I picked up my
'new' Denon DVD-2500BT yesterday evening from Middlesex. It is in premium silver and is immaculate - looks brand new, in the orginal box etc. It also has a remainder 13 months warranty on it.
The gentleman I bought this item from has upgraded to a Denon DBP- 4010UD blu-ray player and has a Denon AVP- A1HDA amplifier. His TV is a Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A and a substantial M&K Home Cinema System - this was so high-end it made me feel really inadequate with my system!!
Well, maybe one day soon.....
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The first thing that strikes you about this blu-ray player is the sheer size of it - it's a brute of a machine (just how I like it!). It weighs about 10kgs and the fit and finish is impeccable. The build quality oozes with sophistication and solidity.
When I brought it back home and compared it to my Panasonic DMP-BD35, I was astounded by how tiny and flimsy the BD35 looked in comparison - I knew it was going to be small, but how small exactly was quite a shock.
The Denon is almost the size of my Onkyo TX-SR605. My TV rack has now become too small to hold both equipments that they're both edging out - looks like another upgrade.
So, let's see what the fuss is all about - astounding pure a/v performance is what this Denon screams at you! I put in a blu-ray with bated breath ...... loading time is slow, but not painfully slow - at least not to me. This was never an issue for me anyway.
When the movie played, we were all gobsmacked!!! It took just a few minutes to realise that this was indeed a formidable piece of equipment - sharpness, clarity and vibrancy. You know you have it right when your other half exclaims -
'Wow - look at that, I don't think I've seen that before',
'I can see so much more detail now', '
I cannot believe the colour'......this went on every few seconds throught the 20 minutes I played the movie.
The colour was indeed glorious - the glossy sheen on the screen just made everything stand out much more than before. The colour palette is magnificent. The detail resolution on this is unbelievable - this is what it majors in, simply remarkable. Panning of scenes and motion is also a lot smoother than the BD35.
The sound is also more substantial and weighs on solidity and dynamics - everything suddenly had more of an oomph in it and even the bass was deeper and tighter.
Black and white levels - out of this world, truly. I thought it was pretty black before but this took it to a whole new different level. And we're talking about my screen which isn't even Full HD and is almost 3 years old!
So, a brilliant AV purchase that I'm absolutely overjoyed about, especially at the price I got it for - truly happy!