Classe Audio SSP-300 - Manual (Page 11)

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Special Design Features
high-bandwidth
video circuitry
Modern high definition video sources provide truly stunning picture quality.
However, the technical requirements of passing these remarkable signals along to
the display are quite challenging.
In recognition of the degradations that normally occur when passing these
pristine signals through circuitry that is often not up to task, many videophiles
connect all their video sources directly to their video displays. Unfortunately,
doing so means switching inputs separately on the audio and the video gear,
which is tedious to say the least.
Your new Classé surround processor incorporates professional-quality video
circuitry that has both the extraordinary bandwidth and the requisite dynamic
range to handle even the most demanding video signals in the HDTV standard.
This preserves simple everyday operation of the system, since now all video and
audio signals are routed through a single controller. Just as importantly, it does
so without any compromise in picture quality – whether you are watching 480i,
or 1080p, or anything in between.
transcoding The SSP-300 will receive standard, interlaced composite, S-video, and
component signals and transcode (convert) them to provide all of those formats
simultaneously to its various video outputs. It will convert signals “up” or
“down” as needed to ensure that all outputs are active, all the time, regardless
of input signal. (Note, however, that the SSP-300 does not change frame rates or
broadcast standards, e.g., we do not convert from 60 fps NTSC to 50 fps PAL or vice
versa.)
Also, progressive input signals cannot be routed to the remote zone, since the
remote zone receives a composite signal. (There is no such thing as a progressive
composite signal.) If you have a progressive source, we suggest connecting both
its progressive output (for use in the main zone, without any further signal
processing) and its S-video or composite output (for use in the remote zone).
THX Ultra ® THX ® is an exclusive set of standards and technologies established by the world-
renowned film production company, Lucasfilm Ltd. THX grew from George
Lucas’ personal desire to make your experience of the film soundtrack, in both
movie theaters and in your home theater, as faithful as possible to what the
director intended.
Movie soundtracks are mixed in special movie theaters called dubbing stages,
and are designed to be played back in movie theaters with similar equipment and
conditions. This same soundtrack is usually then transferred directly onto DVD
and other distribution formats, and is not changed for playback in a small home
theater environment.