If you're upgrading to the world of high-definition video, you might as well simplify, too: merge your DTV reception and your DVD viewing with one compact box that also happens to improve the quality of your DVD images. LG Electronics' LST-3510A HDTV receiver/hi-format DVD player offers all-format ATSC reception for over-the-air HD viewing, a QAM tuner for unscrambled HDTV cable reception, and a built-in DVD player with an enhanced scaler and 1080i DVD output for premium-quality DVD and DTV images on your high-definition or HD-ready TV. The unit handles other digital media, too, from homemade MP3 and WMA music CDs to discs full of digital JPEG photos. Video connections include one output each for RF, composite-video, component-video (HD, SD), S-video, RGB (HD), and DVI. An RF antenna input accepts feeds from antennas to strengthen the unit's HD reception. Other features include a direct-digital DVI output compatible with HDCP content protection, a PSIP-based (Program and System Information Protocol electronic program guide, a universal remote control, and an RS-232 serial control port for integrating the LST-3510A with a complex home theater.
A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.
A 96 kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converter (with selectable 96 kHz/48 kHz PCM output) ensures optimum decoding of all disc formats, including HDCD (High-Definition Compatible Digital), a 20-bit encoding method used on many commercial CDs to deliver better sound than is possible through standard CDs.
What's in the Box
DVD player/DTV receiver, remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, a component-video cable, and an RF audio/video cable.
