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What To Look For In Your Next DVD Player
1. Component Video
With video, the rule of thumb
is: The less processing the better. Connecting your DVD player to a TV via
the S-Video connection will provide improved detail versus a conventional
composite video connection because it bypasses the comb filter in a color
television set.
A component video signal provides your television
with individual channels of color and detail information and bypasses both
the comb filter and the NTSC decoder in the color television set. The
result is enhanced color purity, color detail, and resolution. The
ColorStream® component video connection ensures the very best picture
quality possible from your DVD-Video player.
2. Progressive Scan
To save space on the disc, DVD software is often mastered as progressive
video. A conventional DVD player reads this information and then creates
60 fields of interlaced video for display on a conventional (interlaced)
NTSC television set. More recently, with the introduction of progressive
scan capable HDTV and HDTV-ready televisions sets, we can take advantage
of the enhanced vertical resolution, lack of flicker, and film-like
quality of a progressively scanned DVD image.
Toshiba progressive
scan DVD players, equipped with 3:2 Digital Cinema Progressive technology
elegantly convert the 26 frame film content recorded on the disc into 60
full frames for display on a progressive scan television set. The absence
of flicker, and annoying line structure allows you to sit even closer to
the picture for an even larger home theater experience!
3. HDCD
Decoding (High Definition Compatible Digital)
More than 5000
Compact Discs have been recorded using a sophisticated process developed
by Pacific Microsonics. These discs, labeled with the HDCD logo, offer
life-like extended range including richer bass, cleaner treble, and a more
three-dimensional musical experience from any stereo playback system.
Another benefit is that the high-precision digital-to-analog filtering of
HDCD-equipped players will actually improve the sound quality of any
conventional CD. Select Toshiba Models Offer HDCD Precision Filtering and
Decoding.
4. DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio is THE next generation
of high-resolution audio disc format that is available today. The
increased disc capacity of the DVD format enables spectacular
high-resolution 2-channel and multi-channel music with you-are-there
realism. DVD-Audio discs support greater sampling rates (up to 192kHz) and
word lengths (24-bit) both of which contribute to a richer audio
experience than CD ever could. Plus, DVD-Audio lets you view text, still
pictures, slide shows, and even artists' videos on-screen. If you're
looking for a player that is 'future compatible' then choose one that
plays the highest resolution music discs, DVD-Audio! Select Toshiba Models
are Compatible with DVD-Audio Discs.
5. Digital Picture Zoom
Sometimes DVD movies are only presented in the letterbox format that
mask the top and bottom portions of the picture with black bars. This type
of picture can seriously reduce the viewable size of the image when
displayed on a 4:3 (conventional) television set. But with a digital
picture zoom, you can effectively expand the image to take advantage of
usable area of the picture tube. This feature can also be used to examine
a film's special effects and highlight background details. All Toshiba DVD
Models Have Digital Picture Zoom.
6. DVD/DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW/VCD
Playback
When evaluating players, make sure yours can play the full
spectrum of available disc media. Besides conventional DVD movie discs,
some players will also play music discs recorded on a personal computer,
including recordable Compact Disc (CD-R), and re-writable Compact Disc
(CD-RW) content. Additionally, look for a player that is compatible with
Recordable DVD (DVD-R) and Video CD playback. Select Toshiba DVD models
offer DVD/DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW/VCD playback. Source:
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