Toshiba’s SD-1600 further refines the stellar model for DVD quality pioneered with the company’s popular SD-3109 and SD-1200. Among the SD-1600’s standout features are composite-video, S-Video, and ColorStream component-video outputs; Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel digital outputs; 10-bit, 27 MHz video digital-to-analog converters; and high-resolution (24 bits, 96 kHz) digital-audio converters. ColorStream component-video connectors, located on most Toshiba DVD-video players and TVs, send an extremely high-quality signal from the DVD player to the TV. Typical NTSC artifacts–like video noise and dot crawl–are virtually eliminated in this connection method, resulting in a low-noise, high-detail picture with astounding color purity. For video purists, the SD-1600 also offers PLUGE, a feature granting the player the ability to pass below-black (or blacker-than-black) signals, which in turn lets you accurately set black levels on your monitor–critical in a home theater. This player is also DVD and CD Text compatible, so if you’re using a DVD Text- or CD Text-encoded disc, the player will display disc and song titles for your convenience. A convenient feature called parallel video output lets you connect your Toshiba DVD player via composite-, component-, and/or S-Video outputs and watch simultaneous images from each connected TV or monitor. This is ideal for multiroom applications.

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