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Pan Scan
PS
4:3
Playlist (PL)
Playback
Control (PBC)
Region
Number
Subtitles
Time Number
Title Menu
Title Number
Track Number
VBR
Video Mode
VR Mode
Screen size that cuts off the sides of the image to allow playing of Wide (16:9) software
on a connected 4:3 TV.
Titles for editing created based on an original are called “Playlist”.
This is recorded on a video CD (version 2.0). The scenes or information to be viewed (or
listened to) can be selected into actively with the TV monitor by looking at the menu
shown on the TV monitor.
Number identifying a geographic region of compatibility for a DVD.
These are the printed lines appearing at the bottom of the screen which translate or
transcribe the dialog. They are recorded on DVD discs.
This indicates the play time which has elapsed from the start of a disc or a title. It can
be used to find a specific scene quickly. (It may not work with some discs.)
This is a menu displayed by some DVDs for selection of chapters and subtitle set. The
title menu is also called a “top menu”.
These numbers are recorded on DVD discs. When a disc contains two or more movies,
these movies are numbered as title 1, title 2, etc.
These numbers are assigned to the tracks which are recorded on video CDs and Audio
CDs. They enable specific tracks to be located quickly.
VBR is the abbreviation for Variable Bit Rate control. This feature performs control by
varying the bit rate (the amount of code transferred in a fixed period of time) by assign-
ing a larger amount of code to complex video images such as sections containing rapid
movement or sections containing sudden changes in color, and assigning a smaller
amount of code in the opposite cases.
This recording format is compatible with commercially available DVD players and DVD-
ROM drive.
This recording format is the basic DVD-RW recording format, and lets you enjoy the
various editing functions available with this recorder.
Glossary
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