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Glossary
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
A type of disc which contains recording of audio/
video packaged media with high video and audio
quality, such as a movie, featuring large recording
capacity and digital signal processing capability.
VCD: VIDEO CD
A type of CD which contains the recording of mov-
ing images. It compresses image information by
about 1/120 and audio information by about 1/6
and accommodates up to 74 minutes of recording
in a disc with the same diameter as ordinary music
CD of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility
and are capable of playback only, while some are
P.B.C.-compatible and are capable of various spe-
cial playback control operations. This player can
play both of these VCDs.
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
This is an international standard for digital video
and audio compression and decompression in
media.
Dolby Digital
This is a digital audio compression technology
developed by Dolby Laboratories. It is compatible
with 5.1-channel surround audio as well as normal
stereo (2-channel) audio and can accommodate a
large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.
DTS
Name of a digital surround system developed by
Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
Top menu/menu (DVD)
Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen.
This screen is referred to as the top menu.
The menu is the item display (menu screen) for use
in setting operations. The menu can be recalled
any time during playback to perform settings
according to the current software, including the
audio switching between Dolby Digital and PCM,
switching of language used in the subtitles and
spoken voice.
Title number (DVD)
The title is the largest unit of video and audio
recorded in a DVD. It usually corresponds to a
single movie of video software or an album (some-
times a piece of music) of music software. The
numbers assigned to individual titles are referred
to as the title numbers.
Chapter number (DVD)
The chapter is a section of video and audio record-
ed in a DVD. A title is composed of several chap-
ters. The numbers assigned to individual chapters
are referred to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitles (DVD)
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more
than one subtitle language. This player allow you
to select one of the recorded subtitle languages
during playback.
Track number (CD, VCD)
A track is also a section of video and audio record-
ed in a disc. The numbers assigned to individual
tracks are referred to as the track numbers.
With most of music CDs, a track is assigned to a
piece of music. However, with a VCD, the sections
of the contents do not always correspond to the
assigned tracks.
As (special) playback functions such as skipping
and programming of ordinary CDs are based on
track number data, such playback functions are
sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
When a VIDEO CD carries "Play Back Control
capable" or similar message on the disc or jacket,
desired scenes and information can be played back
in an interactive manner using a hierarchical struc-
ture while viewing the menu screens displayed on
the TV screen.