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NEWS: 12 March 2008 17:01 GMT by Stuart Miles
UK hi-fi specialist Arcam has confirmed to Pocket-lint that is it working on a Blu-ray player now the format war has come to an end.
The comments came from a spokesman for the company as the company showed off its new £1400 upscaling DVD home cinema system the Solo Movie 2.1.
However, before you get excited about an imminent launch, the bad news is Arcam has said it is unlikely to be releasing anything until 2009 at the earliest.
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- http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/13399/14423/arcam-blu-ray-dvd-player-2009.phtml (Open in New Window)
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All good news...one box, region free PAL> NTSC conversion, upscaling BD players - I'm so there!
Latest word on an OPPO Blu-ray player.
....that the new Denon will have the realta chip for upscaling, which may mean DVD quality in the same league as my own Denon DVD-A1XV (5910), and the realta processing will also work it's magic on Blu-Ray discs to clean up the image there.
Probably cost a packet but probably worth it.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
I read somewhere that that machine will cost over $3,000. I would only consider something like that if it did a really, really good job with DVDs, bluraycapability being a bonus.
That's MSRP for the 3800 and the Marantz 8002 will MSRP for $2099.
When I first heard about this player, the speculation on US pricing was way higher, and given where the dollar is going, I was afraid the price would be even higher.
"I would only consider something like that if it did a really, really good job with DVDs, bluraycapability being a bonus."
You have the same priority as myself then, and I'm looking for a DVD player capable of SOTA upscaling replay with Blu-Ray playback having to be obviously superior.
As it stands DVD replay via my present top spec Denon is a match for any Blu-Ray playback I've yet seen on a 42" screen, so unless I decide to invest in a projector the benefits of Blu-Ray aren't attractive when compared to the drawbacks, those being a very limited number of titles, much higher prices and players which at the moment are apparently lacking features and over priced.
Simply put, I don't ever watch DVDs since buying the Denon and feel like video quality is even an issue, but I certainly would if I bought a DVD player which wasn't as good as I have now.
I have the report of the Denon DVD-3800BD before me now, and the specs do look enticing.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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