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Denon DVD-1740

12 Dec, 2007, 4:07 pm IST | Siddharth Bhatia | Blu-ray Players

Performance
We plugged it into our Sony full-HD LCD, and started off with our favorite test disc: the DVE. The first thing I noticed was the clean image; a lot of small parts were very much focused and shone through with appreciable detail. There was noise, but in tolerable amounts, and blocks and bands of color were less. It was rather smooth and dynamically appealing.

The images had depth and saturation in the colors, while blacks and darker shades were well distinguishable. Though in this same department, at times I felt the blacks could have been better, as this is required by HD sources of content such as transformers.

The upscaling to 1080p was great, as we were doing these tests in that mode. In the audio domain, CD playback is superb, with a very open sound with high detail in the dynamic range. I just wished I could play my Diana Krall SACD, but I guess one can’t have everything.

Conclusions
The product was pretty much in line with our expectations. It excelled in certain areas of detail and clarity, and proved fair to above average in areas of color representation and depth. At Rs 14,700 , it is a reasonable mid-end player, and I think it’s a good choice for new videophiles. It will complement their brand-new LCDs perfectly.

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