Indicates the number of scanning lines and scanning format of an image signal. 480i/576i/720i/1080i indicates 480/576/720/1080 scanning lines with interlaced format.

Indicates the number of scanning lines and scanning format of an image signal. 480p/576p/720p/1080p indicates 480/576/720/1080 scanning lines with progressive format.

A video display format option. Select this option if you connect the DVD recorder to a standard (4:3) TV, and wish to display widescreen image (16:9) in its original format.

A video display format option. Select this option if you connect the DVD recorder to a standard (4:3) TV, and wish to display widescreen image (16:9) in full-screen format. The picture will be zoomed to fill the screen vertically with its left and right sides chopped off.

Aspect ratio refers to the length to height ratio of an image. The ratio on a standard TV is 4:3, while the one on a high-definition or wide-screen TV is 16:9.

The digital form of multi-channel audio data (e.g. 5.1-channel) before it is decoded into its various channels.

Promoted by a group of companies led by Sony, the Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a new-generation, high-capacity optical disc format. Utilizing a shorter-wavelength blue laser, the BD offers a massive storage capacity of 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a double-layer disc, five times the amount of current DVDs.

Chapter is a division of a video title on a DVD disc. A DVD disc may contain more than one title.

Video signals with three channels of separate information that makes up the picture. There are several types of component video, such as R/G/B and Y/Cb(Pb)/Cr(Pr).

A single video signal commonly used in most consumer video products that contains all luminance, color, and synchronization information.

CPRM is a coding technology developed to protect the copyrights of digital content. The technology creates encryption and decryption markers during the copying process of protected content, so that the content cannot be further copied to other recordable media.

DivX® VOD (video-on-demand) service is designed to protect copyrights of digital videos. Through an online registration process, DivX® VOD prevents unauthorized downloads or file sharing. For more information, please visit: http://www.divx.com/vod.

A six-channel system consisting of left, center, right, left rear, right rear and LFE (Low-Frequency Effect channel, for use with a sub-woofer) channels. It requires a Dolby Digital® decoder, either in the player or in an external receiver to regenerate the sound. All processing is done in the digital domain. Not all Dolby Digital® discs contain six (5.1) channels of information.

DTS® is a Digital Surround audio encoding format configured with six (5.1) channels, similar to Dolby Digital®. It requires a DTS® decoder, either in the player or in an external receiver to regenerate the sound. All processing is done in the digital domain. Not all DTS® discs contain six (5.1) channels of information.

DVD+R is a recordable disc that is the same size as a DVD-Video. Contents can be recorded only once to a DVD+R disc.。