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Dolby Digital
A surround sound system developed by Dolby
Laboratories that contains up to six channels of
digital audio (front left and right, surround left and
right, center and subwoofer.)
DTS
Digital Theatre Systems. A surround sound system
for providing 5.1 channels of discrete digital audio
in consumer electronics products and software
content. It is not developed by Dolby Digital.
H
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. This is
of digital contents between different devices (to
prevent unauthorized copyright.)
HDMI
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
multichannel audio. It delivers high quality picture
and sound quality, completely free from noise.
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.
A very common digital still picture format. A still-
picture data compression system proposed by the
Joint Photographic Expert Group, which features
small decrease in image quality in spite of its high
extension ‘.jpg’ or ‘.jpeg.’
L
LAN (Local Area Network)
A group of linked devices in a company, school
or home. Indicates the boundaries of a particular
network.
Local storage
This storage area is used as destination for storing
additional contents from BD-Live enabled BD-Video.
9 Glossary
A
Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio refers to the width to height ratio of
TV screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3, while
The letter box allows you to enjoy a picture with a
wider perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.
AVCHD
video cameras that can be used to record and play
high-resolution HD images.
B
Blu-ray Disc (BD)
Blu-ray Disc is a next generation optical video
a conventional DVD. The large capacity makes it
interactive menus and so on.
BONUSVIEW
addition to basic playback and interactive features,
BonusView players introduced after 31st October,
2007 enables users to enjoy ‘Picture-in-Picture’
(PiP) and secondary audio features (useful
when playing games that use additional audio
stream while the movie is playing) on compatible
BonusView discs.
D
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.
DivX Video-On-Demand
®
device must be registered
in order to play DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD)
content. To generate the registration code, locate
the DivX VOD section in your device setup menu.
Go to vod.divx.com with this code to complete the
registration process and learn more about DivX video.
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