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Glossary

x 5.1ch surround sound x MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
A system that plays back sound on 6 speakers, 3 at The latest image coding format standardized
the front (left, right and center) and 2 at the rear jointly by two international standardization
(right and left) with an additional low-pass organizations, the ISO-IEC and the ITU-T, in
subwoofer counted as a 0.1 channel for 2003. Compared with the conventional MPEG2
frequencies of 120 Hz or lower. format, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 has more than twice
the efficiency. Your camcorder employs MPEG-4
x AVCHD format AVC/H.264 to encode high definition movies.
A high definition digital video camera format x Thumbnail
used to record an HD (high definition) signal
using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. Reduced-size images which enable you to view
many images at the same time. The VISUAL
x Dolby Digital INDEX screen, the Film Roll Index screen and the
Face Index screen use a thumbnail display system.
An audio encoding (compression) system
developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
x VIDEO mode
x Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator One of the recording formats you can select when
using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition)
Sound compression technology developed by image quality. VIDEO mode provides excellent
Dolby Laboratories Inc. which compresses audio compatibility with other DVD devices.
efficiently while preserving high sound quality.
Sounds are compressed effectively with high x VBR
quality sound, and it enables producing 5.1ch
surround sound. VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate, the recording
format for automatically controlling the bit rate
x DVD format (the volume of recording data in a given time
segment) according to the scene being recorded.
A format used to record an SD (standard For fast-moving video, a lot of media space is
definition) signal on 8 cm DVD discs.
used to produce a clear image, so the recording
time to the media shortens.
x JPEG
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts x VR mode
Group, a still image data compression (data One of the recording formats you can select when
capacity reduction) standard. Your camcorder using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition)
records still images in JPEG format.
image quality. VR mode enables editing (deleting
or sequence rearrangement) with your camcorder
x MPEG Finalizing the disc lets you play it back on a VR
MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, mode compatible DVD device. Quick Reference
the group of standards for the coding (image
compression) of video (movie) and audio. There
are MPEG1 and MPEG2 formats. Your
camcorder records movies with SD (standard
definition) image quality in MPEG2 format.

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