values. Digital sound
can
be transmitted through multiple channels.
A
nalogue sound can only be transmitted through
two channels
.
HDMI
®
High-Defi nition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
is
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high defi nition video and digital
multichannel audio. It delivers high quality
picture and sound quality. HDMI is fully backward
compatible with DVI. As required by the
HDMI
standard, connecting to HDMI or DVI products
without HDCP (High bandwidth Digital Content
Protection) will result in no Video or Audio output.
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. This
is
a specifi cation that provides a secure transmission
of digital contents between different devices
(to
prevent unauthorized copyright.)
DTS 2.0+Digital Out
TM
DTS 2.0+Digital Out
TM
denotes the dual ability to
pass the DTS encoded digital bistream to an
external DTS decoder for playback as well as fold
down the digital surround soundtrack for playback
in a 2-channel environment through analog
outputs.
IP Address
A set of numbers which are assigned to devices
participating in a computer network.