Universal DVD-Audio/Super Audio CD Player
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Area DVD, Germany 2005-04 |
| Sound: 6 stars | |
| “The sound quality of the DV-SP502E is in every way excellent. Its well-founded clear design is as impressive as its dimensional and accurate sound. And its brilliant and transparent high end sound is the icing on the cake. Even when used with the SACD software, which is particularly good at playing crystal clear high sound, the Onkyo shows all its qualities. When it comes to playing bass it also achieves very impressive results. The bass never sounds undefined or spongy and it is always precise and excels with structure….” | |
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What Video and Widescreen TV, United Kingdom 2005-03 |
| 5 of 5 Stars | |
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"The DV-SP502E is a £300 DVD deck with an excellent range of features,including both DVD-Audio and SACD layback.Video adjustments come in the form of a black-level feature and block noise reduction." “The picture is robust and detailed, with commendable colour rendition” "The DV-SP502E DVD deck serves up an excellent image via its RGB Scart output.The picture is robust and detailed,with commendable colour rendition. Switching to a progressive scan image reveals more detail and depth to the image." |
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Audiovision, Germany 2005-02 |
| AV Price Advice | |
| "The dark black dot matrix design makes this Onkyo look pretty impressive. However, its amazing variety of formats is even more stunning.” “Its user friendliness makes it perfect for every-day use. The inconspicuous remote control with its perfectly arranged buttons makes navigation and control a real pleasure. Furthermore the remote is pre-programmed for the most important producers, which means you can also use it for your television.” AV price advice: 83 points out of 100. | |
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Stereoplay, Germany 2004-12 |
| Stereoplay Highlight | |
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“The testers were very impressed by the music playback of the Onkyo. However, the powerful bass, good dimensions and fascinating voice playback of the CD sound also blew them away – not to mention its multi-channel performance.” Test verdict: Sound SACD/DVD-A/DVD/CD: Absolute top class Overall: Brilliant. Price/performance ratio: Outstanding. |
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DTS Digital Out |
| DTS Digital Out indicates that a unit reads and passes the DTS bit stream via the device's digital output to a device equipped with a DTS decoder. This is a necessary feature for playback of a DTS soundtrack through a DTS-capable decoding receiver or preamplifier equipped with digital inputs. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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! | |
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Video CD |
| A video CD (VCD) is designed to store 72-74 minutes of full motion video and digital audio (2 channels), using MPEG-1 decompression. It is played back on compatible players. | |
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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. | |
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Windows Media Audio (WMA) |
| Windows Media Audio (WMA) has been around for a couple of years, and its integration into the new Windows XP operating system is really increasing its popularity. Compared to MP3, it compresses songs into about half the file size, so you can burn about twice as many songs -around 20 hours’ worth - onto one CD. Despite the higher compression, the sound quality is a bit better vs. MP3. Also, transferability of files from computer to computer is easier. | |
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DivX® |
| DivX® is video’s equivalent of MP3 - a video compression technology (codec) that compresses video down to a size where it is able to sent via the internet without any significant deterioration in quality. It has the ability to compress the contents of a DVD to only 10% of its size, which is then possible to store on a standard CD. DivX® certified products, like a DVD player, enable the big-screen playback of contents created, manipulated and downloaded on computers. | |
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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. | |
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192 kHz/24-Bit Audio DACs |
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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. |