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High-Defintion Disc and File Support
Blu-ray Discs
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
Interactive Menus
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
AVCHD
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
MPEG-2 HD
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
WMV-HD
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
SMPTE VC-1
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO

Audio/Video Connector Support

HDMI
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
SPDIF Mixing
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO

Usability Features
Movie Remix
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
Movie Collection
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
Notebook Power Saver
YES
YES
YES
YES
Add-on Pack
Read-it-Clearly
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Say-It-Again
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
See-it-All
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
UPnP Sharing
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO

Other Disc and File Formats Support
DVD-Audio
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
DivX Pro
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
CPRM
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
VCPS
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
Playing DVD-VR on DVD-RAM/RW
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Playing DVD-VR on DVD-R
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
DVD+VR playback / Random Access
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
IFO playback
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES

Video Features and Processing Technologies
TrueTheater™ Lighting
YES
YES
YES
CLEV
CLEV
TrueTheater™ Stretch
YES
YES
YES
CLPV
CLPV

Audio Features and Processing Technologies
Cinematic Surround Sound
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • Dolby Pro Logic IIx
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • Dolby Pro Logic IIx
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • CLMEI-2
  • Dolby Pro Logic IIx
  • CLMEI-2
Virtual Surround Sound
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • Dolby Virtual Speaker
  • TrueTheater
  • Dolby Virtual Speaker
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • CLVS
  • Dolby Virtual Speaker
  • CLVS
Advanced Headphone Technology
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • Dolby Headphone
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • Dolby Headphone
  • TrueTheater Surround
  • CLHP
  • Dolby Headphone
  • CLHP
Dolby Digital Technology
  • Dolby TrueHD (7.1-channel)
  • Dolby Digital Plus (5.1-channel)
  • Dolby Digital EX (7.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital (5.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital EX (7.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital (5.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital (5.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital EX (7.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital (5.1 ch)
  • Dolby Digital (5.1 ch)
MLP Decoding
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
DTS-HD (7.1-channel)
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
DTS 96/24 Decoding
YES
YES
Add-on Pack
YES
Add-on Pack
DTS-ES Matrix and DTS-ES Discrete; DTS Neo:6
YES
Add-on Pack
Add-on Pack
Add-on Pack
Add-on Pack
AAC Decoding
YES
YES
Add-on Pack
YES
Add-on Pack
Audio Time Stretch
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Audio Equalizer Presets
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Audio Pitch Scaling
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
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