Denon DVD-1730 DivX DVD Player with HDMI

£119.99 from Empire Direct. The Denon DVD-1730 is a high quality, full featured DVD player. Pure cinema progressive scan, Dolby digital and DTS surround formats and a component video output, essential for plasma screens and projectors as well as a Scart output with RGB capability for the best picture quality when used with a compatible TV. Special attention has been paid to audio performance too, including WMA (Windows Media Audio) format as well as playback of MP3 encoded music discs. The Denon DVD1730 is also designed to be easy to use and includes a quick set up menu. This slim, compact DVD player incorporates technologies from higher up the Denon range and has been designed to match Denon's new AVR 06 series of Home Cinema receivers. The high-performance video DACs deliver Progressive Scan via component output and make the DVD-1730 ideally suited to Plasma and LCD screens. Progressive scan technology represents great improvement over conventional interlaced scanning used in TV broadcasts and other conventional applications, as it can produce around twice as much video data to produce a sharper, noise free picture with finer details. High definition video images are faithfully displayed with optimum naturalness and beauty. Playback Functions also include Resume Play, for returning to the Pause position on the disc after the playback was restarted; Slow Play; Repeat Play (A-B, Chapter, Track, Disc); Random Play, and Program Play. Specifications and general information PAL Progressive Scan via Component Video outputs improves the picture on appropriate displays. HDMI (1.1) Output with scaler (480p / 576p / 720p / 1080i) RGB via the SCART output and S-Video output delivers the best picture on standard TVs 10-bit, 108Mhz Video D/A converters produce stunning images Plays DVD-R/RW +R/RW and CD-R/RW Playback - MP3 & MP3 VBR/WMA/JPEG/KPCD Playback JPEG slide show plus Kodak Picture CD compatible with a wealth of playback functions including x 2 or x 4 Picture Zooming DTS, PCM and Dolby Digital DataStream output and VSS Virtual Surround 10-bit, 108Mhz Video D/A converters produce stunning images Burr-Brown 24-bit/192kHz audio DACs for high-resolution sound