The AQUOS BD-HP20U Blu-ray player is Sharp’s first product to be branded with the AQUOS label outside of LCD televisions. Produced with custom-designed Sharp components throughout, including Sharp’s proprietary laser, multi-beam pick up and drive unit, the BD-HP20U is worthy of being the newest addition to Sharp’s Full HD Solution set. Capable of full High Definition 1080p playback at both 24 and 60 frames per second, Sharp’s Blu-ray player also features a new application, the AQUOS LINK. Designed to enable seamless interoperability between the latest generation HDMI-connected Sharp products, the AQUOS LINK allows tight integration between the BD-HP20U player and Sharp’s AQUOS D64U series LCD TVs
To complete the integrated feel, the AQUOS Blu-ray player has also been given the same distinctive stylish look as the AQUOS LCD series. Just like the latest slimline AQUOS TVs, Sharp’s new Blu-ray player is also the slimmest player in its category, measuring just 68mm tall.
The Sharp BD-HP20U’s Quick Start feature loads certain discs superfast; excellent video quality using 1080p/24 output. The new Sharp player supports multi-channel audio output via HDMI by decoding Dolby® TrueHD sound. Dolby TrueHD lossless audio technology delivers sound that is identical to the studio master, for a true high-definition experience on next-generation discs. The player will also decode Dolby Digital Plus, providing optimum surround sound to an appropriately equipped receiver. In addition, via HDMI, the player outputs 7.1 Channel digital audio. However, the player only supports profile 1.0, it has no onboard decoding for high-resolution DTS soundtracks or bit-stream output; poor 1080i deinterlacing on movies.

The BD-HP20U is compatible with a wide variety of formats and customers can also be reassured that their existing DVD libraries will be protected and enhanced by the new Sharp Blu-ray player because it is capable of upscaling the image at playback time, improving the picture performance to 1080p.

Specs

• Media Compatble: CD, DVD, BD-R, CD-R, BD-RE, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, BD-ROM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW
• Audio D/A Converter - 24bit / 192kHz
• Decodes: DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
• Supports DTS, PCM, AC-3
• Upscaling Feature
• 1080p Resolution
• Digital Audio Outputs: DTS digital, Dolby Digital
• Picture Zoom
• Video Noise Reduction Capable
• Decodes HDCD
• MP3 Compatible
• Parental lock Available

Connections

• 1 x Composite video output ( RCA phono ),
• 1 x S-Video output ( 4 pin mini-DIN ),
• 1 x Component video output ( RCA phono x 3 ),
• 1 x HDMI output ( 19 pin HDMI Type A ),
• 1 x Audio line-out ( RCA phono x 2 ),
• 6 x 5.1 channel audio line-out ( RCA phono ),
• 1 x Digital audio output (optical) ( TOSLINK ),
• 1 x Digital audio output (coaxial) ( RCA phono )

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