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Pioneer.eu: Pioneer Europe announces the release of the BDP-450, a new top-quality Blu-ray 3D player bringing advanced technologies and a range of features AV enthusiasts will appreciate, including dual HDMI outputs to simplify connections with an AV receiver or multiple displays, Qdeo video processing for exceptional visual performance, DLNA networking, wireless capability and the ability to play back Super Audio CDs, DVD-Audio discs and various audio and video files. (more…)

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TechDigest: Denon has announced the latest addition to their Blu-ray line-up: The €DBP-2010. I want to call it a high-end Blu-ray player but it isn’t really. Not compared to some of Denon’s other Blu-ray machines. Mind you, this one costs £599 (€697) and not £3,300 (€3,842) like the VD-A1UD.

That’s not to say that the DBP-2010 isn’t a good bit of kit because, a quick look at the spec, will show you that it is. It has Profile 2.0 capability with built in BD-Live and Bonus View via the ethernet port.

It can play multiple formats – pretty much any shiny circular disc you can imagine – and it has 10-bit video processing for both HD and SD viewing. It also offers upconversion and IP scaling up to 1080p.

Sound wise it features 7.1 analogue outputs with full decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. For music via CD it has a dedicated two-channel analogue audio output.

The DBP-2010 also supports DivxHD and AVCHD playback from HD camcorders. It’s out this month and, as mentioned, it’s going to set you back £599. You can get it in either black or silver. Interested? If so, check availability via Denon.

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EngadgetHD: Denon isn’t typically known for throwing out any futuristic pieces of AV luxury, rather, it tends to side with the more traditional, classy look.

Of course, there’s always a first time for everything, and while we’re highly doubtful that this supposed Denon rendering will actually come to fruition, it certainly is a sight to behold.

The two-piece kit consists of a rumored DVD-HD8910 Blu-ray player up top, with a 2TB AVR-HD8910 media center / receiver below.

The 7.1-channel box also claims to handle iTunes music files and offer a direct connection to the iTMS, and while it’s understandably simple to brush this all off as a fanboy’s fantasy, Denon’s no stranger to stuffing unusual extras in uncommon places.

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Blu-ray.com: In a recent interview with ListenUp.com, Jeff Talmadge from Denon stated that they would announce plans for a high definition player as early as July, but no format was given.

When you couple this information with the fact that Funai (who recently announced a Blu-ray player for this fall) makes DVD players for Denon, and that D&M Holdings, the parent company of Denon, is now an adopter of BD+, it appears that the Denon player will most certainly be Blu-ray.

This information, of course, is all speculative right now, but we hope to hear more from Denon in the upcoming months about their future high definition plans.

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