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Glossary
■ DSD
Direct St ream Digital (DSD) techno logy stores audio signal s on
digital st orage media, such as Super Audio CDs. Us ing DSD, sig nals
are store d as single b it values at a high -frequency sampli ng rate of
2.8224 MHz , while noise shaping a nd oversampling are us ed to
reduce disto rtion, a common occurrence with v ery high qu antization
of audio signa ls. Due to the hi gh sampling rat e, better audio qu ality
can be achi eved than that offered by the PCM f ormat used for normal
audio CDs. The frequency is equal to o r higher th an 100 kHz an d the
dynamic ran ge is 120 dB. This u nit can transmi t or recei ve DSD
signals via the HDMI jac k.
■ DTS 96/24
DTS 96/24 of fers an unpreced ented lev el of audio qualit y for multi-
channel sou nd on D VD video, and is fully back ward-comp atible with
all DTS de coders. “96” refers to a 96 kHz sampl ing rate c ompared to
the typical 48 kHz sampling rate. “24” refers to 24-b it word length.
DTS 96/24 of fers sound qua lity transparent to the original 96/24
master , and 96/2 4 5.1-channel soun d with full-quality fu ll-motion
video for music program s and motion picture soun dtracks on DVD
video.
■ DTS Digital Su rround
DTS digital surround was developed to re place the anal og soundtra cks
of movie s with a 5.1-chan nel digital soun d track, and is no w rapidly
gaining po pularity in movie theaters arou nd the world. DTS, Inc. has
developed a home theat er system so that you ca n enjoy the dep th of
sound and natural sp atial repres entation o f DTS digital s urround in
your home . This system produces pra ctically disto rtion-free 6-c hannel
sound (tec hnically , front left and right , center, surround left and right,
and LFE 0. 1 (subwoofer) channels for a total of 5.1 channe ls). This
unit incorpo rates a DTS-ES de coder that enable s 6.1-channel
reproduct ion by adding the surround ba ck channel to the existing 5.1-
channel form at.
■ DTS Express
This is an audi o format for ne xt-generatio n optical discs su ch as Blu-
ray discs. It use s optimized lo w bit rate signal s for network s treaming.
In the case of a Blu-ray di sc, this form at is used with s econdary audi o,
enabling you to enjoy the commentary o f the movie prod ucer via th e
Internet while playin g the main p rogram.
■ DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
DTS-HD Hi gh Resolution Au dio is a high resol ution audio
technolo gy developed for high-definit ion disc-bas ed media in cluding
Blu-ray Dis c. Selected as an optio nal audio standard for Blu-ray Dis c,
this technology deliv ers sound that is vir tually indistinguish able from
the original, offeri ng a high-def inition home t heater exper ience.
Supporting bitrates up to 6.0 Mbps f or Blu-ray Dis c, DTS-HD High
Resolution Audio can ca rry up to 7. 1 discrete channels of 2 4-bit/96
kHz audio simul taneously .
DTS-HD High Resolu tion Audio also remains fu lly compatible with
the exist ing multichanne l audio systems t hat incorporate D TS Digital
Surround.
■ DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Maste r Audio is an advanced l ossless audi o technology
developed for high-d efinition disc-b ased media i ncluding B lu-ray
Disc. Se lected as an optional au dio standa rd for Blu- ray Disc, th is
technolo gy delivers sound that i s bit-for-bit i dentical to the studio
master , of fering a high-de finition home theater expe rience.
Supporting bitrates up to 24.5 Mb ps for Blu-ray Di sc, DTS-HD
Master Audi o can carry up t o 7.1 discret e channels of 24-bit/96 kHz
audio simu ltaneously . Supported b y HDMI ver sion 1.3 and desig ned
for the optica l disc players an d A V recei vers/ amplifier s of the future,
DTS-HD Master Audio also remains fu lly compatible with the
existing multichannel audio systems that incorpo rate DTS Digital
Surround.
■ HDMI
HDMI (High-Def inition Multimedi a Interface) is the f irst industry-
supported, uncompres sed, all-dig ital audi o/video inte rface. Providing
an interface bet ween any source (suc h as a set-top box or A V receiver)
and an audio/vid eo monitor (such a s a digital tele vision), HDMI
supports standard , enhanced or high-def inition video as well as multi-
channel di gital audi o using a s ingle cable. H DMI transmi ts all A T SC
HDTV standard s and suppo rts 8-chann el digital audio, with
bandwidth t o spare to ac commodate fu ture enhanc ements and
require ments.
When used in combinatio n with HDCP (High-band width Digital
Content Pro tection), HDMI p rovides a se cure audio/vide o interface
that meets the securit y requireme nts of conten t providers and system
operators . For further info rmation on HDMI, visit the HDMI website
at “http://www .hdmi.org/. ”
■ LFE 0.1 channel
This channe l reproduce s low-frequency signa ls. The freq uency range
of this chan nel is from 20 Hz to 120 Hz. This channe l is counte d as
0.1 because it only enf orces a low-frequ ency range compar ed to the
full-range r eproduced by th e other 5/6 channels in Dol by Digital or
DTS 5.1/6 .1-channel syst ems.
■ Neo:6
Neo:6 decode s the conventional 2-chan nel sources for 6- cha nnel
playback by the specific decoder. It enables playba ck with the f ull-
range chann els with hi gher separ ation just l ike digital di screte sign al
playback. Th ere are two mod es av ailable : “Music mode” for music
sources and “Cinema mode ” for movie sour ces.
■ PCM (Linear PCM)
Linear PCM i s a signal fo rmat under w hich an analog audio signal is
digitized, re corded and transm itted without usin g any compres sion.
This is us ed as a method of record ing CDs and D VD audio. The PCM
system uses a te chnique for sa mpling the size of the analog sign al per
very sm all unit of time. St anding for “Pul se Code Modulati on, ” the
analog sig nal is encode d as pulses and then mod ulated for r ecording.
■ S-video signal
W ith the S-video si gnal system, t he video s ignal normall y transmitt ed
using a pin ca ble is separated an d transmitted as th e Y signal for the
luminance a nd the C sign al for the c hrominance through the S-video
cable. Usin g the S VIDEO j ack elimin ates video si gnal transmi ssion
loss and allo ws record ing and playba ck of ev en more beautif ul
images.
■ Sampling frequenc y and number of
quantized bits
When digit izing an analog audio signal, th e number of times the
signal is sa mpled per s econd is cal led the sampl ing freque ncy , while
the de gree of f ineness when conv erting th e sound le vel into a numeric
value is called th e number of quan tized bits. The range of ra tes that
can be play ed back is d etermined b ased on the sampling rate , while
the dynamic range re presenting t he sound level difference is
determin ed by the number of quantize d bits. In pr inciple, t he higher
the sampli ng frequency , the wi der the ra nge of freq uencies that can be
played back , and the hi gher the num ber of quanti zed bits, the more
finely the soun d level can be reproduc ed.
■ “x.v .Color”
A color space standard su pported by HDMI version 1.3. It is a mo re
exten siv e color space than sRGB, and allo ws the e xpression of co lors
that could n ot be expressed be fore. While rem aining comp atible with
the color gamut of sRGB s tandards, “x.v.Color” expands the c olor
space and ca n thus prod uce more vivid, natur al images. I t is
particula rly effective for still picture s and comput er graphic s.