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9 Glossary
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
de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.
AVCHD™
AVCHD™ is a new format for high
denition video camcorders which can
record and play high-resolution HD images.
AVI
Audio Video Interleave, known by its
acronym AVI, is a multimedia container
ormat. AVI les can contain both audio and
video data in a le container that allows
synchronous audio-with-video playback.
BD-Java™
With some Blu-ray Disc™ which support
Java™ applications, you can enjoy the
interactive functions such as games or
interactive menus.
BD-Live™
BD-Live™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 2
Prole 2.0/ Prole 1.1) which contains new
functions (e.g. Internet connection), in
addition to the BONUSVIEW™ function.
Blu-ray 3D™
Blu-ray 3D™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM
version 3 Pro le 5.0) which contains 3D
view function, in addition to the BD-Live/
BONUSVIEW function.
Blu-ray Disc
TM
Blu-ray Disc
TM
is a next generation optical
video disc capable of storing ve times
more data than a conventional DVD. The
large capacity makes it possible to benet
from the features such as high-denition
videos, multichannel surround sound,
interactive menus and so on.
BONUSVIEW
TM
This is a Blu-ray Disc
TM
-Video (Final
Standard Prole or Prole 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.
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.
Digital Audio
Digital Audio is a sound signal that has
been converted into numerical values.
Digital sound can be transmitted through
multiple channels. Analogue sound can
only be transmitted through two channels.
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™ supports 7.1 multi-channel
surround sound output.
Dolby
®
TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding
technology developed for next generation
optical discs. Blu-ray Disc
TM
supports 7.1
multi-channel surround sound output.
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. DTS surround
sound technologies were developed by
DTS, Inc.
DTS-HD
®
DTS-HD is a lossless coding technology
developed as an extension of the original
DTS Coherent Acoustics format.
Blu-ray Disc™ supports 7.1 multi-channel
surround sound output.
DTS-HD Master Audio
TM
A disc encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio
delivers ALL of the information from the
original master recording — bit-for-bit, it's
identical to what the sound engineers laid
down. Audio doesn't get any better than
this.