Sharp BD-HP21, Operation Manual

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Icons Used on DVD Video Disc Cases

The back of the case of a DVD that is commercially available 
usually contains various information about the contents of the 
disc.

1

Audio tracks and audio formats

DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with 
a different language on each. The first in the list is the 
original track.
This section also details the audio format of each 
soundtrack — Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG etc.

Dolby Digital

A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. 
that gives movie theater ambience to audio output when 
the Player is connected to a Dolby Digital processor or 
amplifier.

DTS

DTS is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc. for 
use in cinemas. This system uses 6 audio channels and 
provides accurate sound field positioning and realistic 
acoustics. (By connecting a DTS Digital Surround decoder, 
you can also listen to DTS Digital Surround sound.)

Linear PCM

Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio 
CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The sound on 
Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits. (Sound is 
recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 96 kHz with 24 
bits on DVD video discs and between 48 kHz with 16 bits 
and 192 kHz with 24 bits on BD video discs.)

2

Subtitle languages

This indicates the kind of subtitles.

3

Screen aspect ratio

Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes.

4

Camera angle

Recorded onto some BD/DVD discs are scenes which 
have been simultaneously shot from a number of different 
angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left 
side, from the right side, etc.).

5

Region code

This indicates the region code (playable region code).

The Icons Used in This Operation 
Manual

BD VIDEO

 ........ Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for BD Video discs.

BD-RE

 ........ Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for BD-RE discs.

BD-R

 ........ Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for BD-R discs.

DVD VIDEO

 .... Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for DVD Video discs.

DVD-RW

   ...... Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for DVD-RW discs.

DVD-R

   ....... Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for DVD-R discs.

AUDIO CD

 ........ Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for Audio CDs.

CD-R

JPEG

   ..... Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for CD-R discs in JPEG format.

CD-RW

JPEG

   ...... Indicates the functions that can be performed 

for CD-RW discs in JPEG format.

BD Video

Enjoy Final Standard Profile functions (Page 25), such as picture-
in-picture.
The available functions differ depending on the disc.
This is a new function of BD-Video that plays the primary video 
and secondary video simultaneously.
For instance, the function is capable of playing the original movie 
as the primary video while playing video commentary from the film 
director on a small screen as a secondary video.

Title, Chapter and Track

Blu-ray discs and DVDs are divided into “Titles” and “Chapters”. 
If the disc has more than one movie on it, each movie would be a 
separate “Title”. “Chapters”, on the other hand, are subdivisions of 
titles. (See Example 1.)
Audio CDs are divided into “Tracks”. You can think of a “Track” as 
one tune on an Audio CD. (See Example 2.)

Example 1: Blu-ray disc or DVD

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Example 2: Audio CD

About Disc Contents

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5

4

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1. English
2. Chinese

1. English
2. Chinese

1

2

3

4

5

Title 1

Title 2

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Track 4

Track 5

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