Denon Continues To Lead The Way In High-Performance Home Entertainment With Innovative New Products At CES 2003

27-Jan-03

At CES 2003, Denon demonstrated its commitment to providing home entertainment solutions for every customer need, with innovative components including the all-new DVD-2900 DVD-Audio/Video & Super Audio CD player, the company's first-ever all-format universal optical disc player. Denon also debuted its AVR-2803 A/V receiver, setting a remarkable new price/performance benchmark in 7.1-channel home theatre receivers, and showed a host of recently-introduced products that are all currently shipping to Denon retailers.Stephen Baker, Denon Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing noted, ""Our new DVD-2900 universal player and AVR-2803 receiver exemplify Denon's philosophy in 2003: to provide our customers with quality home entertainment solutions that offer total ease of use and outstanding value--without compromising on performance. For example, Denon knows that in light of the proliferation of optical disc formats currently available, today's customer simply wants to enjoy a DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, MP3, or any other disc without being concerned whether it's going to play or not in their machine--and the DVD-2900 solves this problem, while also providing state-of-the-art audio and video performance at an extremely attractive price point.""Baker concluded, ""Denon's foundation as a music company continues to honor this heritage today. The sound quality of our components has always been a paramount consideration--and as a result, even though we pay equally careful attention to their video quality, we consider our DVD players to be audio components as much as they are video playback devices, and with the growing popularity of DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, and other high-resolution music discs, this is a more important consideration in today's marketplace than ever before.""Following are highlights of the new Denon products making their debut at CES 2003:DVD-2900: The Ultimate Source Component With Universal Format CompatibilityDenon's DVD-2900 Universal DVD-Audio/Video & Super Audio CD player is the company's first player to offer both DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD playback. The DVD-2900 also plays back virtually every other optical disc format available, including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, and DVD-R/RW.In common with all Denon high-end DVD players, the DVD-2900 is engineered to the absolute highest standards, to deliver unsurpassed video and audio quality. The player incorporates features such as Denon's exclusive PureProgressive Scanô technology featuring the Silicon Image SiLô 504 decoding engine, Noise Shaped Videoô digital image enhancement technology that operates on both progressive scan and interlaced video signals, 108 MHz/12-bit, Analog Devices video D/A converters and Burr-Brown 192 kHz/24-bit, audio D/A converters, and many additional advanced features. The DVD-2900 also offers full digital bass management for DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, a comprehensive range of picture control adjustments, and an RS-232C port for interface with third-party system controllers, enabling its performance to be perfectly optimized for any home entertainment installation.The Denon DVD-2900 will be available April 2003 at a suggested retail price of $999.AVR-2803: Unprecedented Receiver Performance And ValueDenon has earned a reputation for offering the very highest levels of performance and value in its home theatre receivers--and the new 7.1-channel AVR-2803 sets a new price/performance benchmark yet again. With a suggested retail price of $799, the AVR-2803 brings true custom installation features and multi-room flexibility to more users than ever before, with 80 watts x 7 power output, an Analog Devices Melody 100 SHARCÆ surround sound processor, 16 high-resolution D/A converters on all channels in a differential configuration, 100 MHz bandwidth component video switching for full compatibility with HDTV sources, plus an unusually comprehensive array of digital and analog audio and video inputs, outputs, and switching facilities.The AVR-2803 is compatible with every popular surround sound audio format, including DolbyÆ Digital EX and DTS-ESÆ, along with Dolby Pro LogicÆ II, Dolby Digital, and DTSÆ decoding, plus additional useful surround modes. Its many additional performance and convenience features include an RS-232C port for integrated system control, multi-room operation with independent control of second-room audio, extensive bass management and sound tailoring functions, eight-channel analog audio inputs for DVD-Audio/Super Audio CD sources, and many additional advanced features.The Denon AVR-2803 will be available March 2003 at a suggested retail price of $799.Along with the new DVD-2900 and AVR-2803, the complete line of Denon home theatre and specialty audio products will be showcased at CES 2003, including the recently upgraded DVD-9000 and flagship AVR-5803 A/V receiver with exclusive Denon Link technology that enables the player to directly transmit copy-protected digital DVD-Audio data and other digital formats to the receiver for maximum sonic performance, plus the company's newest complete home theatre packages, compact music systems, and more.For more information, visit www.usa.denon.com.

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