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DVD Audio/Video And SACD Player With HDMI

The DVD 48 delivers a level of performance to satisfy audiophiles and videophiles alike. Standard DVDs are upconverted to 1080p. The fidelity of the DVD-Audio and SACD playback, along with MP3 and WMA compressed music formats, are amazing to hear. HDMI connectivity completes the package.

DVD For Demanding Customers

Harman Kardon has a long history in the audio/video world. Over 50 years, in fact. And they've spent that time building the kinds of products you want for your home. The DVD48 was built for demanding customers like you. The DVD48 features a variety of standard connections that make it compatible with almost any home theater component available. Whether your television is a CRT or the latest high definition digital flat screen, the DVD48 offers a range of video outputs, including Simplay HD-verified HDMI, each of which delivers stunning picture quality to match your display's capabilities .Critical listeners will revel in the fidelity of both DVD-Audio and SACD, in addition to MP3 and WMA playback of compressed music formats. The DVD48's user-friendly on-screen menus are easy to use, and high performance features, such as pixel-by-pixel video processing and true 3/2 pulldown reconstruction of film-based programming, make using it a pleasure. With the ability to play almost any disc in your library, the DVD48 is bound to be enjoyed for many years to come. Sound and image, in any combination, all at the best possible resolution. That's the DVD48.

More Formats for High Quality Entertainment

The DVD48 is a state-of-the-art optical disc player that can play almost every music, movie and still image disc in your library with the highest fidelity available today. Along with playback of conventional DVD movie discs and audio CDs, the DVD48 lets you enjoy the latest high-resolution DVD-Audio and SACD discs, with HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output of pure, uncompressed digital audio and video that showcases your favorite movies and music as you've never seen them before. A virtually universal player, the DVD48 can also play files recorded on a computer's optical drive in the MP3 or Windows Media formats, CD-R/RW discs, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs and VCD programs, and still images recorded in the JPEG format.

The Best Picture Possible

Regardless of the discs format, the DVD48's video and audio playback is of the highest quality, thanks to pixel-by-pixel video processing and true 3/2 pulldown reconstruction of film-based programming. When used with an HDMI-compatible audio/video receiver and video display, the program quality is preserved. By passing an umcompressed signal, degradation is virtually nonexistent. And the single-cable connection eliminates the problem of wire management.

Hooking Up And Fine Tuning

If you have not yet upgraded to an HDMI video display, you may still enjoy pristine picture quality with the DVD48's precision video DACs, which output a Y/Pr/Pb progressive scan component signal and composite and S-Video. Thus, no matter what type of video display is used, you will see images that are the closest thing to the original film or performance this side of your local theater. To further fine-tune the video output, a built-in test pattern may be used in conjunction with either the controls on your display, or the video output adjustment on the DVD48.

Included With Purchase

DVD 48, system remote control, two AA batteries, HDMI cable, A/V cable for stereo analog audio and composite video, S-video cable, mini-plug remote interconnect cable.

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