The DV-D01U is a 1U rackmountable single disc player with a powered loading tray. The DVD player reads DVD Video, DVD Audio (2-channel only), Video CD, CD-DA, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPEG, ASF, MPEG-2/MPEG-1, and DivX. The player is capable of playing back properly finalized DVD +R/+RW discs.

Outputs consist of HDMI audio/video out and Composite, S-Video, and Component video outputs. Rear panel stereo outputs are unbalanced (RCA) and digital outputs are optical. Digital outputs can pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround streams for later decoding.

The DV-D01U performs multiple playback modes, including slow motion and frame by frame playback, power on play, aspect adjustment, selectable scan mode, tray-lock, FVPP, and Progressive Scan. When stopped the DVD player output is black. It provides extensive bi-directional RS-232 serial control. I/R remote control included. It is equipped with a screen saver function and defeatable On-Screen Icons. The unit is also able to play finalized +R/+RW (video format discs only). The TASCAM DV-D01U is HDCP compliant.