This would be excellent news if true. I think it's confirmed that the new Pioneer Elite player was going to be Blu-ray only, but I hadn't heard much about the Denon and the Marantz players.
The first Denon player is only $1,000? That part I don't think I believe -- but am willing to be pleasantly surprised. Given that they have $3,800 and $1,500 regular DVD players, only $1,000 for their first Blu-ray player seems exceedingly low.
Then again, releasing in July means it likely doesn't have BD-J 1.1 support, so maybe they're planning to release a more stratified line-up including a higher-end player in the coming Winter or Spring.
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