Denon DVD-3800 vs Arcam DV88

Kain · 07-07-2002, 9:59 AM

Which one of these two DVD players provides better audio and video quality?

ian_guinan · 07-07-2002, 10:59 AM

So which one would I click if I thought the Arcam had better audio, but the Denon better video?

Kain · 07-07-2002, 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by ian_guinan
So which one would I click if I thought the Arcam had better audio, but the Denon better video?

Then you don't vote and say that in your post.

Kain · 07-07-2002, 5:27 PM

By the way, can you hack the Denon DVD-3800 so that it can play all region DVDs?

ian_guinan · 07-07-2002, 7:01 PM

Not yet.

*MartinCo* · 07-07-2002, 11:48 PM

surely add the Denon 2800 mkII into the equation/ vote since it is the same as the 3800 in video & dvd performance terms.
just the dvd-audio side that is the difference.

and multi-region too according to our NZ spies.

ian_guinan · 08-07-2002, 9:05 AM

Not quite true.
The 3800 shares the same decoder chip as the A1. I think the 2800 is using the same ESS decoder as the mkI.
Can't recall where I read this, but I think it is up oon the US Denon site somewhere.

Ian Guinan

*MartinCo* · 08-07-2002, 9:21 AM

hmm.. the spec looks virtually identical apart from the dvd-audio side of things as you'd expect.

looking at http://www.denon.com/catalog/products.asp?l=1&c=4

as you say, the only difference above this is listed as "New ESS Vibratto ES6038F MPEG/DVD-Audio Decoder"... but again this is listed for dvd-audio reasons. the 2800 mkII is just going to be a similar chip minus the dvd-audio capabilities. I doubt there is much difference.

the DACs and all the other video processing circuitry described are exactly the same.