Glossary – Xoro HSD 7510 User Manual

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DVD
The DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) was introduced in 1995 and is a storage media with a large
capacity.
While a standard CD can store 650 MB of data, the DVD can store up to 9 GB. Especially
when it comes to video playback, a large storage capacity is important. Beyond its high
capacity, the consumer enjoys high quality video and audio. A DVD can store up to 8
different audio streams, so in best case, the movie can be watched in 8 different languages.

Photo-CD (JPEG CD)
A Photo-CD is a storage system for image storage on a CD-ROM in a platform independent
multi resolution structure (support of different resolutions and file formats, e.g. JPEG, BMP,
etc). As a single camera film dies not fill a complete CD, more films can be added to the CD
at a later time. A CD-ROM drive must be multisession enabled to load images from a Photo-
CD.

GUI
Graphic User Interface. See OSD.

HDCD
Pacific Microsonics has developed a digital audio technology using the full potential of a CD.
The HDCD process (High Definition Compatible Digital) is a patented coding and decoding
process transporting the complete details of a high resolution “master recording” to a CD.
There were several attempts to improve the sound quality of CD's, but none, which could be
compared to HDCD process.

HUE
HUE settings affect the color balance of the picture

Kodak Picture CD®
The KODAK Picture CD® is the ideal media for allropund photographers. All pictures are
stored at an excellent resolution of 1024 x 1536 pixel. On the KODAK Picture CD®, the
images of your camera filmstrip are stored. It is not possible to add pictures at a later point
of time.
Note: There also are "Kodak Foto CD’s®“ available. As they have a proprietary file format,
your DVD player cannot playback these media.

Contrast
Means the range of luminance between the brightest and the darkest pixel, which can be
displayed.

MP3
MPEG 1 Layer 3 Codec, or short MP3, was developed in 1987 by Fraunhofer Institut für
Integrierte Schaltungen and was e revolution in audio compression. In 1992 it became part
of MPEG-1 video format. As MP3 offered high quality audio at incredible small filesize, it
became a standard. With this codec one can compress audiofiles to about 1 MB / minute.

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