Denon DVD-3800 DVD Player

The verdict First, explanation later. This DVD player is a well made unit that is great for anyone using standard production DVD's and wants a great quality from an analog progressive or interlaced signal.

I purchased this unit for a great price but was sad to find that it has trouble with burned dvd's. The reason this is important to me is because I often copy my dvd's so that I can keep them accessible in my theater and let my friends borrow them and have the originals put away in storage. While there is a little quality loss in some cases, usually it isnt anything to moan over when the audio and video still look pretty great. The second major concern with this player is that the NTSC and PAL swap does not seem to work. I can play my PAL discs fine everywhere else but even though this player is compatible with both, it will not play them. My final concern is something to be expected, the lack of a digital video output and upscaling. Everyone looking at this unit would know and expect not to have this but I will admit it is an inconvenience for anyone with a digital television that really wants a better quality signal. I admit the video output on this is superior to many inexpensive upscaling players and the audio is unsurpased in the price range, but for modern applications, you can get a sense of the unit being a legacy product.

Anyone who has this DVD player is in for a treat but just be ready to accept it's limitations.

I think that this is a great blue ray player. I especially enjoyed the sound from my cd's. My old player lacked the high end that this player produces. I also like the zoom button on the remote. In most blue ray players, there isn't one. You must get into a sub menu for it. I looked at both the sony playsatation 3, before looking at this. But I felt this was a better player. The Sony player also ran hotter than this player. It has all top notch components, and this is evident in the sound quality. The price I paid was about three times of the playstation. But I felt it was worth it. And I also came with a two year warranty.

ive won this item and had a great communication and service with the store dealler.
they are very recomended
enjoy

Since we installed our home theater with a projection system (Runco) this is our third DVD player upgrade. A 12 foot picture brings out flaws in even good systems. Overall the 3800 gave us a modestly better picture with much less pixelation when you are really close to the screen. It handles brighter pictures and quick action sequences much better than our other Denon. The city walls in Troy and the battle in Revenge of the Sith were greatly improved. This player will serve us well until the blue-ray vs. HDVD vs. hard drive venue sorts itself out.