Sony DVP-S570D DVD Player

What’s In The Box:

Remote

RCA cable

Condition:

Used - Very Good

The Sony DVP-S570D was a high-end DVD player released around the year 2000. It was part of Sony’s premium push to offer sophisticated audio features at a time when home theater receivers were still transitioning to digital.

1. Audio & Decoding Features

• Built-in Dolby Digital Decoder: It features 5.1-channel analog outputs on the back. This allows you to connect the player directly to a receiver with "Multi-Channel" inputs to get true surround sound.
  
  

• DTS Support: While it does not decode DTS internally, it provides a DTS Digital Out, allowing you to send the signal to an external DTS-capable receiver.

• 96kHz/24-bit DAC: High-resolution audio digital-to-analog converters for superior sound fidelity, particularly with "DVD-Audio" (PCM) tracks.
  
  

• Digital Cinema Sound (DCS): Sony’s proprietary DSP modes that simulate the acoustics of famous Hollywood mixing stages (e.g., "Virtual Multi-Dimension").
  
  

• Headphone Jack: Includes a dedicated front-panel headphone jack with its own volume control.
  
  

2. Video Performance

• Precision Drive with Active Tilt Control: A sophisticated laser mechanism that physically tilts to compensate for warped or imperfect discs, ensuring more reliable playback.
  
  

• Video Equalizer: Allows you to adjust picture settings (brightness, color, sharpenss) directly from the player rather than your TV.
  
  

• 10-bit Video DAC: High-quality video processing to minimize artifacts and digital noise.

• SmoothScan / SmoothSlow: Sony's specialized high-speed and slow-motion search that remains very fluid compared to the "choppy" search on cheaper players.
  
  

3. Connectivity (Outputs)

The back panel is remarkably busy for a player of this size:

• Component Video Output (Y/Pb/Pr): The highest quality analog video connection for its time.
  
  

• S-Video Outputs: Two separate S-Video jacks.
  
  

• Composite Video Outputs: Two sets of standard Yellow RCA jacks.

• Digital Audio Outputs: Both Optical (Toslink) and Coaxial.
  
  

• 5.1-Channel Analog Outputs: Six RCA jacks for the internal Dolby Digital decoder.