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Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio refers to the length to height ratio
of TV screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3,
while the ratio of a high-de nition or wide TV is
16:9. The letter box allows you to enjoy a
picture with a wider perspective on a standard
4:3 screen.
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DivX®
The DivX code is a patent-pending, MPEG-4
based video compression technology,
developed by DivX Networks, Inc., that can
shrink digital video to sizes small enough to be
transported over the internet, while maintaining
high visual quality.
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HDMI
High-De nition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high de nition video and digital
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.
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JPEG
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 compression ratio. Files are
recognised by their le extension ‘JPG or JPEG’.
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MP3
A le format with a sound data compression
system. ‘MP3’ is the abbreviation of Motion
Picture Experts Group 1 (or MPEG-1) Audio
Layer3. By using the MP3 format, one CD-R or
CD-RW can contain about 10 times more data
than a regular CD. Files are recognized by their
le extension ‘.MP3’.
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One-touch play
When you connect the DVD player to devices
that support one-touch play, you can control
the DVD player and the devices with one
remote control. For example, when you press
Play
on the DVD remote control, the TV
automatically switches to the correct channel to
show the DVD content.
One-touch standby
When you connect the DVD player to devices
that support standby, you can use DVD player
remote control to put the DVD player and all
connected HDMI devices in standby mode. You
can perform one-touch standby using the
remote control from any of the connected
HDMI devices.