Reviews for Denon Blu-ray Players

"But now it's making up for lost time with three hi-def players - the top-end DVD-3800BD, the DVD-2500BT transport and the entry-level DVD-1800BD...We say entry-level, but with an MSRP of £550 (or around £450 online) the DVD-1800BD is a lot pricier than entry-level players from the likes of Panasonic, Sony and Samsung, so let's find out if it justifies the extra cost...Denon sent us the black version of the player and after pulling it out of the box we were pleasantly surprised by its understated and slightly old-fashioned looks...The DVD-1800BD's entry-level status means that it sports fewer sockets than the 3800BD, but for this sort of money we would have expected more...The other major omission is an Ethernet LAN port, an indication of the player's Profile 1.1 specification..." read more »

"The $699 DBP-2010CI is the middle child, offering a few more audio and control options than the $499 DBP-1610 but lacking the top-shelf features of the reference $4,500 DVD-A1UDCI...We have not performed a hands-on review of the DBP-2010CI, but here is an overview of the player's features...In terms of video connections, the DBP-2010CI offers HDMI, component video, and composite video outputs (no S-video...The inclusion of multichannel analog audio outputs makes this model a good choice if you own an older, non-HDMI A/V receiver...The DBP-2010CI's disc drive supports the following formats: BD, DVD, CD audio, AVCHD, JPEG, MP3, WMA, and Divx..." read more »

"While the $999 DVD-2500BTCI is among the first players to support Picture-in-Picture Bonus View interactivity, it’s also the first entirely digital Blu-ray player we’ve seen...It’s clearly designed to be used with the current crop of AVRs and pre/pros that offer full advanced audio decoding...Overall, I’ve been more than impressed by the quality of video and audio performance from the higher-end player models, but they’ve left a lot to be desired in terms of speed and ergonomics..." read more »

"The DVD-3800 has a fairly minimalist front panel, consisting of (from left to right...Interestingly, the US brochure for the DVD-3800 state that the RS-232C port will allow the use of third party system controls such as AMX and Creston...I would strongly recommend that you read the manual carefully because some functions are not intuitively obvious or behave differently from other manufacturers' players...Personally, I agree with the "purist" approach - in my experience, noise reduction algorithms tend to do more harm than good..." read more »