In addition to DVD movie and CD audio discs, the DVD player is compatible with DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and CD-R/RW discs, and it can display photo slideshows from JPEG image files burned to disc. This set features a 1280 x 1024-pixel resolution, 4:3 standard aspect ratio, 450 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and 400:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) It has two stereo speakers integrated into the sides of the cabinet that produce 3 watts of power per channel (for 6 watts of total power). It includes the following connection inputs:

• Composite audio/video In: 1
• S-Video In: 1
• Component video In: 1
• RF In: 1
• PC VGA In: 1 (with PC audio mini-jack)

Tech Talk
Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.