System Setup
4 P R E F E R E N C E P A G E
3.5 HDMI SETUP
About HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the newest interface for audiovisual
equipment such as high-definition television and home theater systems. With 19
wires wrapped in a single cable that resembles a USB wire, HDMI is able to carry a
bandwidth of 5 Gbps (gigabits per second). This is more than twice the bandwidth
needed to transmit multi-channel audio and video, future-proofing HDMI for some
time to come. This and several other factors make HDMI much more desirable than
its predecessors, component video, S-Video and composite video.
HDMI is an uncompressed, all-digital signal, while the aforementioned interfaces are
all analog. With an analog interface, a clean digital source is translated into less
precise analog, sent to the television, then converted back to a digital signal to
display on screen. At each translation, the digital signal loses integrity, resulting in
some distortion of picture quality. HDMI preserves the source signal, eliminating
analog conversion to deliver the sharpest, richest picture possible.
HDMI supports standard video formats, enhanced video and high-definition. It is also
backwards compatible with DVI (Digital Video Interface). High-end graphics cards
featuring a DVI port can connect to a HDMI interface via a DVI/HDMI cable. This is
simply a cable with a DVI connector on one end and a HDMI connector on the other.
As a rule, HDMI cables should not run longer than 15 feet (5 meters), or degradation
of the signal could occur.
3.5.1 HDMI
You can set it to
ON
or
OFF
.
NOTE:
When HDMI is set to
ON
, the items
VIDEO OUTPUT
,
TV MODE
,
HD MODE
and
TV TYPE
are unavailable.
3.5.2 RESOLUTION
This item is available when
HDMI
is set to
ON
.
Select a resolution: 720p(50Hz) or 1080i(50Hz).
3.6 DIVX VOD (DivX Video-on-Demand)
The registration code for DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD) service can be available in
this item. Enter this item and press [ENTER] to get the registration code from the
brought up information box. Press [ENTER] to quit.
With the registration code you can rent and purchase movies using the DivX Video-
on-Demand (VOD) service offered by DIVX official website. Then burn the video onto
a disc and playback it with this player.
If there's no disc in the disc tray, the disc tray is open or the disc in the disc tray is
stopped, this item is available.
There are seven items in the PREFERENCE SETUP PAGE. They are TV TYPE, PBC,
AUDIO, SUBTITLE, DISC MENU, PARENTAL and DEFAULT.
4.1 TV TYPE
This product supports both NTSC (National Television System Committee) and PAL
(Phase Alternating Line) television broadcasting standards.
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