I was at one of the few high-end stores in my town the other day, and I asked a salesguy about the new 1920. He said that specs-wise, it looks great. But he said it was strange that the unit was so light. He then told me that Denon had been bought out by some huge Asian company, and that the players that had come out since that buy-out had all been much lighter in mass than players that were constructed before the buy-out. He even said that because of that, he'd rather have one of the earlier, heavier players. More solidly constructed and more durable, he said, and seemed to imply that Denon may have skimped on internal components for the 1920.
Does anyone have the 1920, or has anyone read anything about it? It hasn't appeared in the Benchmark yet, but I'm really curious about it. And how important is mass for a DVD player? (I remember someone suggesting a 33 pound minimum for receivers . . . is there a comparable figure for DVD players?)
cheers,
supervij