Sharp Blu-ray player BD-HP20S
- Brand: Sharp
- Subject: Audio
- Category: Home Entertainment
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Sharp's high definition Blu-ray player, in combination with the new large format AQUOS Full HD LCD-TVs, are a dream duo for home cinema enthusiasts. LCD technology leader Sharp is presenting the new BD-HP20S AQUOS Blu-ray player at the IFA 2007, as the latest addition to its AQUOS home entertainment range. This powerful BD player provides high definition content in 1080p quality and in the 24p progressive scan process, supporting the high resolution film experience with crystal-clear sound.
Sharp AQUOS BD-HP20S
The new Sharp Blu-ray player provides a resolution quality of 1080p, both from high definition Blu-ray discs as well from scaled DVDs. The new universal player thus extracts the best image quality possible from the original material and provides film experiences with an outstanding colour brilliance and a depth of focus that only the 1080p full HD progressive scan process can deliver..
24p progressive scan process
The 24p progressive scan process is being used as a standard for cinema productions. This format is transferred to Blu-ray discs and fully supported by the Sharp BD-HP20S Blu-ray player. Losses in quality because of image scaling are immediately excluded, since films are always played on the Sharp Blu-ray player BD-HP20S in the same frequency at which they were recorded. Rapid camera pans and tilts are represented in 24p mode without irregularities in the image progression.
Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player
Because of Quick Start, the playback process starts within seconds, so that your film enjoyment can begin without any delay. With its slender design of 68 mm in height, a black piano varnish appearance with mirrored front and its AQUOS LINK features, the BD-HP20S is a perfect home entertainment partner for the new generation of Sharp AQUOS LCD TVs. The Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player can be used with various media formats in an uncomplicated and diverse way. Apart from the ever-more-popular Blu-ray disc medium, it also plays home-burned DVD-Rs and CD-Rs and can even read from rewritten DVD-RWs and CD-RWs.
BD-HP20S
Using a long-life and particularly high performance 210 milliwatt quality laser, as well as being fitted with modern protocols, together with many AQUOS features, means that the Sharp blu-ray player BD-HP20S is a fully technically-developed product that is ready for the future. All components are made by Sharp and key components such as the opto-electronic laser diodes and the multi-beam scan unit were developed by Sharp.
Blu-ray player connections
Thanks to an HDMI connection and 1080p output, Sharp's quality device does not just process HD signals and high fidelity audio sounds, but transmits these to the output device without loss in transmission. Fitted with the current HDMI 1.3 protocol , the BD-HP20S is as fully set-up for the future as it is compatible with current devices. In respect of digital rights managements, the BD player is also fully up to date. With a doubled data throughput by comparison with the HDMI 1.2 protocol, HDMI 1.3 can pump out as much as 10.2 gigabytes to the output device. This permits reproduction of the high definition audio formats Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby truHD with up to eight sound channels, as well as a substantially larger colour range for natural skin tones and optimal colour reproduction during dark scenes. The Sharp BD-HP20S Blu-ray player offers a range of input and output facilities, so that the Blu-ray player can be applied diversely. The device includes a component (Y, PB, PR) interface and HDMI interface, 5.1 channel analog audio outputs, as well as optical and coaxial digital audio outputs.
AQUOS LINK function
Ease of use is assured by means of a slimly designed multifunctional remote control, with an AQUOS LINK function that can control connected AQUOS LCD TVs or audio systems of the latest generation at the same time. In combination with other devices from the AQUOS range, the BD-HP20S can truly play at full power and guarantees a particularly user-friendly home entertainment system, with attuned high-end technology from a single source. The reproduction of high resolution films by the Sharp Blu-ray player BD-HP20S at the standard cinema speed of 24 frames per second results in outstanding image quality of unusual clarity and naturalness.
Sharp Blu-ray player BD-HP20S Availability
The combination of film enjoyment in complete HD quality, the versatility of the Sharp Blu-ray player and the high robustness and excellent fault tolerance of the Blu-ray disc assure a very sound future for Blu-ray technology – particularly considering that data capacities will increase even further. Multilayer discs already permit storage capacities of up to 200 GB. The Sharp BD-HP20S Blu-ray player will probably be available on the German market during the fourth quarter of 2007.