Showcased at this years Bristol Show, Denon had the DVD-A1UD which lets you play Blu-ray discs at the very highest level. It also offers you the possibility to have jitter free sound via fourth generation Denon Link technology.
DVD-A1UD Blu-ray universal player uses the new fourth generation Denon Link digital interface provides the world’s first jitter-free transmission of digital audio in combination with HDMI. When attached to a Denon A/V surround amplifier that supports the latest Denon Link, enthusiasts will enjoy the best sonic quality possible with High Definition audio. The first products to offer this groundbreaking Denon technology will be the DVD-A1UD as well as the multi award-winning AVP-A1HDA A/V preamplifier and the AVC-A1HDA A/V amplifier.
Denon Link is a proprietary, high-quality digital audio transmission technology that utilizes a real-time balanced transmission system to protect the signal from external noise. The fourth version adds the exclusive Denon Flow Control feature: when using the HDMI interface for A/V output, it takes over the master clock and jitter control a feature that will be especially useful when used in upcoming Denon A/V receivers.
The master clock that operates the D/A converter of the A/V surround receiver/amplifier is transmitted to the player, enabling the circuitry to be operated while sharing the same clock, thereby achieving digital audio transmission with virtually no jitter. When combined with a suitable Denon A/V surround receiver/amplifier, sound localization becomes more precise and a greater sense of space is produced in the sound.
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The unit also offers Super Audio CD (SACD), DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and CDs in the impeccable picture and sound quality that is expected from a Denon player. With the combination of the newly developed, proprietary 4th generation Denon Link in conjunction with HDMI transmission technology, digital signals from discs can be transmitted with negligible jitter to produce a pure, high-quality sound, and the world’s first fully-balanced two channel transmission in a Universal Player has been made possible for analogue signals.
Hirofumi Ichikawa, president of Denon said: “Further advances in digital signal processing technology have been improving the quality of pictures and sound played from packaged media. As the industry’s first universal player with Blu-ray, the DVD-A1UD is the successor model for the Denon DVD-A1XV universal DVD player that featured a newly-developed, high-accuracy mechanism based on a wealth of expertise in digital playback technology that Denon has accumulated since the advent of PCM recording. Such advances have come not only as a result of improved chip performance but also serious manufacturing demanded by systems delivering Hi-fi picture and sound quality.”
Denon is planning to release the new DVD-A1UD across Europe at a suggested retail price of £3,299. It will be available in a premium silver and a black colour finish to add perfectly to either existing Denon AVP-/POA- or AVC-A1HD A/V components, or other manufacturers’ home theatre systems.
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