DV-981 HD: Oppo.

DV-981 HD: Oppo. www.oppodigital.com, Hardware, $229 Oppo's slim DV-981 is an upgrade to the 970 model and uses theMediatek chip and a Genesis Deinterlacer. Simply put, there is moredetail and enhancement to almost any video source, even without a 1080pdisplay. It sets up easily, responds quickly to remote commands, andincorporates Faroudja's uprezzing technology to further improveresolution and clarity. This universal DVD player, with HDMi, includesfeatures such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD (Super Audio CD) A high-resolution CD audio format from Sony and Philips. SACD and DVD-Audio (DVD-A) were the two next-generation digital audio formats for enhanced sound quality, but neither one caught on (see high-resolution audio). ) and is the latestof three players introduced by Oppo within a year. It plays all versionsof DivX video with standard playback of DivX media files and XviD, .SRT (1) (Source Routing Transparent) An IEEE-standard that provides bridging between Ethernet and Token Ring networks. Ethernet LANs use transparent bridging, and Token Ring LANs use source route bridging (SRB). ,.IDX (IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington, VT, www.idx.com) One of the largest health care information systems companies in the country, acquired in 2006 by GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com), a unit of the General Electric Company. and .SUB formats. It's also compatible with Audio CD, HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) A digital processing technique that increases fidelity on audio CDs, developed by Keith Johnson and Michael "Pflash" Pflaumer. ,WMA, Kodak Picture CD, and other digital audio/video/picture media andformats. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]