Panasonic DVD-A360A - Manual (Page 40)

Initial settinga
Nota
• It is recammanded that the “1 PAL 60" is selected at the “0
NTSC Disc Output" whsn a PAL TV is connected; hov№ver,
the images shown below will appear on [he TV screen.
Black bars appear at tfie top and bolfam parts of the TV
screen, (The picture may be compressed vertically,)
For your reference:
•When the “2 On" is selected at the "5 StiN Picture Display",
tfie toliowing screen Is displayed In the still picture mcde;
• VP/B
The MPEG 2 etandard adopted for DVD uses tee felFcwIng
3 picture types for the coding ot each picture {frame) on the
TV screen.
I: l-Ptetpre (Intra coded picture)
This Is the staixiard picture type, and each picture is coded
Separately.
P: P-PIcture {Predictive coded ptcture)
This picture type is computed on the baeie of a past l-Picture
or P-Picture.
B: B-P№ture (Bldlrectionally-predlctlve coded picture)
This picture type is ccmputad by comparing tee previous and
subsequent l-PIclure or P-Prcture. It has the lowest volume of
informaton.
General Picture type
Predict
Example: P-Plclure
•Plaid
Half of the video Information (vkteo signal) in a frame Is
called a field, Wllh conventional TV system«, a signal frame
(a single screen) consists of two fields,
•Field still
Only one field {half of the video infomnatlcri) Is displayed cm
the TV screen, so the apparent resolution is |£
m . However,
there is no blurhng on the screen,
•Frame
IndKiduaJ images in a video or on the TV are called frames.
•Frame eHll
The two tields are displayed, alternately, on the TV screen,
so the Image Is blurry. However, tee Image quality is better
than field images.
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