Technical terms – Sony STR-DA7100ES User Manual
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x S-VIDEO signal
A format for transmitting video signal
information. S-video uses a single cable and
two channels, one for the Luminance signal Y
and another for the chrominance signal C.
Better picture quality for recording and
playback than that of Composite signal is
achieved.
Technical terms
x Cinema Studio EX
A surround sound mode that can be regarded
as the compilation of Digital Cinema Sound
technology, delivers the sound of a dubbing
theater using three technologies: “Virtual
Multi Dimensions,” “Screen Depth Matching,”
and “Cinema Studio Reverberation.”
“Virtual Multi Dimensions,” the virtual
speaker technology, creates a virtual multi-
surround environment with actual speakers up
to 7.1ch (with 9.1ch speakers, “Virtual Multi
Dimensions” will automatically be switched
off), and brings the surround sound experience
of a theater with the latest facilities into your
home.
“Screen Depth Matching” reproduces treble
attenuation, fullness, and depth of sound
usually created in a theater using sound
emission from behind the screen. This is then
added to the front and center channels.
“Cinema Studio Reverberation” reproduces
the sound characteristics of state-of-the-art
dubbing theaters and recording studios,
including Sony Pictures Entertainment’s
dubbing studios. There are three modes, A/B/
C, available according to the studio type.
x DC Phase Linearizer
With analog power amplifiers, phase shifts
take place at frequencies lower than several
tens of Hz. But with digital power amplifiers,
phase does not shift so the phase characteristic
is flat. Speakers available on the market are
designed for analog amplifiers and therefore
the performance at low frequencies does not
match the characteristics of digital amplifiers.
S-Master PRO reproduces the phase
characteristics of analog amplifiers by digital
processing to deliver familiar low frequency
sounds.
x Digital Cinema Sound (DCS)
Unique sound reproduction technology for
home theater developed by Sony, in
cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment,