Toshiba BDX3000 Blu-ray Disc Player - Rear Panel Connections
Here is a look at rear panel connections of the BDX3000.
Starting on the left is the Ethernet (LAN) port. This allows connection to a high-speed internet router for access Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) content associated with some Blu-ray Discs as well as allowing direct download of firmware updates.
Moving right is a USB 2.0 port. This allows connection to a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or iPod with audio, photo, or video files or memory expansion associated with BD-Live access.
Next is the HDMI connection. HDMI allows access to 720p, 1080i, 1080p upscaled images from standard commercial DVDs in addition to 2D/3D Blu-ray content.
In addition, the HDMI connection passes both Audio and Video. This means on TVs with HDMI connections, you only need one cable to pass both audio and video to the television, or through an HDMI receiver with both HDMI video and audio accessibility. If your TV has a DVI-HDCP input instead of HDMI, you can use an HDMI to DVI Adapter cable to connect the BDX3000 to the DVI-equipped HDTV, however, DVI only passes 2D video, a second connection for audio is needed.
To the right of the HDMI output is a Digital Optical audio connection. However, if your receiver has 5.1/7.1 channel analog inputs or HDMI audio access, that is preferred.
Moving to the right are the Component Video (red, green, blue) video outputs, analog stereo outputs, and a Composite (yellow) video output.
It is important to note that if you have an HDTV, do not use the composite video output.
Also although the component video connections can output progressive scan video, they can only output upscaled video for non-commercial home-recorded DVDs. Only use the component video connections if you do not have a DVI or HDMI input on your TV. If your TV does not have DVI, HDMI, or Component video input connection options, then you will not be able to view video content from Blu-ray Discs in its high definition form. It would not be justified to purchase a Blu-ray Disc player in this case.
Continuing to the right are 5.1/7.1 Channel analog outputs. These connections allow access to the internal Dolby (TrueHD, Digital) and DTS (HD Master Audio, Core) surround sound decoders and multi-channel uncompressed PCM audio output of the BDX3000. This is useful when you have a home theater receiver that does not have digital optical/coaxial or HDMI audio input access, but can accommodate either 5.1 or 7.1 channel analog audio input signals.
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Starting on the left is the Ethernet (LAN) port. This allows connection to a high-speed internet router for access Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) content associated with some Blu-ray Discs as well as allowing direct download of firmware updates.
Moving right is a USB 2.0 port. This allows connection to a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or iPod with audio, photo, or video files or memory expansion associated with BD-Live access.
Next is the HDMI connection. HDMI allows access to 720p, 1080i, 1080p upscaled images from standard commercial DVDs in addition to 2D/3D Blu-ray content.
In addition, the HDMI connection passes both Audio and Video. This means on TVs with HDMI connections, you only need one cable to pass both audio and video to the television, or through an HDMI receiver with both HDMI video and audio accessibility. If your TV has a DVI-HDCP input instead of HDMI, you can use an HDMI to DVI Adapter cable to connect the BDX3000 to the DVI-equipped HDTV, however, DVI only passes 2D video, a second connection for audio is needed.
To the right of the HDMI output is a Digital Optical audio connection. However, if your receiver has 5.1/7.1 channel analog inputs or HDMI audio access, that is preferred.
Moving to the right are the Component Video (red, green, blue) video outputs, analog stereo outputs, and a Composite (yellow) video output.
It is important to note that if you have an HDTV, do not use the composite video output.
Also although the component video connections can output progressive scan video, they can only output upscaled video for non-commercial home-recorded DVDs. Only use the component video connections if you do not have a DVI or HDMI input on your TV. If your TV does not have DVI, HDMI, or Component video input connection options, then you will not be able to view video content from Blu-ray Discs in its high definition form. It would not be justified to purchase a Blu-ray Disc player in this case.
Continuing to the right are 5.1/7.1 Channel analog outputs. These connections allow access to the internal Dolby (TrueHD, Digital) and DTS (HD Master Audio, Core) surround sound decoders and multi-channel uncompressed PCM audio output of the BDX3000. This is useful when you have a home theater receiver that does not have digital optical/coaxial or HDMI audio input access, but can accommodate either 5.1 or 7.1 channel analog audio input signals.
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