Denon DVD-2500BTCI, Well Worth Its Price For..

Overall Rating4.334.334.334.334.33

Well Worth Its Price For Stunning Color And No ‘LAG’

Here’s where I started with Blu-Ray… The pathetic Sony Blu-Ray players (several models) that have the slowest of all Blu-Ray players with Made In China quality (or lack of). The Sony Blu-Ray players were the worst of any.

I graduated to the Panasonic’s next. The BD30 and later the very popular BD35. Both were ‘GOOD’ players. On the other hand, if I tried to plug in a cable without the Panasonic MOUNTED to the concrete, their one-pound weight per deck caused it to fly off a shelve like a pice of Post-It note. Made In China quality and a Panasonic remote (not a positive).

I tried others. Low-end brands and so-called medium brands.

I finally buy Denon’s DVD-2500BTCI. It’s called a TRANSPORT unit because it is a pure 100% digital-only player. If you don’t have HDMI to HDMI only, move-on…

Stunning color quality! Unlike anything I’ve ever seen. One more time: STUNNING PICTURE & COLOR quality.

Better yet, this thing weighs something!

Turn it on and it quickly responds (a major Blu-Ray issue is LAG). Yes, once you insert the BLU-RAY disc, it does take ime to load. That’s normal but everything else makes the ‘2500′ the fastest of Blu-Ray players ever that I have used/tested/played with.

I think the REMOTE is excellent! Others do not and Denon does have a reputation for lousy remotes. This one is an exception.

Well worth the money. Really!

Update (2/6/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Denon DVD-2500BTCI Blu-ray/DVD/CD Player Electronics, was written by Jonathon.

The average rating for this item is 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Jonathon

April 13th, 2010 at 9:59 am    


Overall Rating44444

Well Worth Its Price For Stunning Color And No ‘LAG’
Rated 4 stars.


Kayode Leonard

April 20th, 2010 at 2:43 pm    


Overall Rating55555

Excellent Sound and Picture
This is by far one of the best players Blu-ray discs on the market. The image is beautiful and has a very cinematic image, not analytical. This blows the similar Sony 2000E. Since there is only a transport, it has no analog audio outputs, the sound is incredible when paired with an audio format decoding HD receiver. This is certainly a great unit for the money. Prepare to be surprised.


Thomas Sladowski

May 18th, 2010 at 2:33 am    


Overall Rating44444

Solid performance you expect from Denon
I bought this DVD player to replace my Denon 3910. Now that the format wars appear over, I wanted to start my Blu-ray collection.

Unit performs well. For regular DVD’s picture is about the same as the Denon 3910. Blu-ray disks are comperable to HD television. Uses the same remote codes as the older 3910, so I did not need to get my Pronto universal remote re-programmed — a real advantage. Also has some features I have not tried yet, such as markers.

Remote is OK, reasonably well laid out.

Negatives:
I have not found any negatives on the features I used, but here are a few to keep in mind. The only method of connecting the device is via the HDMI. This is fine for me, but not if you plan to hook this to an older AMP.

Playback will only play DVD-R not +R. I have not tested this.

In both cases, one would expect that a unit listing for $999.00 would have features sold by other for much less. As with most Denon products, they tend to be overpriced, and you must move up the the $1,999 Denon 3800 to get all the ports. Not a problem for most people, but keep this in mind should you plan to connect this to an older home theater system.

In all, I am happy with this product.


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