The options for audio are equally rich. The HDMI™ output of Sony® ES Series players can support a full range of digital audio, including
With so many choices for video and audio output, you may wonder whether users will be knowledgeable enough to get the best performance from their systems. Is RGB preferable to Y/Cb/Cr? Is 720p better suited to their television or 1080i? While users will have their choice from a menu of options, HDMI technology offers a simpler way.
Component-to-component communication
A system called “product unique key exchange” enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of component connected through the HDMI cable. In addition, a destination component (such as Sony's STR- DA7100ES A/V receiver) can automatically "request" the appropriate audio and video, by listing its input capabilities. In this case, the ES Series DVD player can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that the DVD player and the destination component both have in common!
Consider what happens when you connect a
Television | |
or NS3100ES | with HDMI |
| input |
Hi. I’m a DVD player. | Hi. I’m a television. |
Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities.
What is your input capability?
Television with HDMI input
I can accept 720p video and 2- channel audio at 48 kHz and 16 bits.
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