Denon DVD-2900 DVD Player Review
Denon DVD-2900 DVD Player
Summary
- Product Name: DVD-2900 DVD Player
- Manufacturer: Denon Electronics
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- Value Rating:
- Review Date: September 20, 2003
- MSRP: $999
- Specifications
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- Powered by the Silicon Image/DVDO PureProgressive (SiI504) Decoding Engine
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Accurate 2:3 pulldown detection and reconstruction, even with inaccurately flagged content
- Sony CXD-2753 Second Generation DSD Decoder
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Built-in Dolby Digital, DTS, DVD-Audio and discrete SACD decoders with 5.1 analog outputs
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Full Digital Bass Management for SACD; 80Hz crossover with 12/24dB slopes on all channels; Adjustable channel levels
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24/96 digital output; optical and coaxial
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2 box, 5 block internal layout to isolate analog, digital and video circuits
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5 Picture Memories, with adjustable tint, brightness, contrast, sharpness and Gamma
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SRS
- PureProgressive decoding features high speed ultra-resolution DSP at 6 Billion Operations Per Second (6 GOPS)with 64Mb external SDRAM
- Optimum processing for film content, video content, graphics content and mixed-mode content with 12fps(Animation), Video overlay detection and processing
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High resolution Analog Devices ADV-7300, 12 bit/108 MHz, 4:4:4, Video D/A Conversion system featuring Noise Shaped Video processing - interlaced and progressive output
- RS-232C and remote in/out ports
- Custom Built to DENON Specifications - Burr-Brown 24-bit, 192-kHz DSD 1790 Audio DACs that decode PCM and DSD signals discretely with no down-conversion of DSD
- MP3 Playback . Plays Audio/Video CDs; DVD-Audio/Video; Super Audio
CD;DVD-R/RW(conditional); Audio CD-R; Audio CD-RW; MP3 CD-R; MP3 CD-RW
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4:3 Shrink and Zoom Controls
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Wideband relay switched component video output
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SuperSub Alias Filter on Progressive and Interlace for Luminance and Chrominance signals
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4 fields (2 frames) digital video processing for optimum motion detection and compensation
- 4x Oversampling Progressive and 8x Interlace output . 2X DVD read speed; 4X CD/CD-R/CD-RW read speed; with 8MB drive buffer memory
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Full Digital Bass Management for DVD-Audio, featuring Analog Devices Melody 32-bit processor; 80Hz crossover with 12dB high and 24dB low pass slopes; Adjustable delay time(0-15ms)and Channel Levels
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JPEG photo file viewer, Kodak Picture CD and Fujicolor CD compatible
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Pure Direct Modes to defeat unneeded portions of player for the ultimate in audio performance
- Variable Black Level (Setup): 0 and 7.5 IRE Passes below-black (PLUGE) on progressive and interlace outputs
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(1)Composite and (1)"S" video outputs
- Glo-Key remote control . Dimensions: 17.1"w x 5.2"h x 13.0"d . Weight 17.6 lbs.
Pros
- Superlative playback performance of CD, DVD-A and SACD formats
- Bass mgmt & Digital Delay compensation for DVD-A
- Superb video playback
- Excellent craftsmanship
Cons
- Internal test tone inaccuracies
- Doesn't retain last played DVD/CD track when unit is powered off
- More susceptible to DVD artifacting than some comparably priced players
- No DVI output
- No Denon Digital Audio Link
