Denon comes with first First PAL progressive DVD-Audio/SACD player

June 10, 2003

Denon, one of the most exclusive audio player brands has announced its latest model the Denon DVD-2900. This new player is the first PAL progressive DVD-Audio/SACD player. DVD-Audio and SACD are two competing formats backed by several different companies and it seems that more companies are currently supporting both formats in their audio equipment. The same is in the DVD recording industry, most companies seem to be releasing dual format recorders instead of picking either DVD minus or DVD plus.

The DVD-2900 is still expensive with its a little below 1500 EURO price, and with that price its no suprise it is targetted to audiophiles. The device contains built-in high-grade DTS and Dolby Digital decoders, a dedicated multi-channel DSD/SACD decoder and a dedicated multi-channel MLP/DVD-Audio decoder and much more.

DVD-2900 Product highlights:

The only Universal SACD/DVD-Audio player with Legal PAL Progressive-Scan DVD-Video
Denon's first Universal Player
The first Approved PAL Progressive Scan player from Japan
The first under Â£1,000 audiophile-grade Universal Player
Built for sound and picture quality as well as features
The best video and audio DACs available at this price point
Silmic audiophile capacitors on all channels
Unique SACD set-up from front panel and SACD text

The DVD-2900 uses two of the most advanced 12-bit
108MHz Video DACs with Noise Shaped Video, plus Silicon Image's SiI504
PureProgressive Scan with 64Mb external SDRAM, plus Denon's super
Sub-Alias filter and 4é— Oversampling on both the Progressive and Interlaced outputs. More information about this wannahave device can be found here.

Source: HifiReview