Hi mate
There's been a couple of threads on this already, but they have been quiet. As you pointed out, therese been no news for a while.
For more background (but same conclusion) see this one in the Denon forum...
denon blu-ray player
As i have posted there, the denon rep at what hifi show said that they "hoped" to have a unit at the bristol show (feb, i think).
I've made a decsion to buy HD DVD now and then buy a BR deck in the spring sometime that is 1.1 and has a very good SD upscaling chip. This, on the face of it, ticks all the boxes for me

I just have to keep the price tag away from the misses.
MB
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