Glossary
AVCHD (Page 7)
AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High De¿ nition)
refers to a recording format (speci¿ cation) for
digital video cameras which can record to a disc
such as 8 cm DVD disc and play back digital high
de¿ nition images.
BDAV (Page 7)
BDAV (Blu-ray Disc Audio/Visual, BD-AV) refers
to one of the application formats used for writable
Blu-ray discs such as BD-R, BD-RE, etc. BDAV
is a recording format equivalent to DVD-VR (VR
mode) of the DVD speci¿ cations.
BD-J application
The BD-ROM format supports Java for interactive
functions. "BD-J" offers content providers almost
unlimited functionality when creating interactive
BD-ROM titles.
BD-LIVE (Page 25)
A variety of interactive content is available from
BD-LIVE compatible Blu-ray discs via the Internet.
BDMV (Page 7)
BDMV (Blu-ray Disc Movie, BD-MV) refers to one
of the application formats used for BD-ROM which
is one of the Blu-ray Disc speci¿ cations. BDMV is
a recording format equivalent to DVD-video of the
DVD speci¿ cation.
BD-R (Pages 7, 25)
A BD-R (Blu-ray Disc Recordable) is a recordable,
write-once Blu-ray Disc. Since contents can be
recorded and cannot be overwritten, a BD-R
can be used to archive data or for storing and
distributing video material.
BD-RE (Pages 7, 25)
A BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc Rewritable) is a recordable
and rewritable Blu-ray Disc.
BD-ROM
BD-ROMs (Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Memory)
are commercially produced discs. Other than
conventional movie and video contents, these
discs have enhanced features such as interactive
content, menu operations using pop-up menus,
selection of subtitle display, and slide shows.
Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of
data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in
High De¿ nition format for playback on Blu-ray Disc
players.
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Blu-ray Disc (BD) (Page 7)
A disc format developed for recording/playing
high-de¿ nition (HD) video (for HDTV, etc.), and
for storing large amounts of data. A single layer
Blu-ray Disc holds up to 25 GB, and a dual-layer
Blu-ray Disc holds up to 50 GB of data.
Chapter number (Page 39)
Sections of a movie or a music feature that are
smaller than titles. A title is composed of several
chapters. Some discs may only be comprised of a
single chapter.
Copy guard
This function prevents copying. You cannot copy
discs marked by the copyright holder with a signal
which prevents copying.
DeepColor
DeepColor can reproduce rich colors, increasing
the number of bits describing colors.
This Player is compatible with DeepColor. You can
enjoy this function by connecting to a DeepColor
compatible TV using an HDMI cable.
Disc menu (Page 23)
This lets you select things like the subtitle
language or audio format using a menu stored on
the DVD video disc.
Dolby Digital
A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories
Inc. that gives movie theater ambience to audio
output when the product is connected to a Dolby
Digital processor or ampli¿ er.
Dolby Digital Plus
A sound system developed as an extension
to Dolby Digital. This audio coding technology
supports 7.1 multi-channel surround sound.
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless coding technology
that supports up to 8 channels of multi-channel
surround sound for the next generation optical
discs. The reproduced sound is true to the original
source bit-for-bit.
DTS
This is a digital sound system developed by DTS,
Inc. for use in cinemas.