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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.
DivX Video-On-Demand
This DivX Certified
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device must be registered in order to play DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD)
content. To generate the registration code, locate the DivX VOD section in your device setup
menu. Go to vod.divx.com with this code to complete the registration process and learn more
about DivX video.
Dolby Digital
A surround sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories that contains up to six channels of
digital audio (front left and right, surround left and right, center and subwoofer.)
DTS
Digital Theatre Systems. A surround sound system for providing 5.1 channels of discrete digital
audio in consumer electronics products and software content. It is not developed by Dolby Digital.
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HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. This is a specification that provides a secure
transmission of digital contents between different devices (to prevent unauthorized copyright.)
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a high-speed digital interface that can transmit
uncompressed high definition 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 recognized by their file extension ‘.jpg’ or ‘.jpeg.’
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MP3
A file format with a sound data compression system. MP3 is the abbreviation of Motion Picture
Experts Group 1 (or MPEG-1) Audio Layer 3. With the MP3 format, one CD-R or CD-RW can
contain about 10 times more data than a regular CD.