
BDT 20
Blu-ray Disc™ player with BD-Live™ capability
Specif ications
The harman kardon® BDT 20
isn’t just an exceptional Blu-ray Disc™ player in the
harman kardon tradition. And it doesn’t just upscale your
existing DVD library to the 1080p standard. The BDT 20
is also your ticket to a world of interactive content with
BD-Live™ interactivity, an exciting new feature of nextgeneration Blu-ray Disc media. Download games, ringtones
and other special content from the Internet directly to the
BDT 20 via the Blu-ray Disc menu. Or create your own
programming with MP3, WMA and JPEG playback from the
front-panel USB port. The BDT 20 is the clear choice for
high-definition video from any source.
Highlights
Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Disc player
HDMI™ (V.1.3a with x.v.Color™) technology
1080/24p video resolution
BD-Live™ capability
Backwards-compatible with DVD-Video discs
MP3 and WMA playback
JPEG viewing
DivX® video playback
Front-panel USB input
Key Specications
■ Disc formats: 5-inch (12cm) or 3-inch (8cm)
BD-Video (single-layer or double-layer),
DVD-Video, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CDDA
(CD digital audio), CD-R/RW discs
■ Audio formats: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital
Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS Digital, DTS-HD High
Resolution Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio, PCM,
WMA (DRM-free version only): WMA9, CBR
@192kbps, VBR @ 355kbps, MP3: 32kbps
– 320kbps bitrates, including variable bitrate
encoding
■ Supported still-picture format: JPEG
■ Dimensions (H x W x D) and weight:
66mm x 440mm x 352mm, 3.7kg
Depth measurement includes knobs, buttons and
terminal connections, unless stated otherwise. Height
measurement includes feet and chassis, unless stated
otherwise.

BDT 20
Blu-ray Disc player with BD-Live capability
Features
Connectivity
■ One HDMI (V.1.3a with x.v.Color) output with Dolby TrueHD,
DTS-HD Master Audio and PCM outputs, up to 7.1 channels
■ One front-panel USB jack for flash drives and external
USB hard drives (client only, in FAT32 format)
■ One RJ-45 Ethernet jack for connection to broadband
network
■ One coaxial digital output
Ease of Use
■ Multilanguage harman kardon user interface simplifies
operation
■ Plays 1080/24p Blu-ray Disc sources through HDMI output
without scaling or processing
■ Supports BD-Live technology to download disc updates
or access interactive features (BD-Video Profile 2.0) when
Internet access is available
■ Conventional DVD playback upscaled to 1080p with HDMI
(V.1.3a with x.v.Color) output for single-wire connections
■ Plays audio and video files from compatible USB drives
■ Playback of MP3 and Windows
files; ID3v1 tag support and thumbnail search
■ (HD) JPEG viewing
■ DivX video playback
■ Slideshow playback of JPEG still images and audio when
stored on the same source media
■ Adjustable viewing options, including aspect ratio and
multiple angle
■ Full-featured backlit remote control
■ Removable power cord
■ Five-speed smooth-scan and five-speed slow-motion
playback
■ Program playlist
■ Random and repeat play (one track, one CD or A-B)
■ Frame-by-frame advance
■ Parental-control system with user-programmable password
■ Dimmable dot-matrix front-panel display
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© 2010 HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated. All rights reserved. harman kardon is a trademark of HARM AN International Industries, Incorporated, registered in the United
States and/or other countries. Blu-ray Disc and BD-Live are trademarks of the Blu-ray Disc Association. DivX is a registered trademark of DivX, Inc. Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby
Laboratories. DTS -HD Master Audio is a trademark of DTS, Inc. HDMI is a trademark or registered trademark of HD MI Licensing LLC. x.v.Color is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Windows is a
registered trademark of Microsoft C orporation in the United S tates and /or other countries. WMA (Windows Media Audio) is a proprietary file format developed by Microsoft.
Features, specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice.
HARMAN Consumer, Inc.