RCA RC 5500P

This easy-to-use Thomson DVD Player uses a revolutionary format that will propel digital technology into the next century! Enjoy digital-quality full-motion video and audio performance capability as realistic as life itself - all conveniently packaged on a compact 5" disc. The new DVD format is capable of storing a full-length movie on one side of a disc with such exciting new features as multiple languages, subtitles, parental rating control, and additional production footage. A better picture than laserdisc, better than VHS - this Thomson DVD player produces a picture of startling sharpness. That's because DVD creates images with much smaller pixels, and many more of them: 720 pixels per horizontal line, versus just 240 - so shapes and forms are clean, razor-sharp, and far more detailed than even the best VHS can produce. That's THOMSON digital technology. With DVD, your home theater can enjoy the same audio performance as the best movie theaters: Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Six discrete audio channels envelope you in the most realistic sound you've ever experienced. Your DVD player can also output to your Dolby Pro Logic system, or stereo TV. Thomson DVD can deliver up to 133 minutes of brilliant, full-motion video per side. Jump instantly to any section of the movie, without rewinding or fast-forwarding. There's slow motion and freeze- frame, too. One touch on your Thomson remote switches the dialog from English to French, to Spanish, or any language included on the DVD disc. And choose subtitles in up to 32 languages, and even charts, graphs, and icons. With DVD, you can select the screen format to suit the movie you're watching, i.e., standard 4x3 pan and scan format or letterbox format. There's even a widescreen mode for advanced 16x9 televisions - all on the same DVD disc! Be your own director! With one touch, switch from long shots to close-ups, high angles, or low - whatever options are encoded in the movie you're watching. Producers can even offer a choice of multiple endings or story lines on the same disc. And the Parental Control feature lets you make certain ratings accessible only with a password that you program.