PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
The 800 also provides analogue progressive component video outputs, in
addition to interlaced and NTSC/PAL encoded outputs. Picture controls
allow you to adjust the aspect ratio, picture position (progressive only),
brightness, contrast, and hue (NTSC only).
In addition to providing high-quality video outputs, the 800 has the ability
to give help and system control information via an on-screen display.
Video inputs
The 800 Reference DVD/CD player also provides two composite, two
S-video, and one interlaced component video input. All video sources are
converted internally to a common broadcast-resolution standard digital
video format.
DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio discs now make music recordings available with signifi cantly
higher quality than Audio CDs, with up to 24-bit resolution and up to
192kHz sampling rate. The 800 Reference DVD/CD Player is capable of
taking advantage of the highest-quality audio available on DVD-Audio
discs, and by using the proprietary MHR (Meridian High Resolution)
encoding scheme, in conjunction with Meridian DSP Loudspeakers, allows
the signal to be preserved at full resolution and sampling rate until the
latest possible stage in the reproduction chain.
DVD-Audio discs are also capable of offering multichannel audio. The 800
DVD/CD Player can be fi tted with a multichannel digital output card to
allow up to six discrete channels to be connected to Meridian DSP
Loudspeakers, or a digital surround controller with discrete multichannel
inputs such as the 861.
The 800 Reference DVD/CD Player also provides access to the range of
additional features available on the DVD-Audio format, including still
images and video sequences.
DVD-Video
The multichannel soundtracks on DVD-Video discs are encoded and
compressed, using the Dolby Digital, MPEG, or DTS encoding systems. The
800 Reference DVD/CD Player uses mathematically precise digital signal
processing (DSP) to decode the soundtrack into discrete channels. The video
is processed using broadcast-quality video circuitry, with the ability to
reproduce both PAL and NTSC video formats and to convert between them
if the television or video display is not capable of displaying both formats.
