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Glossary
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 denition or wide TV is 16:9. The letterbox allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider perspective
on a standard 4:3 screen.
BD-Java™
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 denition 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 les can contain both
audio and video data in a le container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.
Glossary
Dolby
®
Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus is the next generation digital audio compression technology developed as an extension to
Dolby Digital. Blu-ray Disc™ supports 7.1 multi-channel surround sound output.
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.
DTS-HD
®
DTS-HD
®
is a lossless coding technology developed as an extension of the original DTS
®
Coherent Acoustics
format. Blu-ray Disc™ supports 7.1 multi-channel surround sound output.
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.
Blu-ray Disc
TM
Blu-ray Disc
TM
is a next generation optical video disc capable of storing ve times more data than a
conventional DVD. The large capacity makes it possible to benet from the features such as high-denition
videos, multichannel surround sound, interactive menus and so on.
BD-Live™
BD-Live™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 2 Prole 2.0/Prole 1.1) which contains new functions (e.g.
Internet connection), in addition to the 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.
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.
Dolby
®
Digital
The system to compress digital sound developed by Dolby Laboratories. It offers you sound of stereo (2ch)
or multichannel audio.
DTS-HD Master Audio
TM
A disc encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio delivers ALL of the information from the original master recording
— bit-for-bit, it’s identical to what the sound engineers laid down. Audio doesn’t get any better than this.
Blu-ray 3D™
Blu-ray 3D™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 3 Prole 5.0) which contains 3D view function, in addition to
the BD-Live/BONUSVIEW function.