Theta Digital Introduces Compli Multi-Format DVD Player

Versatile New Theta Compli Handles Exceptional Range of Video, Audio, Image and Content Formats, Including DVD, CD, DVD-A, SACD and More.

CEDIA EXPO 2003, Indianapolis, Sept. 5, 2003—Theta Digital, acclaimed as America’s most advanced manufacturer of high end digital audio and video products, introduces the remarkably versatile Compli Multi-Format DVD Player at CEDIA EXPO 2003, beginning today in Indianapolis.

Combining a high-quality DVD and CD transport with state-of-the-art processing, the Theta Compli comes as close to serving as a universal format source component as A/V technology allows. The Compli’s combination of sophistication and exceptional versatility provides installation professionals with a unique, high-level solution to many of the challenges posed by technology’s multiplying listening and viewing formats.

"With Compli, the long wait for a high-quality universal format player has finally ended," said Theta President Neil Sinclair. "Its unique blend of uncompromised performance, flexibility and advanced technology make it ideal for any high-end home theater or home entertainment application."

The Compli plays material formatted for most popular audio, video, image and content formats. These include DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, SACD, Audio CD, Video CD, CD-R,and CD-RW. The Compli is also compatible with CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and MP3 formatted material, with some restrictions.

The Compli features six-channel analog audio outputs, and digital outputs for PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital. It comes equipped for RS232 control, and with Composite, S-Video, Component and 480p video outputs.

Also available is Theta's proprietary, encrypted, high-speed digital interface, designed to interface with Theta's two-channel Generation VIII Digital-to-Analog Converter and in the future with Casablanca and Casanova multi-channel processors. This advanced link is necessary for DVD-A and SACD digital output. While Compli's six-channel analog audio outputs are excellent, those in Theta's stand-alone processors are better still.

Options for Compli include a Serial Digital Interface (SDI) and Theta's Ultra Sync II 480p output board using Faroudja Labs' Directional Correlational Deinterlacing® (DCDi®) technology. The SDI keeps the signal in the digital domain, rather than subjecting it to further conversions to analog and back again. This avoids major sources of degradation, which can be noticeable in high-definition video systems. SDI's purer digital signal is especially effective in enhancing picture quality on flat-panel plasma screens and from digital video projectors.

The Ultra Sync II option uniquely eliminates the staircasing or jagged edge artifacts often visible along the diagonal edges in video generated by conventional upconverters. It does so by adjusting each pixel in each moving edge in a scene to align with the movement, instead of crossing it. The result is a smoother, more film-like, more engaging image.

Encased in a handsome black chassis with a silver or black front panel, the Theta Compli Multi-Format Player will be available from authorized Theta dealers soon. It can be seen with Theta's other outstanding products in Booth 816, Indiana Convention Center, during CEDIA EXPO.

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