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Sony CD Player Review - DVP-NC555ES
CD Players
Add cutting-edge technology to your home entertainment system with the five-disc DVP-NC555ES. This multichannel SACD player is made to sing to the ears of the audiophile, delivering highly nuanced aural detail--whether playing a standard CD or a Super Audio CD (SACD). And you'll get progressive-scan video on every DVD thanks to Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive video processing and the ultra-high-speed 216MHz/12-bit video digital-to-audio converter (DAC). Other features include the ability to change out four discs while the fifth continues playing, antiresonant design it minimize distortion from vibration, and a built-in Dolby Digital/DTS decoder with 5.1-channel output.
Like other DVD players in Sony's ES series lineup, the DVP-NC555ES is designed to take advantage of a broad range of disc formats that includes not only DVD-Video, but also DVD-R and DVD-RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video and VR formats; DVD+R and DVD+RW; CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD MP3, and Video CD; as well as Super Audio CD stereo and multichannel media.

The Sony DVP-NC555ES take full advantage of the latest generation of multichannel Super Audio CD music. Multichannel SACD gives producers the ability to capture the precise ambience and reverberation that give any concert hall, jazz club, or recording studio its characteristic "sound."

The SACD's 1-bit signal is processed and decoded by Sony's CXD2753 DSD decoder LSI. This integrated circuit makes intelligent decisions regarding the incoming data to form the 1-bit audio signal. The LSI uses internal memory to take data that's output intermittently from the disc, rearrange it, and order it into continuous 1-bit audio streams.

Sony's Video Equalizer enables you to fine-tune the picture quality of each disc you watch. You can adjust picture, brightness, color, hue, and chroma delay in addition to graphical gamma adjustment. And once you've optimized the picture for a particular disc, the DVP-NS555ES can commit your settings to memory (for up to 30 discs).



Sony CD Player Technical Specification - DVP-NC555ES
Disc capacity: 5
Progressive scan: Yes
Playback formats: DVD movie, CD audio, SACD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, and MP3 files
Aspect ratio control: 4:3, 16:9
Dialog enhancer: Information unavailable
Integrated amplifier: No
Integrated receiver: No
Front-panel operation: Yes
Multi-angle viewing: Information unavailable
Black-level adjustment: Information unavailable
Chapter preview: Yes
Custom bookmarks: No
Frame advance: Yes
Still/freeze frame: Yes
Jog/shuttle dial on unit: Yes
Karaoke: No
Multilingual support: Yes
Parental controls: Information unavailable
Picture zoom: Information unavailable
Play exchange: Yes
Random play: Yes
Recording capability: No
Repeat play: Yes
Resume play: Yes
Reverse-frame step: Information unavailable
Slow motion: Yes
Text display: Yes
VCR capability: No
Audio outputs: 1 optical digital output, 1 coaxial digital output
Headphone jack: No
Video outputs: 2 composite, 2 S-video, 1 component
Surround-sound output or Virtual surround sound: DTS
THX-certified: No
Item width: 17 inches
Item height: 5.38 inches
Item depth: 17.13 inches
Item weight: 18 pounds
Warranty: 5 years
In the box: DVP-NC555ES 5-disc DVD/SACD/CD changer, RMT-D160A remote, 2 AA batteries, power cord, A/V RCA cable, and printed operating instructions