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TERMINOLOGY 5
ENGLISH
Terminology
Progressive Scan: Due to the immense data
storage capacity of DVD, images are nowadays
stored progressively (intact, rather than
interlaced). This allow all of the lines in each
frame (odd and even) to be shown at the same
time. The player comes with true progressive
scan video output resulting in a 40% greater
light output than a conventional TV and a stun-
ningly detailed, high definition image with
absence of visible scanlines and motion artifacts.
WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media
®
Audio) is
an audio compression format that was devel-
oped by the Microsoft
®
Corporation for use with
its Windows Media Player. WMA files can be
even smaller in size than MP3 files, while main-
taining similar quality. The DVD 49 and DVD 39
are among those DVD players capable of playing
discs containing WMA files. Note that Windows
Media Player uses other file formats; however,
the player is only capable of playing files that
end in the “.wma” extension. See page 27 for
more information on WMA file support.
Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to
show up to four different views of the same
scene in a program. When a disc is encoded with
multiple-angle information, pressing the Angle
button will enable you to switch between these
different views. Note that at present, few discs
take advantage of this capability and, when they
do, the multiple-angle technology may only be
present for short periods of time within the disc.
Producers will usually insert some sort of icon or
graphic in the picture to alert you to the
availability of multiple viewing angles.
Reading: This is a message that you will see
after you´ve loaded the disc and the tray has
closed. It refers to the fact that the player must
first examine the contents of the disc to see if it
is a CD or DVD, and then extract the information
about the type of material on the disc, such as
languages, aspect ratios, subtitles, number of
titles and more. The slight delay while the
contents of the disc are read is normal.
Resume: The operation of the Stop Button on
the DVD works differently from what you are
used to on CD players. On a traditional CD
player, when you press the Stop button, the unit
does just that: it stops playback. On a CD player,
when you press the start button again, the disc
starts from the beginning. With the DVD,
however, you have two options when playing
DVD discs. Pressing Stop once will stop play-
back, but it actually puts the unit in the Resume
mode. This means that you can turn the machine
off and, when you press play the next time, the
disc will resume or continue from the point on
the disc where the Stop button was pressed. This
is helpful if you are watching a movie and must
interrupt your viewing session but wish to pick
up where you left off. Pressing the Stop button
twice will stop the machine in a traditional
manner and, when the disc is played again, it
will start from the beginning.
In resume mode, the cover of the DVD will be
displayed, if available. Otherwise, the
Harman Kardon screen will appear.
DivX
DivX is the name of a revolutionary new video
codec which is based on the MPEG-4 compres-
sion standard for video. This DVD player will
playback discs created with DivX software. The
DVD player’s playback functionalities of DivX
video discs will vary depending on the DivX soft-
ware version used for creating your movies. For
more information about the different software
versions of DivX, please go to www.divx.com.
SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc, DVD
49): The SACD format is an improvement upon
the original compact disc, and was developed by
the same companies that originated the CD.
Thanks to its high-density format, the SACD disc
is capable of storing more than seven times the
amount of data as on a standard CD. Engineers
realized that if they utilized a much higher sam-
pling frequency in a single-bit format, but elimi-
nated the downsampling required to fit 74 min-
utes of audio on a standard CD, they could pre-
serve a much higher quality of audio that more
closely approximates the original analog signal.
In addition, the playback equipment would no
longer need to perform an upsampling interpola-
tion to play back the program. Eliminating these
two conversion steps minimizes distortion and
artifacts, while enabling much higher resolution.
Most SACD discs are dual layer, including a con-
ventional CD layer for compatibility with older
disc players, as well as the SACD high-density
layer. In addition, SACD discs may contain two-
channel or multichannel versions of the pro-
gram, or both.
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