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The options for audio are equally rich. The HDMI™ output of Sony® ES
Series players can support a full range of digital audio, including 2-channel
stereo PCM, Dolby® Digital and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even
uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! The DVP-NS9100ES incorporates the
awesome capabilities of the Silicon Images Sil9030 Large Scale Integrated
Circuit (LSI). Thanks to the Sil9030, the NS9100ES can output uncompressed
digital images up to 1080i and uncompressed digital audio up to 192 kHz/2-
channel or 96 kHz/8-channel!
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 DVP-NS9100ES or
NS3100ES to an HDMI equipped television. On first connection the two
components exchange basic information—they "introduce themselves."
DVP-NS9100ES
or NS3100ES
Hi. I'm a DVD player.
Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities.
DVP-NS9100ES
or NS3100ES
What is your input capability?
ES DVD Players 2005, Version 4.0
Hi. I'm a television.
I can accept 720p video and 2-
channel audio at 48 kHz and 16 bits.
Television
with HDMI
input
Television
with HDMI
input
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