TV Virtual Surround
Three virtual sound modes utilize your TV’s stereo speakers to produce exciting surround sound. Or connect to 2 external speakers and a fourth mode creates 6 virtual speakers that completely engulf you in dynamic sound.
Title Chapter Viewer
An index display of the opening scene for each chapter or title allows instant access to a specific scene.
Some DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R, CD-RW/-R discs will not play due to recording quality, physical condition of the disc, or the characteristic of the recording device and authoring software.
Quick Setup
Easy on-screen instructions guide you through setup for language, subtitles, menu display, screen size and even sound effects, which preciously proved difficult and time consuming.
Precision Drive Pro
Conventional auto tracking system check tracking once you press play, but Sony’s digital auto Tracking System uses an 8-bit micro processor to continuously monitor and maintain optimum tracking to assure superior picture and sound quality.
Using twice the number of scanning lines compared to the more common interlaced format, Progressive Scan is able to accurately reproduce the naturalness of rocks, water and even the texture of skin. Clearly notice the difference on a large-screen TV, where scanning lines from interlaced scanning are quite apparent.
Optical Output
Digital output of audio signals allows a variety of uses when connecting to other audio equipment.
Multi Disc Resume (6Disc)
Stop a movie in the middle, play some music or another movie, and return to where you stopped just by pushing play. This feature remembers the resume point for 6 discs or for 40 discs, depending on the player.
MP3
Sony brings all Audio to the Internet Age with this system compatible with MP3 digital music files. Now you can play all the tunes you have downloaded from the web, along with your favorite MD’s or CD’s.
Instant Replay
If you missed a scene, or want to watch one again, use instant replay to back up 10 seconds and play the action again.
Digital Video Enhancer
Advanced signal processing realistically sharpens picture quality without adding unwanted noise.
Custom Parental Control
Prevent your children from viewing violent or inappropriate movies by adding a 4-digit identification code.
Control Menu
Graphical user interfaces, like the new Control Bar or Control Menu, let you enter, change and verify settings for a variety of functions, all with one hand on the remote commander. Control Bar provides easy access to all features without covering the action on the screen.
Component Output
The component Output function converts digital component DVD video signals to analogue, changing only the level. This allows you to enjoy excellent picture quality by connecting the player to a television or monitor equipment with a component video input.
Child Lock
Parents are able to block up to 100 channels are not suitable for their children.
CD-R/RW Playback
Enjoy the power and convenience of CD-R / CD-RW CD music playback on a Sony Product.
192kHz/24bit
High quality processing capability employing multi-level Delta-sigma D/A conversion deliveries superior audio quality. Sound remains virtually unaffected by jitter, and even very low volume output is reproduced at high quality, This results in clear, dynamic, full range sound.
12bit/108MHz V-Dac
For Progressive Scan, data is converted using a high-end 12bit/108MHz V-Dac. This allows Progressive Scan to reproduce superb Quality video with very low signal to noise ratio.
Some DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R, CD-RW/-R discs will not play due to recording quality, physical condition of the disc, or the characteristic of the recording device and authoring software.
Some DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R, CD-RW/-R discs will not play due to recording quality, physical condition of the disc, or the characteristic of the recording device and authoring software.
Some DVD+RW/+R discs will not play due to recording quality, physical condition of the disc, or the characteristic of the recording device and authoring software.
Enjoy pristine quality pictures every time you play a DVD with 12bit/108Mhz Video DAC. What it does is minimising digital artifacts, finer picture gradations, as well as doubling the sampling frequency which allows you to see images that are closer to the original source.