Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Reference DVD Player Unveiled
We were invited to the 2007 Denon summer conference held in New Jersey yesterday, where they displayed their new DVD-3800BDCI reference BD/SD DVD player. This player is armed to the teeth with the latest in HDMI, audio decoding formats and interactive features standard to Blu-ray. Its shipping this fall with a hefty retail price of $1999.
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Where is the info on the other denon blu-ray transport? I am quite suprised that denon didnt come out with a dual-format player. I was also hoping that they would bring the Silicon Optix Reon chip down to there more less expensive DVD players.
I highly doubt anyone will buy the 5910 now once this is out. Personally i think i would save $1K and get the new samsung dual-format with the Silicon Optix chip.
Looks pretty solid and has some nice features, but I don't think the price warrants a lack of SACD and DVD-A playback. Sure is pretty though.
I agree. For this price, it should have SACD, DVD Audio, HD DVD support, and Denon Link III. We waited all this time for this?
I could have done without all the bells and whistles that probably won't be supported for some time to come anyway.
P.S. No mention of why they went BR. Curious.
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They claimed neutrality and would only say that they happened to be "putting out a BD player" first - i.e. they would not say that they had closed the door on HD DVD, made a choice/policy change, etc...
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Was there any detailed press releases covering all their new products? I've seen a lot of very brief write ups and some people are claiming to have seen some things were discussed but I'm trying to find a write up that covers all of the devices being released and preferrably something with some specs. About the longest write up I've found so far is about a page long which only gives enough space to say this model is going to be a receiver and possibly this price. It is a shame their web page isn't up to date now that they've released the info and a lot of info has been out from other sources than denon for months now.
The lack of SACD/DVDA seems to be universal across all the new High-res DVD format players. The only exception seems to be the PS3, which is pretty much a software-based player. I wonder if there is some hardware component conflict reason that these new players have all dropped the formats, or if it's more political.
The lack of SACD/DVDA seems to be universal across all the new High-res DVD format players. The only exception seems to be the PS3, which is pretty much a software-based player. I wonder if there is some hardware component conflict reason that these new players have all dropped the formats, or if it's more political.
Its probably more along the lines of no one really knows what they are and most who do know already have a pretty good player so why bother? Its not like saying SACD and DVD-A playback is going to be a selling point to the average consumer. While Denon doesn't cater to the average consumer they probably fall in the first catagory or just want to sell some other gear .
Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Reference DVD Player Unveiled
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