Panasonic HVX200A Functions Guide - Page 62

7. Terminology preserving high image quality. With a data transfer speed of 25 Mbps, DVCPRO is a professional-level format that differs from the DV format in that its audio data is synchronized with the video data (locked audio). It is also sometimes called DVCPRO 25M to differentiate it from other DVCPRO formats. Because the DV format also has a data transfer speed of 25 Mbps, some nonlinear editing systems do not distinguish between DVCPRO 25M and DV. [P.5] Progressive scanning: In an interlaced format, which has been the mainstream in TV broadcasting formats, fields containing either an odd-numbered or even-numbered line are alternately scanned, and a pair of these odd-numbered and even-numbered lines is used to form one frame. As a result, there is a time lag between the odd-numbered and even-numbered lines, and a shift in the image inevitably occurs between them when they are displayed together. Progressive scanning, on the other hand, scans all of the lines in each field, so there is less degradation in the resolution of moving images than in interlaced scanning, and less flicker. [P.7] Frame: TV images express motion by continually displaying 30 still images per second. Each of these individual still images is called a frame. With interlaced scanning, where odd- and even-numbered scanning lines are alternately displayed, each set of scanning lines is called a field and two fields are combined to form one frame. [P.8] Cine-like gamma: This is a gamma curve that allows a video camera to obtain the same wide range of latitude (ability to reproduce gradation) as movie film. Dynamic range: The range within which values or variables change. The dynamic range for images refers to the luminance range. Gradation: The steps of contrast in an image. Gamma curve: A conversion curve used to allocate levels of image brightness to data in a nonlinear manner. [P.11] MPEG2: MPEG stands for the Moving Picture Experts Group, a committee that studies standardization of multimedia, established jointly by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission). MPEG2 is one of the standards established by this committee, along with others, including MPEG1 and MPEG4. These standards are based on interframe compression technologies that compress data by detecting and saving only the image parts that express movement between one frame or field and the next, and combinations of intraframe compression technologies. MPEG2 is used in HDTV and other types of satellite digital broadcasting, and in DVD package media, among other applications. This is a phenomenon in which parts of the playback signal are lost or weakened because they are not properly transmitted. It occurs when particles peel off of a magnetic tape, or when foreign matter adheres to the magnetic surface of the tape. Dropout: [P.13] Video component signals in which sampling frequencies for the brightness signal and color difference signals (Y, R-Y, B-Y) have a ratio of 4:2:2. Digital component signal: A digital video signal in which the brightness signal is separated from the color difference signals. In a broad sense, component signals include RGB and Y/C signals, but they are more often used to refer to Y/Pb/Pr signals in which a matrix circuit 4:2:2: 59