Sony's five-disc, progressive-scan DVP-NC665P/B DVD player gives you
all the convenience of a carousel changer--continuous playback, play
exchange, dual-format DVD/CD performance--as well as quality features
like progressive-scan outputs with Precision Cinema Progressive
technology and cool enhancements like Sony's Precision Drive 2 system
for playing damaged discs. The DVP-NC665P/B plays just about any disc
out there, from DVD-Video to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW, in
addition to playing hours of music from MP3 files burned to CD-R/CD-RW
discs. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely
thinking of "someday," the DVP-NC665P/B stands ready to deliver the full
potential of your DVDs through Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive
de-interlacer (scanning) with 3:2 pulldown processing. Progressive
scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that
compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of
a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper
images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
Precision Cinema Progressive technology uses a 12-bit video DAC
(digital-to-analog converter) with 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.
DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting
24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally
corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display
a film-frame-accurate picture. Composite- and S-video outputs bring
compatibility with nearly any television.
Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also
be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA
coaxial and Toslink optical) for a simpler connection to a compatible AV
receiver (but be aware that digital-audio interconnects are not
supplied).
Precision Drive 2 provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in
less-than-perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to
imperfect, scratched, or warped discs. Past generations of Precision
Drive technology were only able to compensate for warped discs by moving
the entire optical block, which took more time and limited the amount of
correction possible. This newer system simplifies the process by moving
just the lens (instead of the entire optical block) for faster and more
accurate error correction.
As soon as you hook up the DVD player, a special Quick Setup screen
appears ready to guide you through configuration, step by step, screen
by screen. DVD resume memory kicks in whenever you stop a DVD. Later,
when you come back to it, the player will pick up right where you left
off before. The player holds resume points for up to six discs.
Other playback features include 10-second instant replay, DVD/CD Text
display (with applicable discs), a digital video enhancer, digital video
EQ (equalization), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, as well
as Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow Modes.
What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, 2 AA batteries, a stereo
analog audio/composite-video interconnect, a user's manual, and warranty
information.
