Pictured on this page is a look at the digital connections provided on the BDP-320. First 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 further right is a USB port This allows connection to a external hard drive, for BD-Live memory expansion (the BDP-320 has 1GB of internal memory).

However, unlike many newer Blu-ray Disc players, the USB port on the BDP-320 cannot be used to access digital music, photo, and video files stored on flash drives.

Next is the HDMI connection. HDMI allows you to access the 720p, 1080i, 1080p upscaled images from standard commercial DVDs. 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 BDP-83 to the DVI-equipped HDTV, however, DVI only passes video, a second connectcion for audio is needed.

Finally on the right side of this photo is a Digital Optical audio connections. This is useful when you have a home theater receiver that does not have HDMI or 5.1 channel analog audio input access. However, you cannot access Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio tracks on many Blu-ray Discs.

If you use this connection option, the Blu-ray Disc player will only be able send out a standard Dolby Digital, DTS, or 2-channel PCM audio signal to your home theater receiver.

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