{"id":807,"date":"2009-01-04T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/?p=807"},"modified":"2010-09-03T11:14:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T14:14:54","slug":"blu-ray-onkyo-dv-bd606","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/blu-ray-onkyo-dv-bd606\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Onkyo DV-BD606"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whathifi.com\/productimages\/128080607th.jpg\" alt=\"Imagem\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publicado pela revista What Hi-Fi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre\u00e7o na Europa: \u00a3 400 <\/strong> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avalia\u00e7\u00e3o:  * * *\u00a0 (tr\u00eas estrelas de cinco)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s some areas of real ability  here, but the first thing we want from a Blu-ray player is corking  pictures \u2013 and the Onkyo can&#8217;t quite deliver.<\/p>\n<p>For<br \/>\nVery enjoyable high-def  audio; impressive DVD player; quick(ish) to read a Blu-ray<\/p>\n<p>Against<br \/>\nOddly ho-hum Blu-ray images  for the money<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Blu-ray has long  since buried HD DVD in the format war, we think it&#8217;s a little surprising  that so far only a few manufacturers have released new Blu-ray players.<\/p>\n<p>However,  Onkyo, whose recent forays in home cinema have all fallen into either  the &#8216;very good&#8217; or &#8216;really very good indeed&#8217; categories, has stridden in  where other brands seemingly fear to tread with its first Blu-ray  spinner: the DV-BD606.<\/p>\n<p>First things first: we&#8217;re never ones to  judge a book by its cover \u2013 some of our favourite hi-fi comes wrapped in  tragically humdrum clothes \u2013 but the DV-BD606 is emphatically a  no-looker.<\/p>\n<p>Black may well be the new black, but the Onkyo&#8217;s  facade is a bit too &#8216;authentically&#8217; &#8217;80s for our liking. This overly  plasticky theme extends to the remote control, which is functional but  flimsy.<\/p>\n<p>No real complaints where specification is concerned,  though. The lack of multichannel analogue outputs will disappoint owners  of more elderly amplifiers, but in all other respects the Onkyo stacks  up satisfactorily.<\/p>\n<p>Undecoded Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio is  available via the 1.3a HDMI output, as is decoded PCM sound. The same  output can also deliver 1080p\/24fps images, as well as DVD pictures  upscaled to 1080p.<\/p>\n<p>The fascia features an SD-card slot for  playback of DivX or MP3 files, and the on-screen menus are as clear and  concise as they come.<\/p>\n<p>High-def  pictures not quite up to par<\/p>\n<p>Playing a Blu-ray of The Love  Guru (beautiful picture, God-awful film), the Onkyo is a little  disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to similarly priced rivals, images lack  the last scintilla of detail \u2013 there&#8217;s a vague, but undeniable, hint of  softness to even the least demanding scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Impression of depth  doesn&#8217;t convince like the best players around, dark images don&#8217;t carry  as much information as they might, and there&#8217;s a dispiriting lack of  vitality to colours and contrasts.<\/p>\n<p>The DV-BD606 makes a far  better impression with high-def sound. It&#8217;s weighty and distinct, so  soundtracks are presented expansively, with dialogue well-defined and  effects distributed confidently.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s dynamic potency on tap  that many competitors can&#8217;t match, and the sort of punch and attack that  makes action movies a visceral pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>More comfortable with DVD playback<\/p>\n<p>Switching  to a DVD of Tropic Thunder shows the Onkyo&#8217;s picture in a more  flattering light.<\/p>\n<p>Upscaling to 1080p, the &#8216;606 displays the sort  of clarity and stability more readily associated with comparably priced  DVD players, as well as a more confident colour palette. The same burly,  detailed sound is present too.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth mentioning that  despite its older BD Profile 1.1 spec, the Onkyo loads and plays your  discs with impressive speed.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome though this is, it can\u2019t  detract from our dissatisfaction with the way the DV-BD606 performs as a  high-def player. We\u2019re certain you can spend your money more wisely.<\/p>\n<p>Tech Specs<\/p>\n<p>HD DVD<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Blu-ray<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVD-Video<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVD-A<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>SACD<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>CD<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>MP3<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DivX<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVD-R\/-RW<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVD+R\/+RW<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVD-RAM<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>HDMI out<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>HDMI 1.3a<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DVI out<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Component out<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>RGB Scart out<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>S-Video out<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Composite out<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Optical digital out<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Coaxial digital out<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Phono audio out<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>FireWire out<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Multichannel analogue out<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Video scaling<br \/>\n1080p<\/p>\n<p>24fps<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Dolby Digital Plus decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>DTS HD decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Dolby TrueHD decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>DTS HD Master Audio decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Dolby decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>DTS Decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>PCM decoding<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Dolby Digital Plus HDMI output<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DTS HD HDMI output<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Dolby TrueHD HDMI output<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>DTS HD Master Audio HDMI output<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>PCM HDMI output<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Dimensions (hwd, cm)<br \/>\n8 x 44 x 36<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hifiplanet.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}