Video and audio buffs rejoice: Sony's 5-disc, DVP-NC875V/S changer
handles all your DVD, CD, and Super Audio CD (SACD) needs--including
playback of MP3 music and JPEG image CDs. The player gives you all the
convenience of a carousel changer--continuous playback, play
exchange--as well as progressive-scan video outputs with Precision
Cinema Progressive technology and cool enhancements like Sony's
Precision Drive 3 system for playing damaged discs. The DVP-NC875V/S plays just about any disc out there, from DVD-Video
to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW. And whether your living room is
currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the
DVP-NC875V/S 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 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.
DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24
frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 reverse 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.
Depending on the disc, SACD music releases provide super high-fidelity
multichannel and/or stereo sound. As an anti-piracy measure, the
DVP-NC875V/S performs its own decoding of SACD signals, passing
high-resolution analog, not digital, audio to your integrated amplifier
or surround receiver. This means you'll need an audio/video receiver
with multichannel analog-audio inputs to appreciate multichannel SACD
releases. Built-in SACD bass management helps you tailor the output
level of the ".1" LFE (low-frequency effects) channel to your system, as
an appropriate level may differ from the output level appropriate for
Dolby Digital and DTS surround mixes.
If you're not planning to use the SACD capability for multichannel
programming, both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound
signals can also be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (1
each RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for simpler connection to a
compatible receiver (multichannel analog and digital-audio interconnects
are not supplied).
Precision Drive 3 provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in
less than perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to
imperfect, scratched, or warped discs.
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 an impressive 40 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 remote batteries, a
stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, a user's manual, and
warranty information.
