Sony DVP-NS9100ES, NS3100 manual

ES DVD Players Technical Background

Version 4.0; August 8, 2005

Contents

Main ES DVD Players Technical Background Introduction i.LINK and HDMI Digital Interfaces i.LINK Digital Audio Output (NS9100ES) Page Page High quality digital Audio Transmission System (HATS) Dual i.LINK interfaces HD upscaling and the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) technology Page Component-to-component communication Page Video Performance Precision Cinema Progressive circuitry Pixel-by-Pixel Active I/P Conversion Page Page Pixel-by-Pixel Active I/P conversion and interlaced video origination Page Vertical Edge Compensation Precision Cinema Progressive circuitry in action 14-bit D/A Conversion (NS9100ES) 216 MHz D/A converter oversampling Page Page Page Noise Shaped Video circuitry Super Sub Alias Filter circuitry for both luminance and color difference channels. "Below Black" reproduction with Graphical Gamma Adjustment Video Equalizer Separate analog video circuit board with separate power supply Video Shield Plate (NS9100ES) High speed video buffer amplifiers (NS9100ES) Output Capacitor-Less (OCL) coupling Carefully selected parts (NS9100ES) Wide pitch component output jacks Audio Performance Multi-channel Super Audio CD playback DSD decoder LSI Audio Technology for Analog Outputs Speaker Time Alignment A/V Sync Separate speaker settings Super Audio D/A Converter (SA DAC) Page Page Page Page Separate analog audio circuit board Separate Audio Clock (NS9100ES) Coaxial and optical digital output circuits Audiophile-grade components (NS9100ES) Gold-plated output jacks. Video Off and Display Off modes Construction & Design Twin R Core Transformers (NS9100ES) New Base and Pillar (NBP) chassis (NS9100ES) Off center insulator feet (NS9100ES) Silver Cascade Design Features Page Specifications