Yamaha to Announce Blu-ray Player

In what appears to be another leaked announcement from the upcoming CEDIA show, Yamaha is preparing to announce their first Blu-ray Disc player. The player, the Yamaha S2900, will be BonusView (Profile v1.1) compatible and feature interoperability and physical features comparable to Yahama's line of receivers.

Below is some unofficial specs pending the official announcement.

Profile 1.0 Version 1.1 compatibility
Secondary Video/Audio for enhanced commentary or information
Virtual Package for new entertainment possibilities with SD Card

High Picture Quality
1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI video output
12-bit Deep Color • High quality video processing with Chroma Upsampling precise pixel

Generation and 16-step motion detection
1080p playback for DVDs, photos and personal video data

Magnificent Audio Performance
Direct HD audio bitstream output: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless) Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
192kHz/24-bit audio DAC

Advanced Facilities
Design matches top-class Yamaha receivers
RS-232C interface for custom installation
IR In/Out ports
Yamaha SCENE compatibility
On-screen display with GUI
Dolby Digital and DTS decoders
Extensive disc/format compatibility
SDHC compatible SD Card slot
Dialogue Enhancer
Dynamic Range Compression
5 Picture Modes (Normal/Soft/Fine/Cinema/User)
3 illumination modes: Bright, Dim and Auto

Disc/Format Compatibility
BD-Video, BD-R (BD Video), BD-RE (BD-Video andJPEG),
DVD-Video, DVD-R/-RW (DVD-VideoDVD-VR, AVCHD),
DVD+R/+RW (+VR, AVCHD),DVD-ROM (DVD-VR, JPEG, AVCHD)
CD, CD-R/-RW(CD-DA, MP3, JPEG) and SD/SDHC (JPEG, AVCHD)


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