About the Yamaha DVD-S550
by Crutchfield'sLoren Barstow
Whether you're having movie night with the family, listening to your favorite tunes, or showing photos of your recent vacation to your friends, the versatile DVD-S550 has you covered. You'll get an outstanding picture from your DVD library, thanks to Yamaha's high-quality construction and advanced video digital-to-analog converters. You'll also appreciate the 'S550's ability to play discs you create yourself, including CDs loaded with MP3, WMA (Windows® Media Audio), and JPEG files. A unique slide show mode simultaneously displays digital photos and plays MP3 files you've copied to the same disc.
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Product highlights:
selectable progressive-scan playback for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output)
optical and coaxial digital outputs for Dolby® Digital/DTS®/PCM
audio/video output (composite, S-video, and 480i/480p component video)
3-step display dimmer
plays DVD-Video, DVD-R & DVD-RW, DVD+R & DVD+RW, Video CD, and DivX® discs
plays CD, CD-R & CD-RW, MP3, and WMA discs
plays digital picture CDs (JPEG)
simultaneous JPEG/MP3 playback for slide shows
remote control
NTSC/PAL video output
108MHz/12-bit video DAC
192kHz/24-bit audio DAC
audio signal-to-noise ratio 105 dB