Slim down your home theater cabinet with the Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR
combo player, which features component video ouput for vividly colorful
progressive scan video. It plays just about any video disc format out
there, from DVD-Video to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW. The player
also handles audio CD, VCD/SVCD, and CD-R/RW discs filled with MP3 music
or JPEG image files. The front A/V inputs add convenience when you
simply want to quickly view those newly recorded videos from your
camcorder. Its full-featured, hi-fi stereo VCR allows you to record your favorite
shows while watching a DVD. Auto clock and channel set-up makes
recording of your favorite TV shows easy--just pop in a VHS tape and
press record. Other VCR features include 8-event timer recording, two
record settings (SP/EP), quasi S-VHS playback, four 19-micron video
heads (for optimized EP recording), and flash rewind.
Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive technology uses a 12-bit video DAC
(digital-to-analog converter) with high-bandwidth, 108 MHz processing to
detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of
whole scan lines. That makes this player's picture more faithful to the
source--whether film or video--because it uses separate, optimized
algorithms to handle different pixel behaviors. Separate algorithms are
also used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting
in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion
artifacts. The Precision Drive 3 feature provides a mechanism for
reading DVDs that are in less than perfect condition, eliminating errors
in playback due to imperfect, scratched, or warped discs.
The SLV-D370P offers a digital optical audio ouput, enabling Dolby
Digital and DTS surround sound capability. Other connection options
include:
- Component video (YPbPr; 480i/480p): 1 Out
- Composite AV (RCA):
2 Out; 2 In (1 front, 1 rear) - S-Video: 1 In
- RF: 2
You'll get great
picture reproduction from DVDs using the three-jack component video
(Y/Pb/Pr) output, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y),
blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results
in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more
accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than
you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug)
connections. Component video output is available only for DVD playback. What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo player, remote control (with batteries),
composite A/V cable, printed operating instructions, warranty
information
