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DV-SP1000E

Features

	THX™ Ultra™

	It's your assurance that the product is the best in its class -to receive THX certification and carry the THX logo, home theater components must meet very high performance standards that ensure that the component is capable of reproducing exactly what you hear in the world’s best THX theaters. The two THX packages are THX Ultra and THX Ultra 2.

	Cinema Re-EQ: to take the edginess or brightness out of your home cinema sound and compensate for the fact that sound mixed for theaters will sound too bright when played back through flat response speakers in your home. Timbre Matching: to match the tone of your front speakers to your surrounds and compensate for the fact that only two surround speakers are used in a typical home-theater system, instead of a full array of speakers as in a movie theater. Adaptive Decorrelation: to provide a stereo feel when your surrounds are playing mono. It automatically switches off when playing stereo. Bass Management Electronic Crossover: to allow you to use more compact, easier-to-place speakers, while sending bass to a subwoofer system. Bass Peak Level Manager: protects your subwoofer from overloading due to the great amount of bass a 5.1-channel soundtrack delivers. Loudspeaker Position Time Synchronization to let you easily set up your system for an optimum listening position.

	DTS Digital Surround
	Devices carrying this logo handle DTS 5.1-channel decoding.
	DTS Digital Surround is the standard for providing 5.1 channels of discrete digital audio in consumer electronics products and software content.

	Dolby Digital

	This premiere surround sound format delivers realistic digital audio via 5.1 discrete channels. The three front channels (Left/Center/Right) deliver crisp, clean dialogue and accurate placement of on-screen sounds, while twin surround channels (Left Surround/Right Surround) wrap around the audience and immerse them in the action. The LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel delivers real impact for explosions and other effects that can, literally, be felt as well as heard.

	HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

	The latest in digital interface technology is here and it goes by the name of HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface). This high-bandwidth interface supports not only remarkable amounts of uncompressed digital video but audio as well. Up to 5 Gbps of data, more than twice what’s needed for a high-definition movie with surround sound, can be handled with room for future requirements.

	All this data is kept in the digital domain as there are no D/A or A/D conversions needed to ensure the highest sound and video quality available. Unparalleled amounts of compressed or uncompressed digital audio and video—up to 5 Gbps of data—can be handled with just one high-speed cable.

	i.LINK™ Digital Audio Interface (a.k.a. IEEE1394)

	The reduction of up to six analogue cables to one single digital cable capable of carrying multi-channel audio is here. i.LINK (a.k.a. IEEE1394) provides the high-bandwidth, high-resolution signal transfer of audio that multi-channel formats like DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD have been waiting for. Even better, content stays in the pure digital realm as there are no unnecessary D/A or A/D conversions performed. Experience the pure digital multi-channel music experience you’ve been waiting for.

	Oplus® FlexScale™ Video Scaling Capability

	While HD-DVD with a native resolution of over NTSC 480p or PAL 576p is still on the drawing board, you can experience HD level 720p and 1080i via FlexScale™ video scaling capability from Oplus®. Built in to the DV-SP1000E, and thus eliminating the need for costly external scalers, FlexScale™ takes NTSC 480i or PAL 576i DVDs beyond normal progressive scan players and into the HD domain by enabling 720p or 1080i output through the HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) out on the rear.

	Super Audio CD -- Precision Clarity

	Super Audio CD gives you the next step in the evolution of pristine sound. All channels provide for up to 100 kHz frequency response and a sampling rate of 2.822 MHz—that’s 64 times that of a regular CD! A multichannel SACD disc can provide you with up to 6 channels of high-resolution audio in addition to a regular CD layer for playback on any existing CD player.

	DVD-Audio -- Unprecedented Fidelity

	DVD-Audio’s dataloss-free reproduction of 192 kHz/24-bit 2-channel stereo or 96 kHz/24-bit 6-channel surround sound recreates music with such detail and clarity, it sounds as if every recording is being played live in your home. DVD-Audio can store 1,100 times more information per second than a CD. And with a super-high frequency rate of 192,000 samples per second -- 4.3 times greater than an audio CD -- you get 256 times the resolution, a frequency response up to 96 kHz, and an extraordinary dynamic range of up to 144 dB -- which translates into a musical experience that goes beyond just listening!

