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Carefully selected parts (NS9100ES) More than a labor of technology, the DVP-NS9100ES represents the
enthusiasm that Sony® engineers share with high-end videophiles. That's why
the player incorporates a variety of carefully selected resistors, inductors,
semiconductors and capacitors. Each plays a specific role in maximizing video
performance.
Low Distortion Film Capacitors. While electrolytic capacitors are suited to
power supply filtering, film capacitors are especially proficient for sound and
picture. Many of these low-distortion capacitors contribute to the outstanding
performance of the DVP-NS9100ES.
Oversized output resistors. Output resistors determine the impedance of
the analog output circuits. Most designers avoid large resistors. But Sony
incorporates large resistors of uncommonly tight tolerances. This contributes
to the high slew rates required for wideband video.
Sony engineers even anticipated the high-grade output cables that
videophiles are likely to plug into the ES Series DVD players. For this reason,
Sony deliberately spaced the Y/PB/PR output jacks further apart than common
practice, the better to accommodate heavy-gauge cables and plugs!
The spacing or "pitch" between the component video output jacks is
wider than usual, to accommodate heavy-gauge cables and plugs.