Denon DVD-2930CI Progressive Scan DVD/DVDA/SACD Player with Realta Reon VX-50 HQV Processing
By: Denon Average Rating: 3.0 Total Reviews: 5
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 On: 2008-06-15
Ive noticed when I watch DVDs during summer, the system has trouble finding chapters or simply playing consistently. I am very disappointed with this player as I expected more from it in terms of reading the content. I should have stuck with my first choice. A pioneer. Never had this kind of trouble with a Pioneer. Blahhh!
 On: 2007-12-02
I have this player hooked to the Denon AVR 4308CI receiver running a Sony Bravia KDLXBR 52" 1080P LCD television. All connections are via HDMI.
This has to be the best DVD player I have ever owned. The picture and sound quality are incredible to say the least. I have it sitting next to the Sony BDP-S300 Blu-Ray player. I dont know why I wasted the money on the Blu-Ray. The Denons picture and sound is just as good, if not better than that of the Blu-Ray. In fact, I would say the Denon DVD-2930CI is better!
If you dont mind the cost of this unit, and want what I would consider an incredible DVD player, dont hesitate to buy. And save your money and skip that purchase of a Blu-Ray or HD player if you have not bought one yet. The Denon will do the job plus!
On: 2007-10-20
Fantstic quality picture from your standard DVD the 2930ci uses the Silicon Optix Reon HQV chipset.
HQV Benchmark: The 2930ci uses the HQV video processors (DVD-5910 as well) and what better way to test the 2930CIs de-interlacing, noise rejection, detail level and cadence detection than the Silicon Optix HQV benchmark DVD.
*Color Bar/Vertical Detail: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Jaggies Pattern 1: Pass - Score 5 of 5
*Jaggies Pattern 2: Pass - Score 5 of 5
*Flag: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Picture Detail: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Noise Reduction: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Motion Adaptive Noise Reduction: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*3:2 Detection: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Film Cadence: Pass - Score (Combined) 40 of 40
*Mixed 3:2 Film, Horizontal Text Crawl: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Mixed 3:2 Film, Vertical Text Crawl: Pass - Score 10 of 10
*Total Score:130 out of a possible 130.
Thats right 130 out of a possible maximum score of 130, cue the Rip Taylor confetti and party favors we have a winner.
 On: 2007-10-20
Visual and audio performance is super. The big attraction for me was the possibility of connecting to the AVR with a single (HDMI) cable. You can add a "D-link" cable (looks like ethernet with a slightly different connector)to send SACD output in native DSD format to a AVR. Both must be Denon, however.
Im not fond of any remote controls, so I wish there were menu navigation buttons on the front panel.
On: 2007-03-28
I had set up the player and once playing a dvd, the screen went to a "BLUE" state. I contacted tech support and after 45 minutes they cam on line and told me it was a bad logic board. I returned it for credit which was cheerfully given. This is much too expensive for this to happen out of the box, expecially for a player that does not play HD or blue-ray. There are much better deals for the money that plays other discs. I found the tech support severely lacking, and would not buy another Denon again. It really is a shame because they have made some great products
On: 2007-03-27
I had set up the player and once playing a dvd, the screen went to a "BLUE" state. I contacted tech support and after 45 minutes they cam on line and told me it was a bad logic board. I returned it for credit which was cheerfully given. This is much too expensive for this to happen out of the box, expecially for a player that does not play HD or blue-ray. There are much better deals for the money that plays other discs. I found the tech support severely lacking, and would not buy another Denon again. It really is a shame because they have made some great products
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