Magnavox MBP5210 Manuel D’Utilisation

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20. GLOSSARY

AAC

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a lossy compression

and encoding scheme for digital audio. Audio files that

have been encoded with AAC generally achieves better

sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates.

AACS

Advanced Access Content System (AACS) is the

content protection scheme used with Blu-ray™ discs.

Analog Audio

An electrical signal that directly represents sound.

Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical

signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. Also see

“Digital Audio”.

Aspect Ratio

The width of a TV screen relative to its height.

Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the TV screen

is almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the TV

screen is almost twice as wide as its height).

AVCHD

AVCHD is a new format for high definition video camcorders

which can record and play high-resolution HD images.

BD-Live™

BD-Live™ is a BD-video (BD-ROM version 2 Profile

2.0) which contains new functions (e.g. Internet

connection), in addition to the BONUSVIEW™ function.

Blu-ray Disc™

Blu-ray Disc™ is a next generation optical video disc which

is capable of storing much more data than a conventional

DVD. The large capacity makes it possible to benefit from

the features such as high-definition videos, multi-channel

surround sounds, interactive menus and so on.

Chapter

Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a title

on a BD-video or DVD-video is usually divided into

chapters. Also see “Title”.

Cinavia™

Cinavia Notice
This product uses Cinavia technology to limit the use of

unauthorized copies of some commercially-produced

film and videos and their soundtracks. When a prohibited

use of an unauthorized copy is detected, a message will

be displayed and playback or copying will be interrupted.

More information about Cinavia technology is provided

at the Cinavia Online Consumer Information Center at

http://www.cinavia.com

To request additional information about Cinavia by mail,

send a postcard with your mailing address to: Cinavia

Consumer Information Center, P.O. Box 86851, San

Diego, CA, 92138, USA.

This product incorporates proprietary technology under

license from Verance Corporation and is protected by

U.S. Patent 7,369,677 and other U.S. and worldwide

patents issued and pending as well as copyright

and trade secret protection for certain aspects of

such technology. Cinavia is a trademark of Verance

disassembly is prohibited.

Default Gateway

IP address of the electronic devices (such as router)

which provide Internet access.

Digital Audio

An indirect representation of sound by numbers. During

recording, the sound is measured at discrete intervals (44,100

times a second for CD audio) by an analog-to-digital converter,

generating a stream of numbers. On playback, a digital-to-

analog converter generates an analog signal based on these

numbers. Also see “Sampling Frequency” and “Analog Audio”.

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)

DLNA is a cross-industry organization of consumer

electronics that formulates DLNA Interoperability Guidelines

for sharing digital contents within a home network.

DNS Server

A server which translates Internet domain names into IP addresses.

Dolby

Digital

The system to compress digital sound developed by

Dolby Laboratories. It offers you sound of stereo (2ch)

or multi-channel audio.

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™ supports

7.1 multi-channel surround sound output.

DTS

(Digital Theater System)

DTS

is a multi channel surround sound system. You can enjoy

movie dynamic and realistic sound like movie theater. DTS

surround sound technologies were developed by DTS, Inc.

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