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As with any audio or video system, the source components set the limit at how good a system can sound or a video can look. You can find Blu-ray and DVD players for peanuts these days. Problem is that there are very good reasons why those products are so inexpensive ▬ they're made to be cheap. They're designed to be minimum performance components with minimum features and build quality. They use the cheapest parts available that are assembled in the cheapest way possible. This is the trade-off. To get the best performance, you have to have the best components. Fortunately, there are some exceptional products that are affordable without falling into the "Cheap" realm of products that are described above. In this category, we've included some of the zero-compromise products and some that cut the least performance corners to give you excellent performance at more down-to-earth prices. Buy one and apply your Bonus Dollars. (Click here to go directly to the Bonus Gift Page). Take a look at these....
Home Theater Electronics - DVD and Blu-Ray players:
Cary Audio Design DVD-7 DVD Player; just $4000
The Cinema Series DVD 7 is a high performance DVD player that offers 1080p video from regular DVD disks. It will work with ‘early adopters’ video displays. Linked video output settings from 480p to as high as 1080p are available from the HDMI and RGB+HV outputs plus 480i to 1080p settings from the interlaced or progressive component video outputs. In addition, the DVD 7 is an audiophile grade CD player that is using Burr Brown 1792u digital to analog converters to decode CD disks.
Bonus Dollars $600
Denon A1UDC1 Universal Blu-Ray Player; just $4500 ![]() For the ultimate disc playback accuracy, Denon’s DVD-A1UDCI sets the standard in state-of-the-art audio and video reproduction. Denon’s exclusive design allows playback of popular high resolution audio formats such as SACD and DVD-Audio, and is BD-Live Ready. (The BD-Live firmware update is now available as of July 27 for downloading and installation via the Ethernet port on the back of the player.) Your CD collection will never sound better, thanks to Denon’s new AL32 advanced digital audio processing, which up converts conventional 16-bit CDs to full 32-bit digital format, virtually eliminating low-level harmonic distortion in the process. For pristine video quality, the Silicon Optix Realta HQV processor provides superb DVD deinterlacing and upconversion to HD, along with sophisticated picture improvement algorithms. Featuring balanced stereo analog outputs, the DVD-A1UDCI is equipped with true 32-bit D/A converters for each channel, along with a full set of conventional analog 7.1 outputs. Bonus Dollars $450
Denon DBP-2010CI Blu-Ray Player; just $699 ![]() Able to play a broad range of audio and video disc types, Denon’s DBP-2010CI includes advanced design features such as our exclusive Separated Unit Structure chassis architecture, which divides critical processing stages to prevent mutual interference, providing superior audio and video signal-to-noise performance. Equipped with an Ethernet port, the DBP-2010CI features Profile 2.0 BD-Live functionality with separate video and audio processors for picture-in-picture content, along with an SD card slot for memory expansion and playback of downloaded web content. For optimum video quality, the advanced ABT VRS video upconversion and scaling processor provides motion adaptive SD de-interlacing as well as digital video noise reduction functions. Disc playback options include Blu-ray, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, as well as Kodak and Fuji picture discs and DivxHD videos. Bonus Dollars $70
Denon DBP-1610 Blu-Ray Player; just $499 ![]() Combining superlative performance and high value, Denon’s latest affordable Blu-ray/DVD/CD player includes features and technologies found on our higher end models, such as HDMI Source Direct and 12 bit video processing. Standard definition DVDs never looked better thanks to i/p scaling and upconversion up to 1080p, along with digital video noise reduction to eliminate compression artifacts.
Bonus Dollars $50
Denon DVM-2845CI 5-Disc DVD Changer; just $499
Bonus Dollars $50
NAD T587 Blu-Ray/DVD player; just $1499
Bonus Dollars $150
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