Philips BDP2500-98 User Manual

Philips
Blu-ray Disc player

BDP2500

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Enjoying true HD video has never been easier than with the compact Philips Blu-ray Disc
player BDP2500. Experience high fidelity Dolby TrueHD 7.1 surround sound and DivX
Ultra for enhanced DivX video playback.

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• Subtitle Shift for widescreen without any missing subtitles

• Blu-ray Disc playback for sharp images in full HD 1080p

• 1080p at 24 fps for cinema-like images

• Full HD 1080p for razor sharp images

• DivX® Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX® media files

• DVD video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI for near-HD images

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• Dolby TrueHD for high fidelity 7.1 surround sound

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• Bonus View with Picture-in-Picture for video & audio choices

• Enjoy all your movies and music from CD and DVD

• EasyLink controls all EasyLink products with a single remote

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BDP2500/98

Subtitle Shift

Subtitle Shift is an enhancement feature that
lets users manually adjust a movie's subtitle
positioning on the television or computer
screen. Using the remote control, users can
shift the subtitles up and down on the screen.
On widescreen displays, such as 21:9 cinema
and projectors, the subtitles sometimes get cut
off. In order to see them clearly, the user has
to change the display aspect ratio, which
defeats the purpose of the widescreen. With
the Subtitle Shift feature, the user can retain
the correct display aspect ratio and have the
subtitles ideally positioned on the screen.

and other exciting features like pop-up menus
bring a whole new dimension to home
entertainment.

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby TrueHD delivers 7.1 channels of the
finest sound from your Blu-ray Discs. Audio
reproduced is virtually indistinguishable from
the studio master, so you hear what the
creators intended for you to hear. Dolby
TrueHD completes your high definition
entertainment experience.

Bonus View

1080p at 24 fps

Bring true cinema experience into your living
room with 24 frames-per-second video.
Original films are all recorded at this frame
rate, providing an ambience and image texture
that is so unique. Philips Blu-ray Disc players
are equipped to bring you 24fps directly from
Blu-ray Discs - thus giving you sensational
cinema-like high definition images that will
astound you.-

DVD video upscaling

Blu-ray Disc playback

Blu-ray Discs have the capacity to carry high
definition data, along with pictures in the 1920
x 1080 resolution that defines full high
definition images. Scenes come to life as details
leap at you, movements smoothen and images
turn crystal clear. Blu-ray also delivers
uncompressed surround sound - so your audio
experience becomes unbelievably real. The
high storage capacity of Blu-ray Discs also
allow a host of interactive possibilities to be
built in. Seamless navigation during playback

With Bonus View, you can enjoy picture-in­picture with audio choices. A second smaller
window - which runs a separate video
sequence, appears over the main picture. You
can then choose whether you want to listen to
what's going on In the smaller window or in the
larger one. This allows you to enjoy many
special features that are often included in Blu­ray Disc movies. For example, you can watch
and listen to the director's comments in the
smaller window, whilst he points to scenes or
actors in the main picture.

HDMI 1080p upscaling delivers images that are
crystal clear. DVD movies in standard
definition can now be enjoyed in high definition
resolution - ensuring more details and more
true-to-life pictures. Progressive Scan
(represented by "p" in "1080p') eliminates the
line structure prevalent on TV screens, again
ensuring relentlessly sharp images. To top it
off, HDMI makes a direct digital connection
that can carry uncompressed digital HD video
as well as digital multi-channel audio, without
conversions to analog - delivering perfect
picture and sound quality, completely free
from noise.