Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Reference DVD Player Unveiled

[boe]

Delayed

Rumor has it this unit has been delayed. A lot of conjecture that it might be so it will handle more formats.

 

[dorokusai]

I hate to say it but they would be silly not to make it Universal.

Mark
Polk Audio CS

 

[Audioholics]

Rumor has it this unit has been delayed. A lot of conjecture that it might be so it will handle more formats.

I would hope it would be because the prices are dropping so rapidly that it would need to have more features to justify it's place in the market.

 

[bigbangtheory]

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.

Agreed!

But.

Give it time. Denon will surely plug in DVD-A and SACD capability down the line.

 

[ddawatson]

Let's not forget one thing. Although the Denon us uber expensive, it is the FIRST Blu-ray player that will pass native TrueHD and DTS-HD bitstreams without converting them to multi channel PCM. To our knowledge, none of the prior Blu-ray and HD players can pass these native bitstreams via HDMI.

I am not certain if the new Samsung players will but we will try to find out....

PS3 passes True HD and DTS-HD with latest firmware updates?

 

[ddawatson]

PS3 Followup - Does Support LPCM and Bitstream....

Please refer to PC World article:

Burning Questions: PS3--The Blu-ray Movie Experience
How does the PlayStation 3 stack up as a movie player? We kicked back with the controller and popcorn to find out.
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Friday, November 17, 2006 1:00 AM PST

"The PS3's default is to convert recognized audio streams to Linear PCM, an uncompressed audio format, for output via HDMI or digital optical audio. This can be advantageous if, for example, you're outputting to an HDTV that has built-in speakers and decodes only Linear PCM. If you're using your own home theater receiver, though, you'll want to use the Bitstream setting: In this mode, the PS3 passes the audio "bitstream"--be it Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, or DTS-HD--through to your receiver via the HDMI or optical connector; from there, the receiver decodes the audio and outputs it to your speakers."