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About
playback
of
discs
recorded
in
AVCHD
format
This player can play AVCHD format discs.
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•
What
is
the
AVCHD
format?
The AVCHD fonnat
is
a high-definition digital
video camera format used to record SD (standard
definition)
or
HD (high definition) signals
of
either
the 1080i specification*I
or
the
nop
specification
*2
on DVDs, using efficient data
compression coding technology. The MPEG-4
AVC/H.264 fonnat is adopted to compress video
data, and the Dolby Digital
or
Linear PCM system
is used to compress audio data. The MPEG-4 A
VCI
H.264 format
is
capable
of
compressing images at
higher efficiency than that
of
the conventional
image compressing fonnat. The MPEG-4
AVCI
H.264 format enables a high definition (HD) video
signal shot on a digital video camera recorder to be
recorded on DVD discs,
in
the same way
as
it would
be for a standard definition (SD) television signal.
*1 A high-definition specification which utilizes
1080 effective scanning lines and the interlace
system.
*2 A high-definition specification which utilizes
noeffective scanning lines and the progressive
system.
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• Some AVCHD format discs may not play,
depending on the recording condition.
• The AVCHD fonnat disc will not play
if
it
has not
been correctly finalized.