Upscaling DVD Player Via HDMI Connection

Upscaling DVD Player (via HDMI cable sold separately) makes your existing DVDs look better on your HDTV by improving their picture quality to near high definition.

Multi-Brand TV Remote Control

Switching back and forth between remote controls while watching television or a movie is a hassle. The remote control included with the SR500H allows you to operate most major brands of television too.

Multiple Format Disc Playback

View movies and photos and listen to music using this DVD player with multiple format playback. The SR500H supports DVD/DVD-RW/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD+R DL and CD-R/CD-RW discs plays WMA, AAC, LPCM, MPEG1 (like Sony Cyber-shot movies), and JPEG files.

Precision Cinema Progressive Technoogy

Many other DVD players detect image changes at the scan line level; the Sony Precision Cinema Progressive system, however, detects image changes at the pixel level. The picture is more faithful to the source—whether film or video—because special algorithms handle the differing pixel behavior. The technology also employs separate algorithms to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are virtually free from artifacts.

Precision Drive 3 System

Sony Precision Drive 3 assists in quickly correcting warping and surface layer issues on DVDs for smoother playback.
Dolby Digital and DTS Coaxial Digital Output
The SR500H includes support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby and DTS and provides connectivity to some older receivers and televisions allowing the player to work with more audio systems. It also includes an analog audio two-channel output.

Fast/Slow Playback With Sound

Fast and slow playback with sound lets you advance through scenes quickly without missing the dialog.

Child-Resistant Tray Lock

The keyword there is "resistant." This is a DVD player, not a bottle of aspirin, after all. We know some kids who could tear out the exhaust system on a '66 Mustang. Still, the child lock feature does help prevent children from accessing your SR500H's tray.

Your SR500H is Energy Star Compliant


Many home audio and video devices can use significant power, even when turned off and in standby mode. The DVP-SR500H, however, was built for energy efficiency. When it's operating it sips a mere 10 watts.