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10 Glossary
Dolby
®
TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding technology
developed for next generation optical discs. Blu-ray
Disc
TM
supports 7.1 multi-channel surround sound
output.
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 defi nition or wide TV is 16:9. The
letterbox allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider
perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.
Blu-ray Disc
TM
Blu-ray Disc
TM
is a next generation optical video
disc capable of storing fi ve times more data than
a conventional DVD. The large capacity makes it
possible to benefi t from the features such as high-
defi nition videos, multichannel surround sound,
interactive menus and so on.
Chapter
Just as a book is split up into several chapters,
a title on a Blu-ray Disc™-video or DVD-video is
usually divided into chapters.
BD-Java
TM
With some Blu-ray Disc™ which support Java™
applications, you can enjoy the interactive functions
such as games or interactive menus.
AVCHD™
AVCHD™ is a new format for high defi nition video
camcorders which can record and play high-
resolution HD images.
AVI
Audio Video Interleave, known by its acronym
AVI, is a multimedia container format. AVI fi les
can contain both audio and video data in a fi le
container that allows synchronous audio-with-video
playback.
DTS
®
DTS is a multi-channel surround sound system. By
connecting to DTS decoder, you can enjoy movie
dynamic and realistic sound like movie theater. DTS
surround sound technologies were developed by
DTS, Inc.
Dolby
®
Digital
The system to compress digital sound developed
by Dolby Laboratories. It offers you sound of stereo
(2ch) or multichannel audio.
Dolby
®
Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus is the next generation digital
audio compression technology developed as an
extension to Dolby Digital. Blu-ray Disc
TM
supports
7.1 multi-channel surround sound output.
BONUSVIEW
TM
This is a Blu-ray Disc
TM
-Video (Final Standard
Profile or Profile 1.1) that supports interactive
content encoded on the disc, such as
picture-in-picture. This means you can play the
primary video and secondary video simultaneously.
BD-Live™
BD-Live™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 2.5
Profile 2 ) which contains new functions (e.g.
Internet connection), in addition to the BONUSVIEW™
function.
Digital Audio
Digital Audio is a sound signal that has been
converted into numerical values. Digital sound
can be transmitted through multiple channels.
Analogue sound can only be transmitted through
two channels.
HDMI
®
High-Defi nition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is
a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high defi nition video and digital
multichannel audio. It delivers high quality
picture and sound quality. 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.
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. This is
a specifi cation that provides a secure transmission
of digital contents between different devices (to
prevent unauthorized copyright.)
DTS 2.0+Digital Out
TM
DTS 2.0+Digital Out
TM
denotes the dual ability to
pass the DTS encoded digital bistream to an
external DTS decoder for playback as well as fold
down the digital surround soundtrack for playback
in a 2-channel environment through analog
outputs.
IP Address
A set of numbers which are assigned to devices
participating in a computer network.
