Designed and built with 1080p HD pundits and home theater enthusiasts in mind, the Onkyo DV-BD606 Blu-ray Disc Player combines high-end performance and superb versatility. It raises-the-bar of excellence with BD-RE (Ver. 3)/BD-R playback, HDMI (Ver. 1.3a) w/Deep Color Output, and full 1080/24p HD. It brings your movie theater experience - just as the director intended - to a whole new level, without breaking the bank. It offers the ability to playback all of your favorite CDs and DVDs. They will look and sound better than ever before, because it's capable of upconverting your current DVD library to a 720p/1080i/1080p HD video experience.

Moreover, this player presents exquisite HD audio clarity that will be hard to match. Enjoy the awesome power of Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD processing, for a wider, more enveloping 7.1-channel surround sound experience - DTS-HD Master Audio decoding realizes the high-quality, cinematic surround sounds intended by the master soundtrack studio-editor. With a front-panel SD card slot, BonusView w/PIP, connectivity to multiple A/V components, and playback capabilities to a slew of DVD video and audio CD formats, your entertainment choices are endless with the DV-BD606. Furthermore, it will complement Onkyo's complete line of HD-compatible A/V receivers.

• Blu-ray Disc Features

Blu-ray discs offer picture quality beyond anything available, with full capability 1080p HD resolution in Blu-ray and up to 40Mbit/secs, encoding 5-10X the capacity of regular DVDs. It also features theater-quality uncompressed audio (supporting 8 channels of Liner PCM), up to 32 streams of audio, interactive capability, seamless menus, integrated games, hi-def bonus and educational features.

• High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Version 1.3a

It features an HDMI Version 1.3a output with Deep Color technology, capable of upconverting standard video signals to 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. Its upconversion process is capable of reproducing high-quality video imagery with sharp backgrounds, while eliminating motion artifacts from moving objects within the video frame. HDMI technology enables this player to carry the HD audio and video information through a single cable and achieving the highest quality picture and clearest sound available.

• BonusView with Picture-in-Picture (PIP)

This interactive player offers the ability to easily access (during live playback) additional Blu-ray content. Some BD-Video incorporates the PIP function in pre-selected scenes; BonusView enables you to display the secondary video source over the primary video.

• BD-Java Support

This unit offers BD-Java support with Java applications, which enables access to interactive functions such as games or interactive menus.

• Multi-Format Versatility

It plays: Blu-ray Discs, BD-RE (Ver. 3), BD-R (BDMV Format), DVD-Video, DVD-R/W, DVD-R DL, DVD+R/W, DVD+R DL, CD-R/W, CD-DA, MP3, WMA, and JPEG. Also, the player is backward-compatible, enabling playback of all your favorite DVDs in HD resolution.

• DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding

This Blu-ray player is capable of decoding DTS-HD Master Audio with high precision and detailed accuracy, then outputting the signal in bitstream form (via HDMI output) with no degradation. Simply stated, it will reproduce the high-quality (cinema) surround sounds intended by the master soundtrack studio-editor.

• Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby True HD Processing

If you have a 7.1-channel home theater receiver - you're in luck - this player is capable of decoding Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, and DTS-HD audio. Dolby Digital Plus uses less compression than regular Dolby Digital to reproduce fuller and more dynamic sound effects with up to eight discrete channels of surround sound.

• Superb 24-bit Audio Processing

Its built-in 192KHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converter is the offers exceptional multi-channel audio conversion. By executing an accurate sound-field reproduction and reducing analog noise in the signal path, this unit is capable of reproducing an enveloping audio signal that is unsurpassed.

• HDMI with Consumer Electronics Control (CEC)

The HDMI connection is also CEC enabled, allowing all compatible CEC components (i.e., television and receiver) in the system to communicate with each other. Enjoy the ability to control multiple HDMI components with a single remote control.

• Progressive Scan with 2:3 Pulldown

This unit is a progressive scan DVD player with 2:3 pulldown capabilities. Capable of scanning an entire video frame at once; scan-lines commonly associated with interlaced video are drastically reduced. The result is a spectacularly clear image with no motion artifacts (stair-stepping), and details so sharp they seem as if they're etched onto the screen.

• SD Memory Card Slot

Its front-panel SD card slot enables you to access subtitles, PIP commentary, or other extras for BD-ROM Profile 1 (Ver. 1.1) files, which can be downloaded from the Internet to an SD card.

• Component Video Output

It achieves greater color accuracy and high resolution playback capability when connected via the component output to your projector, plasma and/or LCD/CRT televisions.

• Home Theater Friendly

Use the digital optical or coaxial digital outputs to connect the player to your home theater receiver and enjoy your favorite DVDs in surround sound.

• Durable Design

This player features a well constructed chassis, which ensures exceptional mechanical stability; it's capable of interference-free playback of video and audio sources.

• User-Friendly Onscreen Display (OSD)

This powerful player includes various menus and subtitle functions offering the ability to search for detailed content of the video. The full-color OSD enables full control, and the ability to incorporate your own personal touch.

• Parental Lock

For parents who want full control of BD/DVD content played back through player, the unit's menu features a parental control and rating system adjustment.

• Full-Feature Remote Control

Included with this package is a full-feature remote control capable of executing every command from any angle up to ±30°.