2 New Universal Players for 2005

[jimmyp58]

Sherwood-Newcastle announced at the recent CES that they'd be releasing two new Universal DVD Players for 2005. They are the SD-860 (March 2005) and SD-871 (May 2005). The initial press release has a U.S. MSRP of $449.95 for the SD-860 and $799.95 for the SD-871.

Here is the blurb I received for each's features:

SD-860:

SACD, DVD-Audio/DVD-Video playback
DVD +/- R/RW, CD-R/RW compatible
MP-3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD Playback
WMA/WMV Playback
DivX Playback
Progressive Scan playback
192 kHz/24-Bit Audio DAC's
480p Component Video Output
Two each S-Video and composite Video outputs
5.1/7.1 channel Audio Outputs plus 2-channel audio downmix output
One each coaxial and optical digital audio outputs
Pure Audio Mode turns off all video processing
Pure Black Mode allows black level adjustment (7.5 IRE or 0 IRE)
Sherwood Digi Link III communication protocol
Aluminum front panel

SD-871:

SACD, DVD-Audio/DVD-Video playback
DVD +/- R/RW, CD-R/RW compatible
MP-3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD playback
WMA Playback
DivX playback
Progressive scan playback
192 kHz/24-bit audio DAC's Faroudja DCDI processing
HDMI Digital output (HDCP: 720p/1080i video output, 192kHz audio output)
216 MHz/12 bit video DAC's
2 pair component video outputs (RCA and BNC)
RS-232C control input
480p Component video output
Two each S-Video and composite video outputs
5.1/7.1 channel audio outputs plus 2-channel audio downmix output
One each coaxial and optical digital outputs
Pure Audio Mode turns off all video processing
Pure Black Mode allows black level adjustment (7.5 IRE or 0 IRE)
Sherwood Digi Link III communication protocol
Aluminum front panel

I'll provide more info as it becomes available.

Jim