Yamahaís New CinemaStation Offers Automatic Surround Sound Speaker Configuration At The Touch Of A Button; The DVX-S650 Is An Easy-to-Install Home Theater Solution with Progressive Scan Capabilities

16-Sep-04

Yamaha, the innovator of Digital Sound Field Processing, has announced the addition of a new CinemaStation DVD home theater system equipped with YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technology. YPAO plays a key role in configuring home theater systems. This essential technology completely simplifies the home theater set-up process by automatically analyzing room acoustics and setting parameters for optimum sound quality at the listening position--all at the touch of a button. Using the included microphone, the entire process takes less than three minutes--and with YPAO, the user can be assured of ìprofessionally calibratedî surround sound quality. This technology was previously offered only in Yamaha receivers. The DVX-S650 is designed for the user who wants a sleek surround sound system that practically installs itself and is extremely easy to use. This slim unit is a Progressive Scan DVD player with an imbedded high-performance 5.1 channel 55Wx5 amplifier with built-in Dolby Digital, Dolby ProLogic II and DTS decoders. Also included is Yamahaís proprietary Quad-Field CINEMA DSP for enjoying the newest surround sound formats such as Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 channel in Phantom mode. The DVX-S650 comes with a stylish five satellite speaker package with a unique elliptical design that includes two main front bookshelf speakers (two-way with 6.5-inch woofer and i-inch tweeter), a center speaker (two-way with dual 3-inch woofer and 3/4-inch tweeter), two rear speakers (two-way with 3-inch and 1/2-inch balanced dome tweeter), plus a separate 130W powered subwoofer with an 8-inch driver. A preset remote control with four DSP program buttons, direct satellite/center/subwoofer volume control and centered DVD control buttons are also provided. The DVX-S650 features one-touch Cinema DSP, which provides an audio experience that rival many commercial theaters. Cinema DSP is designed to bring out the full potential of movie sound formats, reproducing them the way directors and sound engineers intended them to be heard. And, for listening to late-night multi-channel presentations in privacy, it utilizes unique Silent Cinema, which provides a 5.1 channel listening experience using a pair of ordinary two-channel headphones, plus Night Listening mode which allows the user to reduce the volume and still enjoy proper tonal balance and dynamic range. The main componentís built-in Progressive Scan DVD player delivers high-resolution video, and incorporates a high quality 10-bit video DAC and 192 kHz/24-bit audio DACs for all 6 channels (Main Left/Right, Center, Rear Left/Right, and Subwoofer) and can play DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-R/RW, MP3, VCD, SVCD, and Picture CD, making the DVX CinemaStations a complete entertainment center. Drawing upon Yamahaís extensive experience building world-class AV receivers, the 40-preset AM/FM tuner provides clear, stable reception of strong and weak stations alike. A nine-step sleep timer, a front panel headphone jack and a two-step bass boost selector are also included. In an effort to simplify installation, all of the receiver/DVD playerís back-panel connections are color-coded to match the supplied hookup cables The DVX-S650 has a wide range of inputs and outputs including: 1 optical digital, 2 analog and 2 composite video input connections along with one optical digital, one analog, one composite, and one S-video output connections. The DVX-S650, priced at $599, will be available in September 2004.For more information, please visit www.yamaha.com/yec.

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