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<\/p>\nPublicado pela revista inglesa What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision<\/p>\n
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Pre\u00e7o: \u00a3 900
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The finest way to play Blu-ray discs yet \u2013 a must-see performer.<\/p>\n
For
\nExcellent Blu-ray performance in every regard; outstanding DVD playback, too; classy build<\/p>\n
Against
\nIt\u2019s only a transport, so might not suit every user; not Profile 2.0, if that matters to you<\/p>\n
The Denon DVD-2500BT Blu-ray transport is aimed at dedicated home cinema enthusiasts: it doesn\u2019t have any analogue audio outputs, and doesn\u2019t even have coaxial or optical digital sockets.<\/p>\n
If you want one, you\u2019ll need an amp, receiver or processor that can accept audio signals from HDMI and use them appropriately (in theory that means you could also connect to a TV with speakers, but this thing costs \u00a3900 \u2013 are you really going to do that?).<\/p>\n
The good news is almost all modern surround sound amps support digital audio sent via HDMI, with most models from \u00a3300 providing full decoding for high-definition audio formats like Dolby TrueHD.<\/p>\n
Given the Denon\u2019s price, it\u2019d be right at home with anything from \u00a3800 up, such as Yamaha\u2019s DSP-AX863SE or Denon\u2019s own AVR-2809.<\/p>\n
Televisual turbocharger
\nThis player\u2019s colour vitality, detail retrieval and uncanny realism is just stunning. It\u2019s so good, it\u2019s able to take discs we\u2019ve known and loved for many a month \u2013 Training Day, I Am Legend \u2013 and give them a whole new lease of life.<\/p>\n
Reds seem redder, blacks denser, edges sharper, while three-dimensionality increases and motion-stability seems more assured. It genuinely is a turbocharger for your telly (and that\u2019s on our reference-grade Pioneer plasma, itself no slouch).<\/p>\n
If that seems impressive, the audio is even more remarkable. It imbues everything you listen to with more weight and realism, more scale and drama; gunfire seems weightier and more menacing, voices sounds more natural and characterful.<\/p>\n
The icing on the cake for this machine is DVD replay. The DVD-2500BT will upscale your DVDs to 1080p (should you need it), and while Denon makes no great claims for its picture-enhancing properties, direct comparison with our Award-winning Marantz DV7001 DVD player went resoundingly in the Denon\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s smoother, less troubled by digital noise and more insightful. Even CD replay is at least on a par with the Marantz: a shade smoothed off and pedestrian at the bottom end, but certainly articulate enough to carry a tune.<\/p>\n
Almost flawless performance
\nSo where are the downsides? We can see only two. One, this is a transport, and as such, must be used with the appropriate kit. Given its price, we don\u2019t see that as an issue.<\/p>\n
Second, this is \u2018only\u2019 a BD Profile 1.1 compliant player: it may miss out on some interactive features available in some rivals, and it doesn\u2019t have an Ethernet port to serve as compensation (although it does provide an SD card slot, which can be used for extra feature support).<\/p>\n
But you know what? We really don\u2019t care. This is what Blu-ray really ought to have been straight from the off. It probably spells the end for higher-end DVD players, too.<\/p>\n
If you have an eye on premium-quality home cinema, it\u2019s a must-try.<\/p>\n
HD DVD
\nNo
\nBlu-ray
\nYes
\nDVD-Video
\nNo
\nDVD-A
\nNo
\nSACD
\nNo
\nCD
\nYes
\nMP3
\nYes
\nDivX
\nYes
\nDVD-R\/-RW
\nYes
\nDVD+R\/+RW
\nYes
\nDVD-RAM
\nNo
\nHDMI out
\n1
\nHDMI 1.3a
\nYes
\nDVI out
\n0
\nComponent out
\n0
\nRGB Scart out
\n0
\nS-Video out
\n0
\nComposite out
\n0
\nOptical digital out
\n0
\nCoaxial digital out
\n0
\nPhono audio out
\n0
\nFireWire out
\n0
\nMultichannel analogue out
\nNo
\nVideo scaling
\n1080p
\n24fps
\nYes
\nDolby Digital Plus decoding
\nYes
\nDTS HD decoding
\nYes
\nDolby TrueHD decoding
\nYes
\nDTS HD Master Audio decoding
\nYes
\nDolby decoding
\nYes
\nDTS Decoding
\nYes
\nPCM decoding
\nYes
\nDolby Digital Plus HDMI output
\nYes
\nDTS HD HDMI output
\nYes
\nDolby TrueHD HDMI output
\nYes
\nDTS HD Master Audio HDMI output
\nYes
\nPCM HDMI output
\nYes
\nDimensions (hwd, cm)
\n14x43x39<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"