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The Digital Media Port (DMP or DMPort) is an interface for analog audio and video signal and digital control that Sony has started to propose on its A/V products in 2007[1]. As of January 2009, Sony seems to be the only manufacturer proposing this interface. They offer different accessories to connect DMP ready equipments like their Bravia TV or Home Theater receivers to Walkman, iPod, PC or any Bluetooth devices.
New to Sony's 2007 line of AV receivers and home-theater-in-a-box systems--both the Bravia and the component-based lines--is the Digital Media Port (or DMPort), a proprietary jack that offers connectivity to any of four optional accessories. The quartet of compatible add-ons include the TDM-NC1 (a Wi-Fi music streamer), the TDM-BT1 (a Bluetooth adapter), the TDM-NW1 (a dock for certain Sony Walkman MP3 models), and the TDM-IP1 (an iPod dock). By offering the adapters as optional accessories, Sony theoretically keeps the cost of the main units down, but still allows users a choose your own adventure option for the digital-audio source ... Expand full review
New to Sony's 2007 line of AV receivers and home-theater-in-a-box systems--both the Bravia and the component-based lines--is the Digital Media Port (or DMPort), a proprietary jack that offers connectivity to any of four optional accessories. The quartet of compatible add-ons include the TDM-NC1 (a Wi-Fi music streamer), the TDM-BT1 (a Bluetooth adapter), the TDM-NW1 (a dock for certain Sony Walkman MP3 models), and the TDM-IP1 (an iPod dock). By offering the adapters as optional accessories, Sony theoretically keeps the cost of the main units down, but still allows users a choose your own adventure option for the digital-audio source of their choice.
The TDM-IP1 is Sony's version of an iPod dock with the added bonus of onscreen display support, which lets you navigate your music collection on the TV screen using your audio system's existing remote. The TDM-iP1 supports every iPod with a dock connection except the third-generation models, and it features an adjustable plastic rear support to accommodate thickness of the varying iPod models. The unit itself has a glossy-black finish with a chrome trim base. The single 72-inch cable plugs into the DMPort jack on the aforementioned compatible Sony receivers and HTIBs; there's also a minijack video output (and included composite video cable) for viewing the onscreen display and for watching videos and photo slide shows on compatible iPods.
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