Denon DVD-1940

Denon DVD-1940

With DivX Playback - With HDMI Connection - DVD-RW Player - DVD-R Player - DVD+R Player - with DVD+RW Playback more

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I've just bought one of these. Oooh it's good. Really good. Here's why. It's a dead cool DVD player which is ideal if you have an HD ready telly and want to really enjoy your DVDs to the full. It has Dolby sound so is great if you hook it up to separate speakers, but pretty good if you ... Read review





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Award winning DVD player
A review by sadoldbag on Denon DVD-1940
April 28th, 2008


Author's product rating:   

Picture Playback Excellent 
Sound Level Excellent 
Range of Features Above Average 
Durability Good 
Value for Money Good 

Advantages: Fantastic picture quality, fantastic audio quality, great value
Disadvantages: not exactly cheap, a bit chunky looking

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

I've just bought one of these. Oooh it's good. Really good.

Here's why.

It's a dead cool DVD player which is ideal if you have an HD ready telly and want to really enjoy your DVDs to the full. It has Dolby sound so is great if you hook it up to separate speakers, but pretty good if you don't, too.

It comes in silver (well aluminium) or black, and compared to some DVD players it is quite chunky - about the thickness of a video recorder. I don't know why. I forgive it this though, as the picture quality is awesome. Really sharp.

It has 1080 upscaling, which means it is fully HD compatible, and a detachable mains lead, which I couldn't see the point of until More Technically Minded Hubby (MTMH) explained that this is a Good Thing as it allows you to upgrade the cable and get even better quality.

Until buying this, I thought it was only worth paying thirty quid for a DVD player, but now I understand that you get what you pay for and this is worth paying for. MTMH paid £180 for ours, which is a lot more than thirty quid but oooh I am happy.

It is easy to use, and gives you ultra sharp picture quality and great sound. It won What Hifi's 2007 best DVD player under £300 award, which is what made him consider it. They clearly know a thing or two at What Hifi.

Right, now take a deep breath:

It has:

* HDMI Interface with Multi Channel Audio(480p/720p/1080i/1080p Scaling). Um, I think this means the picture quality is fab. It might be what makes the sound quality fab though. Not entirely sure.

*it played CDs as well as DVDs, and plays -R and -RW DVDs

* it has 24-bit, 192-kHz High Resolution Audio D/A Converters and 12 bit, 216 MHz High Resolution Video D/A Converters. Sorry but I have no idea at all what they are, but it does says that on the box.


* it has Progressive Scan featuring DCDi by Faroudja. This is apparently cool (according to MTMH) and I can confirm that what it does is sort of upgrade iffy quality DVDs and make them appear sharper and not so grainy.

* it also has HDMI/Component (Interlace) Parallel video outputs. No clue what they are either. Sorry.

* 2 MB Buffer Memory. This means it doesn't judder or momentarily pause while the disk has a wee think to itself ever.

You can adjust the picture to get the best for your configuration and individual disk, and it has DivX Ultra.

It's really good for viewing photos from too.

The standby mode is a new eco style one which only uses 1W on standby: half as much electricity as previous models apparently.

One thing that is really cool is that if you pause the DVD and then it stops (you know how if they are on pause for too long they close down), when you restart you have the option of restarting from where you last paused, so you don't have to try and find the right bit all over again. That's great.

I am so happy with this machine, I really wish we'd bought one earlier. Well worth it, if you have an HD TV. If you don't have a CD player, I think you could just have one of these wired up to speakers and do without a separate CD player - the quality is better than my CD player actually.

You'll love this product. 
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Quick review of Denon DVD-1940
Review of Denon DVD-1940 by manwhocan

sadolbag says it has 24-bit, 192-kHz High Resolution Audio D/A Converters and 12 bit, 216 MHz High Resolution Video D/A Converters, but does not know what that means. Answer: The former make it sound good; the latter make it look good. Nice review sadolbag but it might have been best to leave it to 'Hubby' the poor 'MTMH' if he has recovered from your sexist onslaught.

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09.12.2008
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Review of Denon DVD-1940 by tennant1981

Advantages: its got none really
Disadvantages: none

when I brought this DVDplayer to be honest Ididnt expect much from it but it pleasently suprised me by being fantastic value for money.Iknow theirs alot of DVD players on the market but this one has got to be up their with the absulute best.Its very easy to use and set up aswell as playing your DVDS really good.Ifound it very easy to set up Its just the same as all standered dvd players .Theres many funtions included in it like the normal zoom funtions ... Read review

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Denons mid-ranged upscaled goodness
Review of Denon DVD-1930 by  AgeUK

Advantages: excellent upscaling, wealth of play back features
Disadvantages: feels cheap

...products it was one in a line of DVD players in its range, it was followed by the 1940 but now seems to be discontinued altogether. Unless you want blu ray playback, the current model is for upscaling DVD play back alone is the 1740. Which as you can see is a couple of models down, but no doubt still a shining example. The Denon range goes up into the 3000 series and then the flagship DVD-A1UD which would set you back the princely sum of £4,500! It looks like it would play EVERYTHING though. The 1930 is a good example of an upscaling DVD player. When it first arrived along the similarly designed AVR 1907, at my house, I was pleased to see the eye catching design. I must say at this point that I was rather disappointed with the weight of the product. Which might seem like an odd thing to say, but I?d paid nearly £200 and it was very very... Read review

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Denon DVD-1930

Product details

Manufacturer: Denon

Blu-ray Recording: No

DivX Playback: With DivX Playback

DTS Decoder: DTS Decoder

DVB-C: No

DVB-S: No

DVB-T: No

DVD Audio Playback: with DVD Audio Playback

DVD Player / Recorder: DVD Player

DVD+R Playback: DVD+R Player

DVD+R Recording: No

DVD+RW Playback: with DVD+RW Playback

DVD+RW Recording: No

DVD-R Playback: DVD-R Player

DVD-R Recording: No

DVD-RAM Recording: No

DVD-RW Playback: DVD-RW Player

DVD-RW Recording: No

DVI Interface: Without DVI Connection

Electronic Program Guide (EPG): No

Ethernet: No

Firewire IEEE-1394 Interface: No

HD-DVD Playback: No

HD-DVD Recording: No

HDMI Interface: With HDMI Connection

HDTV: No

Integrated VCR: without Integrated VCR

IPTV (Internet Protocol Television): No

MP3 Recording: No

MPEG4 Recording: No

Number of Scart interfaces: 1

Progressive Scan: Yes

Real Dolby: Real Dolby AC3

Show View: without Show View

Super Audio CD Playback: with Super Audio CD Playback

Super Video CD / Video CD Playback: Yes

Table / Portable: not Portable

USB Interface: No

W-LAN Connection: No

EAN: 5060160581264, 4560119538130, 5060160581271, 5060160582476, 5060160581288, 5060160581257

Type of Memory Stick Interface: No

Type of SD Card Interface: No

1080p Upscaling: No

HDMI: Yes

Power Consumption Standby in Watts: 0.9

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