Denon preps a pair of premium Blu-ray kits

Philip Wong | Oct 18, 2007

Are you craving to sample studio-grade Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD surround sound through your spanking new A/V receiver? Now you have another choice other than the recently launched Pioneer BDP-LX70A. Japanese Hi-Fi maker Denon has announced not one but two premium Blu-ray products. The DVD-3800BD is a CD/DVD/Blu-ray player, while the DVD-2500BT is a transport (without digital-to-analog converters) with similar disc compatibilities.

Both are capable of outputting the two lossless high-resolution audios (as mentioned above) in raw (bitstream) format. Though there is no proven advantage in external Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding, it enables your compatible receiver to process the signals instead of relying on just the HD player. This, according to some online reports, helps produce better sound. Another cool feature for the DVD-3800BD is its onboard HQV Realta processor, one of the highest-end video chipsets highly sought-after by enthusiasts and videophiles. Both kits also sport a HDMI 1.3 terminal which is capable of supporting judder-free film-centric 1080p24 signal.

The Denon pair will be available in Japan from Jan 2008 at an equally impressive US$1,981 (DVD-2500BT) and US$2,885 (DVD-3800BD), respectively. Other Asia launch details were not available at press time.

Via Akihabara News

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