Onkyo DV-SP506 Single-disc black DVD player

Unleash a new audio experience

The DVD home theater experience isn't just about the video, even though the DVSP506's DVD upscaling to 1080p via HDMI makes your favorite DVD look even better on your HDTV. Without the audio component, you're just looking at a screen and not ducking for cover as the sound of a jet cruises over you, or jumping out of your skin as something goes bump behind you. Guaranteeing that your DVD video experience is complete with 5.1-channel surround sound, the Onkyo DV-SP506 single-disc DVD player offers DVD Audio decoding. Just pop in a DVD featuring DVD-Audio content and you're ready for a full audio experience enhanced by noiseless Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry. Further, Super Audio CD (SACD) support allows you to discover the same surround sound audio experience when listening to your favorite music on SACD.

Takin' care of the core

It just so happens that one of the best features you can get on an A/V component is one that you can't find on the spec sheet, well, that is, without digging a little bit. You don't want a component that only does one thing. The more roles a component plays, the less space there is taken up by multiple components and the more versatile that component is. Take the DVSP506 from Onkyo — it's way more than just a single-disc DVD player, it's the core of your audio and video media playback system. Not only does the DVSP506 support playback for multiple DVD and CD formats (including DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW), but it also plays discs with MP3, WMA, and JPEG music and photo files. And it delivers all this video and audio playback with powerful video and audio digital-to-analog converters (DAC). Finally, an HDMI output and digital coaxial and optical audio outputs offer advanced A/V system connectivity.

DVD on the HDTV stage

Your new HDTV has a 720p or 1080p resolution, but the video on your favorite DVDs has a resolution of 480i. In order to resolve this little discrepancy, the aid of a video scaler must be enlisted. Now, most HDTVs have a built-in video scaler that upscales (or upconverts) the DVD video signal once it reaches the TV. Great. The only problem is that the scaling happens after the signal has traveled all the way from the DVD player along a video cable where it is susceptible to interference and degradation: errors that will only be amplified by the HDTV's scaler. Because it upconverts DVD video right at the source (i.e. right in the DVD player) with its own built-in video scaling, the DVSP506 eliminates the risk of unwanted distortion and quality-loss in the ultimate picture you see. Further, video upscaling takes standard definition 480i video and enhances it to near-HD 720p or 1080p levels, both improving the resolution and adding progressive scanning for a DVD video picture that is more detailed and more fluid, especially during fast-action scenes. To take full advantage of the DVSP506's video upscaling to 1080p, you'll need to connect this Onkyo DVD player to your HDTV with an HDMI cable.

Comparison Specifications

Processing decoding: DVD Audio / SACD
HDTV-ready progressive: Video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI
Playable formats: DVD / DVD-R/RW / CD / CD-R/RW / MP3 / WMA / JPG / Video CD
Best video out: 1 HDMI out
Best audio out: 1 digital coaxial audio out / 1 digital optical audio out
Other outputs: 1 component video / 1 composite video / 1 S-Video / 7.1-channel multi-channel audio output
Navigation aids: Disc Navigator system
Video DAC: 108MHz/14-bit
Audio DAC: 19kHz/24-bit
Remote control: Preprogrammed remote included

Additional Specifications

dts® and Dolby® Digital audio output
96kHz - 48kHz selectable digital output
Direct Signal Path / Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry (VLSC)
Analog audio output
Passes PLUGE signals
8-language soundtrack capability
4-mode dimmable display
Other connections: 1 RS-232c input / 2 RI inputs
Dynamic range control / Video black-level control
Programmed memory playback

Manufacturer Specifications

Frequency sampling (DVD Audio): 4Hz - 88kHz (192kHz) / Super Audio CD: 4Hz - 50kHz
Frequency response (DVD linear sound): 4Hz - 22kHz (48kHz sampling) / 4Hz - 44kHz (96kHz sampling)
Frequency response (Audio CD): 4Hz - 20kHz (44.1kHz sampling)
S/N ratio (digital audio): 105dB / Harmonic distortion (digital audio): 0.03%
Video output: 1.0 V p-p, 75 ohm / negative snc
S-video output: Y: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm, negative sync / 4-pin mini DIN C: 0.286 Vp-p, 75 ohm
Component signal output: Y: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm / PB/PR: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohm
Optical audio output: -22.5dBm
Coaxial audio output: 0.5 Vp-p, 75 ohm
Analog audio output: 2 V (rms)/550