Zenith DVB318, Installation And Operating Manual

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Glossary of Disc-related Terms
DVD -R / DVD ±RW
DVD -R are two different standards for
recordable DVD drives and discs. This format
allows information to be recorded onto the DVD
disc only once. DVD +RW and DVD -RW are
two standards for re-writable media, meaning the
DVD content can be erased and re-recorded.
Single-sided discs can hold 4.38 Gigabytes and
double-sided discs hold twice as much. There
are no dual-layer, single-sided recordable discs.
VCD (Video CD)
A VCD holds up to 74 minutes (650 MB disc) or
80 minutes (700 MB disc) of MPEG-1 full-motion
video along with quality stereo sound.
MPEG
MPEG is an international standard for video and
audio compression. MPEG-1 is used in encoding
video for VCD and provides for multichannel
surround sound coding such as PCM, Dolby
Digital, DTS, and MPEG audio.
MP3
MP3 is a popular compression format used for
digital audio files that yields very high near-CD
quality.
WMA
Windows media audio file. A type of coding /
decoding developed by Microsoft Corp.
JPEG (Files)
Joint Pictures Expert Group. JPEG is a
compressed file format that allows you to save
images with no limit on the number of colors.
PBC: Playback Control (Video CD only)
Playback control is available for Video CD (VCD)
version 2.0 disc formats. PBC allows you to
interact with the system via menus, search
functions, or other typical computer-like
operations. Moreover, still pictures of high
resolution can be played if they are included in
the disc. Video CDs not equipped with PBC
(Version 1.1) operate in the same way as audio
CDs.
Title (DVDs only)
A title is generally a distinct section of a DVD
disc. For example the main feature could be title
1, a documentary describing how the film was
made could be title 2, and cast interviews could
be title 3. Each title is assigned a reference
number enabling you to locate it easily.
Chapter (DVDs only)
A chapter is a segment of a title such as a scene
in a film or one interview in a series. Each
chapter is assigned a chapter number, enabling
you to locate the chapter you want. Depending
on the disc, chapters may not be recorded.
Scene (VCD)
On a video CD with PBC (playback control)
functions, moving pictures and still pictures are
divided into sections called “scenes”. Each
scene is displayed in the menu screen and
assigned a scene number, enabling you to
locate the scene you want. A scene is composed
of one or several tracks.
Track
A distinct element of audiovisual information,
such as the picture or sound track for a specific
language (DVD), or a musical piece on a video
or audio CD. Each track is assigned a track
number, enabling you to locate the track you
want. DVD discs allow one track of video (some
with multiple angles) and perhaps several tracks
of audio.