| | |  | Ceiling Speakers | Home » » » » » Denon DVD-3910B Progressive Scan DVD/CD Player (Black) | | | | | | | Description: | | The DVD-3910 is endowed with technology to unleash the full impact of DVD-Video picture quality. The DVD-3910 also uses dual 12-bit, 216-MHz video D/A converters to faithfully preserve the delicate low-level signals often lost during D/A conversion. With these advanced video image technologies, the DVD-3910 will reproduce with the highest resolution, DVD images on Progressive-compliant monitors and projectors. For sound, it is high quality audio D/A conversion and Digital Bass Management that will bring out the best of not only Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio discs, but your entire CD collection as well. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 20.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 21.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 20.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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 Unreliable, in the shop againDec 27, 2009
I've have had mine for 9 months. Already it's been in the shop three times. And two weeks it stopped operating again. My brother had the same experience but he bought an Oppo after six months and twice in the shop (he is the smart one).
Audio is good - I liked the DVD Audio quality. Picture good but not remarkable.
I don't like that this is a vampire appliance. It always consumes power even when you turn it off.
This unit does not play Blu-Ray.
This is my third Denon - 1 receiver and 2 dvd players. In the last six years the quality is just not there. And price is way too high for what you get.
I recommend you check out Oppo.
Tom Morris
very good playerAug 14, 2009
I think the sound from this player is really excellent. My only concern is that I bought it to replace a Sony multi-player which was often having trouble reading dvd-r movie discs, and I now find that the Denon seems to have the same trouble. There are discs that will play just fine in my laptop, but which often freeze or stutter or go backwards when playing through the tv. I've even had this problem with cds, come to think of it.
 Excellent player at a Bargin PriceJul 01, 2008
I bought a Denon DVD 3910 in January through Amazon. Price was $599 from an authorized Denon dealer. So far, I have been very pleased. I use the Denon to feed an Audio Research REF 1 preamp, NAD power amp, and Dynaudio Contour S5.4 speakers. I mainly listen to jazz and classical and try to buy DVD-A and SACD discs whenever possible. I have also used the Denon for movies. Both sound and visuals are excellent. My TV is an old Sony Vega CRT so I can't say a whole lot about picture quality, but I usually don't watch the glass t**t (Harlan Ellison's term) more than a few minutes a week. I have no doubt the 3910 will meet my DVD needs (I have a lot of DVDs but just don't watch movies much anymore and can't stand commercial television).
The reliability of the 3910 has been great. I have not normally found the transport to be noisy, but the transport is sensitive to disc placement. The few times that the Denon has balked at reading a disc, I have been able to correct the problem by making sure the disc is centered. I wonder if a lot of problems reported are because folks place the disc slightly off center. It doesn't take much to cause the 3910 to not be able to read a disc. Otherwise it has function flawless on SACDs, DVDs, DVD-As, and CDs. I probably have averaged 3 hours of play per day.
My other player in my main system is a Music Hall CD-25a. The Music Hall is also excellent but cost about the same as the Denon and only plays CDs.
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Supurb Audio and Video PlayerJan 02, 2008
I've had my Denon DVD-3910 player now for a month and it sounds superb. I have not had the noisy problem with the transport that reviewer justacoder had. I listen to mostly classical music. The sound with regular CDs is smooth but detailed and is even better than my Denon DCM-380 CD player. This improved sound on regular CDs is due to the AL24 Processing Plus which smoothes out the PCM stair-step wave form to make it more like live audio waves which is similar the up sampling used on super high end CD players. However, AL24 Processing Plus does something the up sampling players don't do. It converts the CD PCM signal to 24 bit depth reducing the noise floor. I did an A/B comparison with Bach's Cantatas on Teldec and the sound was smoother and more detailed AND easier to listen on the Denon DVD-3910 compared to the Denon DCM-380. The sound from HDCDs and SACDs is incredible! It sounds realistic, as if I was sitting in front of a live orchestra. The timbre of the instruments is particularly more realistic than what you hear on regular CDs.
I found the video picture to be superb, almost as good as HD-DVD. This Denon up-converts regular DVDs.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Excellent!!!Jan 12, 2007
I use the Denon unit to up-convert older DVD's for play on a 60" SONY HDTV. It does a great job, better than the up-convert function of the SAMSUNG bluray player (which is also quite good). The picture quality is not as good as the true HD when playing a Bluray disc, but the differances are subtle and my investment in the older discs is preserved. I have been told that this unit is the "standard" and I can see why.
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