Denon will release from July three new Blu-ray players. Denon claim the players will be great all-rounders, offering excellent DVD up scaling and CD replay, as well as superlative Blu-ray playback.
Denon has confirmed UK specifications and release dates for its Blu-ray line-up, which includes the DVD-3800BD which is £1600 and due in November.The DVD-2500BT transport is £800 and available in July, and the entry-level DVD-1800BD, price is TBC and released in November.
To be released in early July will be the £800 Denon DVD-2500BT a Blu-ray transport, designed to be the perfect partner for receivers that feature HD audio decoding and video processing, Denon commented “so the customer just pays for what they need.” Denon believes HD audio decoding is ideally done in a suitably equipped AV receiver, rather than Blu-ray player, as there’s a shorter signal path involved.
The Denon DVD-3800BD is due in November and will retail for £1600. The DVD 3800BD is a fully loaded player, complete with HD audio decoding and advanced video processing, and has a full range of analogue outputs making it an ideal companion for AV amps and receivers without HD audio decoding or picture processing.
The DVD 3800BD uses a 10-bit REALTA HQV design, which Denon claims can boost even 1080p Blu-ray pictures.
Denon’s entry level machine the DVD-1800BD Blu-ray player is due in November, and the company claims this entry-level design “will look more like a Sony or Panasonic player,which will have a 4Kg build rather than the 10Kg chassis of our higher-end models”.