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The DVD-557 is Danon's entry level single disc progressive scan DVD player offering exceptional video quality by using a fast 10 bit 108 MHz video processor. The DVD-557 has been upgraded with an HDMI digital video output with scaling to 1080i, for a professional looking picture with today's digital video displays. This coupled with a variety of audio decoders, gives you a solid audio video performer.

Feature List

• HDMI interface with multi channel audio
  HDMI is the only interface in consumer electronics that can carry both uncompressed high-definition video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats, including 720p, 1080i, and even 1080p. An all-digital, uncompressed signal translates into the highest quality video and audio, seen and heard, direct from the source.
• Progressive scan
  Progressive Scan technology represents a vast improvement over the interlaced scanning method used in TV broadcasts and other conventional applications, as it can proce3ss around twice as much video data to produce a sharper, noise-free picture with finer details. High-definition video images are faightfully displayed with optimum naturalness and beauty. Now, this DCDi technology that was available only in the higher-end DVD players has been included in Denon's affordable DVD-757.
• Picture adjustment function
  Brightness/Contrast/Color/Gamma Correction/Sharpness
• DVD-R/RW playback
  With the increasing presence of DVD recorders, consumers are increasingly recording audio and video material onto DVD discs. These discs can be played back on the DVD-757.
• CD-R/RW (MP3 / Windows Media Audio 9 / JPEG / Kodak Picture CD)
  The DVD-757 supports the CD-R/RW format. It plays finalized CD-R/RW discs (single-session or multi-session) containing MP3/WMA9 audio files. It also reads still photos in the Koda Picture CD or JPEG format taken by a digital camera. WMA is an audio compression format developed with Microsoft technology. It claims to offer the highest quality sound available in the industry. If WMA is used to compress a music CD on a PC, for instance, using the new Encoder 9, the quality of sound at 48 kbps is said to be equivalent to that of the original cD.
• 24-bit, 192-kHz high resolution audio D/A converters
• VSS (Virtual Surround Sound)
  Enjoy envoloping surround sound using just one pair of speakers.
• Discrete remote control commands for Power On/Off
• Picture zooming (x2 or x4)
  During play, when you press the Zoom button on the remoted control, you can enlarge the picture by 2x or 4x. Use the cursor to move the enlarged viewing area up, down, to the left, or to the right.
• PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS Digital output
• 24/96 PCM digital output capability
• Icon based on-screen display
  A simple press of the Display button on the remote controller lets you see the current operating status of the DVD-757 within an easy-to-read display on screen. The various operations and settings are easily changed using the remote controller while monitoring the screen display.
• 2 MB buffer memory
  This unit is equipped with a 2 MB buffer memory to ensure that both picture and sound are played without interruption when the DVD disc shifts from layer 1 to layer 2, or in the rare event of a pickup dropout.
• Auto power OFF
• Marker function
• Dialog speed control