Panasonic SA-HT530GCP, Service Manual

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13.2. Why take advantage of HighMat?
A Problem Defined:Today, when consumers create their own digital audio, video or photo collections on CD-R or other physical
formats, there are numerous, inconsistent ways that devices read the data. For the consumer, the playback experience can be
confusing:
A Solution Created: HighMat delivers a better digital media access experience by creating a standard approach for PCs to structure
digital media on various physical formats and for playback devices to read the data.
13.3. Benefits of HighMat?
Conventional HighMat
Even though DVD player is CD-R/RW compatible, the inconsistent
ways that various DVD players can read the music or photos files often
leads to a confusing and inconsistant playback experince. HighMAT compatible products play content back with consistent
interface. This includes products which are JPEG compatible products
without HighMAT support.
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