	MP3

	MP3s are digital audio files that have been compressed, yet which still maintain the sound quality of the original. Before there were MP3s, digital audio files took hours to download. But on a 56K modem, most MP3s can download in just a few minutes. MP3s are widely recognized as the most popular format for storing and listening to music on the World Wide Web. Listening to MP3s is easy. You just need to download a player, a software application that lets you hear music on your computer. MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. MPEG refers to the Moving Pictures Experts Group, an organization that sets international standards for digital formats for audio and video. The file-shrinking technology itself was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

	JPEG Picture CD Capability

	Insert a disc containing picture files into a compatible Onkyo DVD player and relive the memories of your last vacation, birthday or any time immortalized on digital film. These players are compatible with FUJICOLOR® CDs, Kodak® Picture CDs, and CD-R/RWs encoded with JPEG picture files, so you can bring those timeless moments to life on your viewing screen. Viewing these pictures is simple with the menu mode, which lists the pictures on the disc for fast and easy selection.

	192 kHz/24-Bit Audio DACs

	Performing at a full 192 kHz/24-bit level of resolution, these state-of-the-art digital-to-analog converters deliver audio performance that is second to none. They boast a higher dynamic range than standard D/A converters, and are virtually resistant to clock jitter -- which means you’ll enjoy the best performance possible from DVD-Audio discs and Super Audio CDs and cleaner sound from your regular DVDs and CDs.

	Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry (VLSC)

	Conventional D/A conversion methods reduce digital pulse noise at the conversion stage but can’t remove it completely. Previously only found on Onkyo’s high-end components, VLSC (Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry)employs a unique D/A conversion circuit to overcome this problem. Data is converted between sampling points and these points are joined with analogue vectors in real-time to produce a smooth output wave form. The result - a virtually noiseless, smooth analogue signal based on the digital source.

	Exclusive Dual Direct Digital Path

	Unlike other DVD players that use inexpensive PC-board copper traces to transfer the digital audio signal, the DV-SP1000E employs dual high-purity, heavy-gauge, shielded cables to directly output digital or PCM bitstreams straight from the disc to the back panel. This protects the audio signal against potential noise from nearby microprocessors and power supplies. So if you use the optical or coaxial digital output to send multi-channel Dolby® Digital, DTS® and more to your compatible receiver, you’re starting off with the cleanest possible signal.

	Analog Devices® 216 MHz/14-Bit NSV™ Video DAC

	A crucial factor in achieving clear, pristine digital video playback is the video D/A converter in your DVD player. The state-of-the-art 216 MHz/14-bit video DAC from Analog Devices featured in the DV-SP1000E gives you the finest artifact-free picture available. Features such as 4x oversampling and Noise Shaped Video (NSV®) dramatically reduce noise interference to the video signal, so you can enjoy even the most subtle of nuances in your favorite movies.

	PAL/NTSC Veridic Progressive Scan

	Most DVDs are “progressive” -- meaning they produce video in complete frames. But to be compatible with all TVs, the DVD signal must be interlaced -- a method where the picture is split into two fields and then blurred together to look like one. Progressive Scan, however, retrieves the original progressive signal, and on such compatible displays as HDTV, Plasma or digital TV and high-end projectors, “paints” all the visible lines on the screen in a single pass -- so you’ll enjoy a scan-line-free image, with spectacularly clear color, no motion artifacts, and details so sharp they seem as if they’re etched onto the screen.

	RI (Remote Interactive)
	Doing More with Your iPod - Through Onkyo's Imaginative Sight and Sound
	Simply place your iPod in the DS-A1 Remote Interactive Dock connected to any Onkyo RI-compatible amplifier/receiver to experience the powerfully rich sound of Onkyo audio-video components. Control your music from your RI remote and charge your iPod while you enjoy your iPod’s digital music -and photos - through the power of Onkyo’s expansive sound, from mini systems to separate components to home theater systems. Unlike purely iPod-dedicated systems, you can fully integrate the convenience and storage capacity of your iPod with all your other Onkyo home entertainment components - and share the experience with everyone.