Overview; Prologue - LG BH100 Training Manual

OVERVIEW

PROLOGUE

This Training Manual covers the "next-generation DVD technologies", Blu-ray Disc (BD) and High
Definition DVD (HD DVD), and LG Electronics' first generation BD Player, the BH100. The beginning of
this publication discusses the necessary technologies involved for the development of the BH100.
The second half of this publication focuses on the BH100 itself.
Due to printing requirements, this manual actually went "to print" prior to the release of the LG
BH100 Super Multi Blue Player. Therefore, there may be some details that have changed since the
development of this publication. If there are differences that justify changes to this manual, edits
will be made and available for download from the LG CS Academy website. Visit www.lgcsacademy.com
for training information and www.lglearn.com/BH100 for updated information on this product.
Due to various licensing agreements, as well as, developing product technologies, this manual may
not go into full detail on some of the technologies and technical aspect of the LG BH100 Super Multi
Blue Player. Also note that the phrase "is not supported by this first generation model" or similar
phrases, may be used to indicate certain aspects or technologies that, at the time of this writing, are
not included in this model but, are currently expected to be supported in the upcoming second
generation model.
There may be some repetition or redundancy in reading this manual. While this publication is to be
used in conjunction with a training class, it is also written to be used as a reference source for
information on Blu-ray Disc technology and/or the LG BH100. therefore, when taken as a whole,
some items may be repeated. However, individual sections may be accessed and used alone and
necessary topics are covered.
NOTE: The letter "e" is not present in the term Blu-ray. This is intentional in order to add
distinction to the Blu-ray Disc technology.
There may be several terms used within this manual that are, either intentionally or unintentionally,
used interchangeably. These may include but, are not limited to:
• Bitrate, bit rate
• Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, BD, BD-ROM AV (main focus)
• 8-bit, 8bit, 24-bit, 24bit, etc
• CD, Compact Disc, Compact Disc Digital Audio
• SD, Standard Definition, Standard Def., analog video
• HD, High Definition, High Def, digital video
• LPCM, PCM, Linear Pulse-code Modulation, Pulse-code Modulation
• Token, flag
• Disk, Disc
• Component Video, Component, YPBPR, YP
• Next Generation, Next Gen
• Laser, Pickup Assembly, Pickup, Compact Disc Mechanism, CDM
BH100 Blu-ray Player
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