It's compatible with a range of media, including DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3-encoded music discs. You can even watch slideshows of your favorite digital photos on your homemade JPEG image CDs. The MDP-1010 also offers dual headphone jacks for listening with a friend (perfect for back seat kids, too) and built-in stereo speakers for headphones-free listening. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's optical digital-audio output for direct connection to a compatible audio/video receiver, providing stunning surround sound when heard through a multichannel speaker system.

And--whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday"--the MDP-1010 stands ready to deliver the full visual potential of your DVDs, too, via progressive-scan video outputs (cable supplied). Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.