pete321:
Davo2008:....as has the 2500BT which they said was "Best Blu ray player over £500".....
I guess it's all relative to whether an individual thinks the improvements warrant the price tag. Having used both Sony's budget player and the 2500BT I don't the think the blu-ray picture/sound improvements warrant the full extra cost of the Denon. DVD playback is a greater leap forward with the Denon over the Sony in my opinion, but then that's not the main reason you buy a blu-ray player.
Owners have commented that the Denon 3800BD outperfoms the 2500BT, I haven't seen the 2 against each other, but for an extra £950 I'd be expecting miracles! Yes, I know the 3800 has all the internal processing, but how many people paying this sort of money for a blu-ray player are not going to be routing it through a HD audio surround sound amp?
By comparison, at the latter part of last year I bought my Pioneeer LX5090 plasma for £2400 (incl. Pioneer wall bracket, fitting & 5 year Pioneer warranty), now you can get the TV for less than £1700. Despite this, I still think I've got excellent value for what is a superb TV but the standards of the competition, unfortunately I don't feel the same way about my Denon 2500BT.
All i will say on this pete 321 is that folk like yourself never cease to amaze me, how you can say the Denon 2500bt doesnt really justify the extra outlay compared to the sony but yet........ You still keep the Denon!!!!
Now if it was me & i bought something that didnt warrant any extra say £50, id still take it bk & stick to what i was happy with. In a way pete you have talked yourself out of the Denon, now i know your going to say "oh the denons good & it is better than the sony but doesnt justify the extra cash & so on, so why did you keep it? why didnt you take it back?
The mind boggles.....