Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player - Gizmodo Comments

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Wayde — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:51:14 EDT

Although it'd be nice to see all those extra features - HDMI 1.3, Ethernet, Blu-ray Profile 2.0, video gaming etc.

The steep price is mostly because of

1/ Denon engineering of every circuit in this unit.

2/ Realta HQV video processors. This is not the knock off HQV that Samsung is using, it's the professional grade processors. $2K is actually cheap when compare the price to other consumer electronics with the same processors.

HDMI 1.3 would only be necessary if you wanted to bitstream the lossless codecs to your receiver. If you spent this kind of money on a BD player you shouldn't do that.

You should use this unit to decode your audio and send it uncompressed to your receiver. HDMI 1.1 is perfectly capable of this feat.

Wayde

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Worf — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:30:35 EDT

Does it support all the extneded features of Blu-Ray like the PS3 does? After all, it's kinda pointless if it doesn't...

Worf

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Galley — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:10:37 EDT

The 1940CI is still stuck with an HDMI 1.1 port? So much for digital SACD output.

Galley

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

xxGenericSNxx — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:49:40 EDT

@Monoplex:
HDDVD requires all of those players to have an ethernet port.

xxGenericSNxx

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:39:28 EDT

I really don't see this giving $1500 worth of advantage over using a PS3 as a blu-ray player especially since the PS3 can download updates directly to the system and it's much more publicized when there is a firmware update to the PS3.

ceilingFANBOY

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Wiseblood — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:42:43 EDT

Ethernet isn't required for Blu-ray until version 2.0.

Wiseblood

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Monoplex — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:30:45 EDT

I thought Ethernet ports were part of Blu-Ray that mfgs had to meet at this point. Perhaps I'm remembering incorrectly and it's sometime in the future that this becomes manditory.

Monoplex

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

DeadPlasmaCell — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:42:09 EDT

$2000 and no Ethernet port.. Nice.

DeadPlasmaCell