Onkyo has launched its first THX-certified Blu-ray system at CES 2010. The three flagship components are the BD-SP807 Blu-ray player, PA-MC5500 9-channel power amplifier and the PR-SC5507 A/V Network Controller.
The Profile 2.0 BD-SP807 Blu-ray player features a 297Mhz/12-bit video DAC from Analog Devices (ADV7340) promising a minimum of aliasing and noise and an HDMI Source Direct mode for sending the original unprocessed video signal from the player via HDMI to a connected device for further processing downstream. DVD upscaling is included and there’s a ten-bit Anchor Bay ABT1030 Video Reference Series chip for top-notch video conversion and scaling.
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On the audio side there are 192kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels while bitstream output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential soundtracks (via HDMI) allows the companion PR-SC5507 Network Controller to deliver HD surround sound and there are 7.1-channel analogue outputs too.
Onkyo PR-SC5507 Onkyo PR-SC5507 A/V Network Controller
The PR-SC5507 A/V Network Controller includes a host of video processing circuits such as its HQV Reon-VX chip providing studio-quality upscaling of all sources to 1080p over HDMI, as well as analogue component video upscaling to 1080i and Audyssey DSX processing. Onkyo also says it can handle every major home cinema audio format in use today including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Onkyo PA-MC5500 Onkyo PA-MC5500 Power Amplifier
Connections include seven HDMI, three component video, and six S-Video/composite inputs as well as two HDMI outputs and two USB ports. It can control up to three audio zones with fixed and variable line-level outs plus subwoofer outputs.